In recent years, some exciting (and fashionable) talent have emerged from Copenhagen Fashion Week that just may not have been on your radar before–both on the runway and the streets of the Danish capital (just take a look at some of these noteworthy street style looks!) New to the official Cophegan fashion week schedule, we got to know Louise Lyngh Bjerregaard, who debuted her collection on August 12.
The Paris-based, Danish-born designer showed her collection digitally surrounding Couture Week in Paris last month. Now that shows can safely resume in an IRL format, the designer was invited to show during CPHFW, and of course, that was an offer she couldn’t turn up. “I am honored to be able to show the entire collection in my home city,” says Lyngh Bjerregaard
The Spring Summer 2022 debut collection was an intriguing hybrid of dark romanticism spanning decades. Lyngh Bjerregaard’s designs playfully cross the lines between ready-to-wear and couture. The results? Garments glamourously translating a poetic version of her imagination. Although, a debut collection Lyngh Bjerregaard has been designing individual pieces for herself for years. Her expertise is shown through a wide range of artisanal savoir-faire techniques such as deconstruction tailoring, draping, trompe l’oeill, upcycling, fabric manipulations, and unique knitwear.
Ahead we chatted more with Lyngh Bjerregaard on her debut collection, designing during the coronavirus pandemic, and creating an adorable fur coat for Lady Gaga‘s dog Fozzy.
GRAZIA: How did your brand come to be?
Louise Lyngh Bjerregaard: It was never my plan or
intention to have a brand, but the clothing I made kept evolving
and so did I. I have always been making clothing; even before going
to fashion school. During my education, I rented a small atelier
and continued to work there after school hours, during school
holidays, during all my internships, and then after graduation when
job interviews were on the agenda. Suddenly people started to talk
about my clothing as being a brand and now I am here in Paris with
a full team, having done the first runway collection and already
working on the next.
G: Can you describe the “Louise Lyngh
Bjerregaard woman”?
LLB: I won’t say there is a Louise Lyngh
Bjerregaard woman. I don’t design with a particular person in mind.
I express myself through textiles and my work with a body-related
outcome. And whoever wants to wear it, can wear it, in my
opinion.
G: What are some of the stand-out moments for
you and the brand?
LLB: When I received The Danish Art Foundation two
years working grand in 2019 and having my runway debut during
Couture week in Paris.
G: Can you talk through your latest collection
and runway for the SS22 Show? How did you devise the concept?
LLB: This is my first collection and who knows how
many you get to create? So for me it was a chance to show what I am
capable of at this point in life; what does knitwear look like when
it comes from me, how do I drape – what does that look like – okay
let’s show some volume, some tailored garments, and deconstruction,
how do we approach this with this kind of fabric or yarn… I guess
you can say that the inspiration has been that nothing is taken
for
granted so you better give it your all with what you have available
to you and then add another 10% on all parameters.
For the music part, I collaborated with Rune Rask from Tabu Records
(Grammy-nominated producer.) He has produced Art of peer pressure
on the Good Kid Mad City Album by Kendrick Lamar. It was Rune
Rask’s first production for a Fashion Show, and we discovered that
we have many similarities in our artistic and technical approaches
within each of our fields which we really wanted to merge
together.
G: How have things changed for you, your brand,
and the way you work since Covid-19?
LLB: The slower pace the industry faced allowed
room for us to catch our breath even though we still went to the
atelier every day and worked on the collection. Which is made with
only what we had available to us in the atelier since stores were
closed; zippers, fabric, etc. I am obsessed with materials and
unlocking which techniques go with which materials – aside from
what tradition tells you – so this was such a creative treat and a
great challenge. It has been challenging operating an atelier and
the financial aspect, but the learning and unlearning that comes
from this pays off in many other areas of life, and moving forward
with new knowledge feels good.
G: What does your brand stand for?
LLB: courage, integrity, communication,
disruption, and craftsmanship.
G: What’s next for Louise Lyngh
Bjerregaard?
LLB: Unfortunately, that is locked in a
nondisclosure agreement for now, but other than that I am looking
forward to working on my second collection.
G: What’s a fun fact about you that most people
may not know about you?
LLB: I once made a fur coat for lady Gaga’s dog
Fozzy back in 2011.
