Helmstedt COPENHAGEN SPRING 2021
Fashion needs designers like Emilie Helmstedt right now. She is the living, breathing version of the glass half-full, creating clothes and art that remind us how important optimism and childlike imagination can be in a very difficult grown-up world. Even as Helmstedt has found success and recognition in the last two years, she remains true to her craft and to her sunshine-y, poetic point of view. Against the backdrop of the pandemic, her clothes feel more necessary and beautiful than ever before.
Helmstedt staged her spring 2021 show in a square in the center of Copenhagen for invited guests and others who just happened to be passing by. She and her team wore masks while positioning the models around an original papier-mâché sculpture she built herself. The Dr. Seuss-ian pink heart shape will stay put in the square for a few more days before making its way around the city as a traveling art piece. “It’s my way of spreading some love around,” the designer said on a live-streamed Q&A.
Love and emotion were key themes for Helmstedt’s collection, as was a certain longing for connection, something she felt deeply during quarantine. To illustrate this, she created pencil and watercolor prints featuring a carrier pigeon motif. There are flower garlands, hearts, and stamps too, all of which decorate new silhouettes for Helmstedt, including overalls, wrap tops, cargo pants, and slips in linen, silk chiffon, and more. The designer has been expanding her repertoire as of late, introducing new categories like swim and knitwear, and in addition to the new styles, she’s also introduced quilted bags that are sure to be a hit among her fans.
Helmstedt’s namesake label is taking off, but it’s the art and poetry that are still most important to her. In her collection notes, she wrote that she really just wants to use her work to tell everyone “to take care of one another.” If her fashion can remind us of that, then Helmstedt has done her job well
See every single look from Helmstedt COPENHAGEN SPRING 2021 Collection in the gallery, below :
source: Vogue
