Touchingly, the Cecilie Bahnsen buyers who order items via the Copenhagen-based model’s newly-launched made-to-order service, will obtain course of photos of their dreamy, cloud-adjacent designs. “It’s a method for our clients to see what number of arms it takes to see a single piece,” Bahnsen says of her intricate creations, which have gotten effectively greater than the Scandi set sizzling beneath the collar since she launched her label in 2015, and started exhibiting on the Paris runways in March 2022.
Bahnsen’s made-to-order service contains three classes, bridal, runway, and archive, permitting buyers not solely to buy in keeping with the model’s seasonal assortment, however to look again to probably the most beloved items in its oeuvre. Bahnsen name-checks the Lia gown, a signature smocked silhouette with alluring bustier particulars as a favourite made-to-order reissue, plus the spaghetti-strap Beth gown, recognizable for its voluminous proportions. “Our clients come again and once more to sure items,” she provides of the designs which can take between eight to 12 weeks to create. “They instigate a reminiscence, a connection.”
Brides like Rowse Magnificence founder Nuria Val, who wore a white Cecilie Bahnsen confection to marry photographer Coke Bartrina in Barcelona 2023 (alongside her toddler daughter!) will significantly rejoice on the service, which Bahnsen explains has been working “beneath the radar” for a while. Whereas Bahnsen opened her fall 2024 present with a set of black and midnight-blue seems, the white and pearlescent items in her collections have lengthy attracted these resulting from stroll down the aisle. “A few of our potential brides arrive to fittings with Pinterest boards stuffed with concepts,” she says. “They could fly out to a becoming in Copenhagen with their entire household or their finest buddy.” The service may even permit brides to buy extra equipment, together with veils and hair bows.