With her first Studio Constance show in Copenhagen, Swedish designer Rebecca Dovenryd Almberg brought sexy back(sides). In a room at Bjarke Ingels Group’s BIG HQ featuring raw wood, concrete floors and walls of windows, Almberg heated things up with the suggestion of messy carnality. While the designer spoke of her thong-revealing bumsters—this time made for women by a woman—in terms of upcycling and silhouette, they gave off a “kiss my you-know-what” energy, at least to this editor. In addition, there were see-through, raw-edged tops that looked like they were made out of nylon stockings, some with grungy ladders, and jackets worn with nothing underneath.
A graduate of the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, Almberg is an alumna of Acne Studios, Proenza Schouler, and Toteme, where she focused on denim and knitwear. Since starting Studio Constance in 2020, the designer has made shearling a core aspect of her brand, and it was present in various iterations here. With snow and cold temperatures in Copenhagen, many in the audience probably wished this was a see-now, buy-now proposition.
The collection was timely in other ways, too, as it was broody and a bit dark, and not just because the lighting was kept dim. “For me it was a personal collection created from my feelings and from my own stories,” said Almberg, who channeled her sadness into strength.
