Copenhagen , Denmark
Anne Sofie always says that our dictionary is photos,’ Alberte Hundsbæk Lykke Smed says. Another graduate from this year, her collection focused on the unique position she found herself in studying alongside her twin sister, Anine. ‘Of course, you cannot escape being a twin; we are two different indi
viduals but part of a unit.’ Alberte’s collection looked at redefining pairs and exploding ideas of multiples. One of her dresses was a top with a bra that had three cups rather than the conventional two.
With Madsen she found a way to translate her research – a series of collages of New York office workers by Hans Eijkelboom, and Petra Collins’ 2019 book Why Be You When You Can Be Me? – across every part of her decision-making. ‘She [Anne Sofie] can be hard on us. She’s a dictionary herself; she always has an idea if you need that one last thing. What she really did was help the clothes speak for themselves,’ Lykke Smed says. ‘You’re pushing 200 or more sketches and you need help to narrow it down. I’m still reaching out to her for advice on what to do next.’
