Colourful, colourful Copenhagen
As you have probably gathered by now, I’m never happier than when I’m hunting down new colours from everyday life, whether it’s the terracotta of Portuguese rooftops or gorse yellow of a Cornish headland. You never know when you might come across that next big shade that, translated in to a seasonal palette, our customers will love and want to embrace in their wardrobe.
Cities are jam-packed full of colour inspiration, and nowhere more so than Copenhagen, which John and I visited for a couple of days last month to source ideas for our AW18 collection. According to a recent fashion piece in The Times, colour is surprisingly big in the Danish capital at the moment, with the clothes as colourful as the crooked houses down on the waterfront at Nyhavn, a deliciously vibrant riot of pinks, oranges, blues and yellows.
Scandi style used to be synonymous with neutrals, minimalism and endless monochrome, but if the clothes shops I visited are anything to go by, colour has certainly come to town, with my current colour crush, orange, leading the way, from the palest peach to vibrant winter orange and burnt orange styled with gold. In fact, it was all that I could do to stop myself going into a colour shopping frenzy (Copenhagen is eye-wateringly expensive, so I was restrained and came away with just a few pieces of clothing, some watermelon nail polish, and some rolls of colourful ribbon to make a start on my Christmas wrapping).
If you’ve never been before, I’d heartily recommend Copenhagen as a city break destination. To the soundtrack of a thousand tinkling bicycle bells – bikes have outnumbered cars in Copenhagen for years now – you’ll find lots of historic back streets to explore and great places to eat (we had dinner by candlelight in a little restaurant that felt like we were dining in someone else’s home, with only two choices on the menu, and the rest of the time feasted on the most amazing open sandwiches with earthy homemade rye bread). And if, like me, you’re a fan of colour (which I’m assuming you are!), you certainly won’t be disappointed.
