Danish Fashion Institute

This time the man behind Jackpot Organic, CEO Sune Bjerregaard gives us an insight in the challenges of launching an ecological collection where the focus is on designing sustainable fashion with charity in India and Bangladesh.

This time Erik Brandt, partner in Margit Brandt Design shares the story behind the brand's great success nationally as well as worldwide. The event is held in conjunction with a great fashion exhibition at Danish Museum of Art & Design showing Margit Brandt designs 1965-1980 "Walk on the Wild Side". On the 16th of June due to MY STORY the exhibition will be open to 19.00 and with free admission to participants of MY STORY.

Peter Ingwersen from Noir tells the story about the challenges in design in relation to climate change and Sexy CSR. He tells the story about his first job, the ideology behind the brands Noir, Noir Bllack and Illuminati II, including the partnership with the Dutch Bo Weevil and 16,000 farmers in Uganda.

Baum und Pferdgarten will tell their inspiring story about how they started their business as young designers, how it grew and how they got where they are today.

On November 12th Danish Fashion Institute presents the third edition of MY STORY, where Gitte Dyrberg and Henning Kern from Dyrberg Kern will share their story about the journey from dreaming by the kitchen table to being a global company.

On the 4th of June, designer Trine Skoller presented her story on the start-up of Stella Nova up until her alliance with a CEO. The presentation gave the audience a unique experience of liberating irregularities combined with a traditional business mindset, as well as a concrete recipe of a series of success factors.

The first presentation of MY STORY came from Munthe plus Simonsen, who shared the interesting story of how they started their company, the amazing growth and how they managed to survive the crisis that hit them two years ago.