CPH Kids fair, animal trend for summer 2011 kids fashion

What a brilliant trade fair CPH kids in Copenhagen is, loads of room, great soundproofing as it is sited in an old Calsberg bottling factory and you can actually have a normal volume conversation without background bustle noise and an awful lot of thought put into the layout and extra activities surrounding the exhibitors.

It is only the second edition of the fair but already has 110 strong exhibitors and some innovative presentation ideas.

One quick trend I spotted was the huge amount of animal and bird prints, logo’s and embroideries to be seen. The ever popular owls appeared as embroidery on T-shirts and sweatshirts and as great patchwork cushions decorating corners of the fair. Also what we now think of as the classic Scandinavian prints often feature animal block silhouettes on contrast backgrounds and many t-shirts feature silhouette or drawn versions of naive animal faces.

Mini Rodini magic cat print

Molo animal print dress

Animal naive applique from Ubang

Patchwork Owl cushions in a variety of colours by Ani-mal were scattered around the fair

Soft Gallery animal embroideries are used for pillows and clothing

Classic style Scandinavian prints from H.J.O.R.T.H Copenhagen

Mini Rodini photo from Mini Rodini, all other photos by Smudgetikka – all rights reserved