Danish Fashion Institute
| Abbreviation | DAFI |
|---|---|
| Formation | 2005 |
| Headquarters | Copenhagen, Denmark |
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Chief Executive
|
Eva Kruse |
| Website | Official website |
Danish Fashion Institute (DAFI) is a non-profit trade group for the Danish fashion industry founded in 2005. Its main goal is to promote Danish fashion design in both Denmark and internationally. Organising the twice-yearly Copenhagen Fashion Week is one of the primary activities.
Danish Fashion Institute is a subsidiary of the self-owning foundation Design Society. The organisation is based in Fæstningens Materialgård at Frederiksholms Kanal 30 in Copenhagen.
Danish Fashion Institute's membership organisation DAFI s Netværk merged with Dansk Mode & Tekstil in 2015.
DAFI's first big initiative was the establishment and development of Copenhagen Fashion Week, which had previously only existed as a trade fair event. Today, Copenhagen Fashion Week is an established international event with a show schedule of more than 40 shows, five fashion fairs, 2,400 brands exhibited and hundreds of activities for both professionals and the general public.
Fashion Forum is an internet media with news from the Danish fashion industry.
Besides the above projects, DAFI works to strengthen the industry's competitiveness through knowledge-sharing workshops, seminars and conferences on topics like CSR, internationalization, business competencies, market trends and innovation.
As such, DAFI coordinated the Danish political initiative Modezonen, a collaboration with the Danish Chamber of Commerce, The Trade Council of Denmark, Danmarks Designskole, Teko, KEA, Copenhagen Business School and Danish Design Centre. The purpose of Modezonen was to create a shared platform and prepare the fashion industry for global competition while making Denmark a significant fashion player and putting Copenhagen on a par with leading fashion metropolises. In February 2010, Modezonen launched fashionforum.dk, a media for the Danish fashion industry with articles, forums and job ads.
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