"I love collaborating with different female creatives and seeing how they express themselves. There's a true femininity in dance that I wanted to embrace. These collaborations are useful as they challenge you to move in a new direction and to learn about how different women feel in your clothes."
"How do you flare the hem so a dancer can move? What about the weight of the fabric? Normally my waistlines are high, but we had to drop them so that the dancers could hold each other. These collaborations are useful as they challenge you to move in a new direction."
Cecilie Bahnsen's Autumn/Winter 2026 collection celebrates female expression through dance, featuring a collaboration with ex-La Horde dancer Myrto Georgiadi. The designer worked with Copenhagen-based ballerina Maria Kochetkova during studio fittings to ensure garments allowed freedom of movement for physically demanding routines. Key design adjustments included flared hems for mobility, lighter fabrics, and lowered waistlines to enable dancers to support each other. The collection embodies Bahnsen's concept of "everyday couture" by blending practical functionality with hyper-feminine aesthetics. At Paris Fashion Week, street-cast dancers from Marseille performed in the glittering ensembles, demonstrating how the clothes functioned during actual choreography.
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