The Fashion Summit 2009 was a one-day event held at the amazing Copenhagen Opera House. The summit included lectures by prominent speakers, presentations, exhibitions, and a spectacular runway
competition by Nordic designers.
In brief: Copenhagen Fashion Summit, December 2009
Prominent international speakers
The following experts and members of the fashion industry gave inspiring speeches on how and why they work with CSR, and suggestions on what a more sustainable fashion industry looks like:
Laurent Claquin, Senior VP of CSR for PPR (Gucci Group)
Christian Kemp-Griffin, Chief Mission Officer of Edun
Manuel Baigorri, Director of Social & Environmental Sustainability of Levi Strauss & Co.
Julie Gilhart, VP and Senior Buyer of Barneys New York
Marjorie Yang, Chairman of Esquel
Vanessa Friedman, Fashion Editor of the Financial Times
Peter Ingwersen, Founder and Creative Director of Noir
Peder Michael Pruzan-Jørgensen, Managing Director, Europe for BSR
Ros Harvey, Global Programme Manager of the Better Work programme
Laurent Claquin, Senior VP of CSR for PPR (Gucci Group)
Christian Kemp-Griffin, Chief Mission Officer of Edun
Manuel Baigorri, Director of Social & Environmental Sustainability of Levi Strauss & Co.
Julie Gilhart, VP and Senior Buyer of Barneys New York
Marjorie Yang, Chairman of Esquel
Vanessa Friedman, Fashion Editor of the Financial Times
Peter Ingwersen, Founder and Creative Director of Noir
Peder Michael Pruzan-Jørgensen, Managing Director, Europe for BSR
Ros Harvey, Global Programme Manager of the Better Work programme
Sustainable fashion on the runway
The final event of the day was a runway show of sustainable fashion, made by the best new generation of Nordic fashion designers. Twenty designers competed to win a coveted prize of DKK 50,000
sponsored by H&M.
The judge panel included:
Fern Mallis, IMG
Laird Borelli, Style.com
Ann-Sofie Johansson, H&M
Margareta van den Bosch, H&M
Danish HRH Crown Princess Mary presented the prize to the winner, Finnish designer, Saara Lepokorpi.
The judge panel included:
Fern Mallis, IMG
Laird Borelli, Style.com
Ann-Sofie Johansson, H&M
Margareta van den Bosch, H&M
Danish HRH Crown Princess Mary presented the prize to the winner, Finnish designer, Saara Lepokorpi.
The participants
More than 650 participants gathered at the Copenhagen Fashion Summit to hear the speakers give their take on more environmentally-friendly and ethical approaches to fashion and apparel.
The participants were CEO's and key players from Scandinavian and international fashion companies as well as CSR experts, media, NGO's, royals and politicians - from all over the world.
The participants were CEO's and key players from Scandinavian and international fashion companies as well as CSR experts, media, NGO's, royals and politicians - from all over the world.
