The Garment Brings Artful Architecture to Copenhagen Fashion Week

On a cool, crisp morning in Copenhagen’s waterfront—just steps away from iconic The Little Mermaid statue—The Garment held its Fall/Winter 2026 presentation at the Langelinie Pavilion, one of the city’s standout architectural gems.

 

The Langelinie Pavilion is an airy, calming shrine to mid-century modernism, with sprawling windows and enveloping warm woods. It also stands as the starting place of inspiration for Creative Director Charlotte Eskildsen.

The collection unfolds as a study in the established Danish practice of finding beauty in function, where the art of the daily ritual shapes the wardrobe. With this in mind, FW26 frames dressing as an act of studied intentionality.

Drawing from prolific architect Eva Koppel, who designed the Langelinie Pavilion, Eskildsen invoked its ambience as her central muse, tying female authorship in architecture to the woman she designs for now. The building itself is also an ongoing muse. “We have our office a little further down the road, and I feel like I could live here.”

 

A sense of inhabiting space carries through the collection’s narrative: a woman moving between galleries and meetings, work and retreating, all dressed in pieces that feel like a second skin. The city’s shifting climate also informs the construction. “I pull inspiration from Copenhagen—the way we have to adapt to nature all the time. We have all seasons, sometimes in the same week.”

 

Material contrasts mirror that need for perpetual mutability. Fluid silk dresses and multi-layered sheers soften the silhouette, while merino, double-faced wool, and Portuguese herringbone add an effortless element of warmth and tailoring. The palette is grounded in a deliberate starkness—navy and black as foundation, lifted by ivory and toast, deepened with merlot and espresso. “The collection is really classic,” Eskildsen notes. 

That commitment to timelessness finds expansion through the label’s first footwear launch: eight styles including a sculptural wide boot, kitten-heel pumps, padded lambskin loafers, and textured ballerinas.

For Eskildsen, menswear codes remain a personal favorite. “I like the menswear pieces—dressed up with bomber jackets and sweaters, while lace brings femininity,” she says, playing up the balance of structure and flow season after season.