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A MULTITUDE OF REASONS to love Swakara
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Editorial
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The craftsmanship in the dressing process
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News in brief
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Jørgen Simonsen: A multitude of reasons to love Swakara
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Kopenhagen Fur’s samplemen contribute to Namibia
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Many opportunities in Milan
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Meet our an auctioneer: Lars Skjoldegaard
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Portrait of a future furrier
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Chunchen Liu from Japan takes the REMIX gold prize
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Events in Copenhagen
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Auction schedule 2018
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Contact Kopenhagen Fur
EDITOR IN CHIEF Jesper Uggerhøj EDITOR MIichael Abilon LAYOUT Yedda Zhang PRINT Rosendahls a/s ADVERTISING Kathrine Engberg / [+45] 4326 1062 2017 marked 110 years of proud Swakara farming in Namibia. Acclaimed designer Jørgen Simonsen created the white Swakara style on the cover, photographed in Namibia featuring international top model Carmen Kass.
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FUR IS FASHION
Some things never go out of fashion. Fur is one of them. For centuries fur has been a vital part of fashion trends and of the clothing industry, and fur had again - a prominent place in the recent held fashion weeks in New York, Paris, London and Milan. Fur is a unique material. It stems from nature and, ever since the time of dawn, man has used and cherished fur. Today, we still use fur for practical reasons, but also because it is one of the most sustainable and versatile materials available. Traditional techniques allow fur to be used in countless ways – in full fur garments for more traditional designs, in small individual pieces for trimmings and accessories, but also in different and innovative designs that allow for different material surfaces that designers can work on to create brand new expressions. Fur is a tactile material speaking to our innermost feelings when we touch it or wear it. Fur is prominent and visible on the international catwalks. Designers can work with shapes, depths and dimensions in a unique and playful way, which no other material allows them to. Despite of this some fashion houses have recently declared that they will no longer work with fur. Donatella Versace for instance claimed in an interview that she will no longer kill animals for fashion. Looking at a Versace collection that seems like an unobtainable goal
Jesper Uggerhøj, CEO, Kopenhagen Fur
FUR IS A TACTILE MATERIAL SPEAKING TO OUR INNERMOST FEELINGS WHEN WE TOUCH IT OR WEAR IT. and I’m sure she didn’t think it through; Versace would have to reinvent itself if the fashion brand really decides to walk the talk. No more fancy bags or shoes made of leather or Versace prints on silk. Some fashion houses have previously said no to fur at some point and then later on started using fur all over. I think this may happen again when fashion
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houses realise the sustainable nature of fur. In the meantime, we should keep on evolving our product and the way we sell it to consumers. Fur is a sustainable material and it’s important to get this message through to consumers, so they know that buying a fur is the sustainable choice. At Kopenhagen Fur Studio our dedicated team works hard to spread this message and develop new techniques to inspire designers and the fashion industry to incorporate fur in their collections and we are working closely with design universities to educate design students, and our sub brand Oh! by Kopenhagen Fur has developed collections with high appeal to younger consumers. Looking at the fur trade I see a bundle of similar initiatives developing our trade and thereby keeping fur in vogue. We know that consumers are keen to buy fur garments, but we have to constantly work with developing our existing sales channels and find new ones to make fur accessible and easy to buy. A Danish start-up company is successfully selling fur items online and that is one way ahead for the fur trade. We should explore all possibilities to develop and boost retail sales. Our trade is full of dedicated and resourceful people who will find the road forward. It may appear bumpy at the moment but just as fur will stay in fashion; the fur trade will stay in business.
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THE CRAFTSMANSHIP IN THE DRESSING PROCESS It is a long process, which requires craftsmanship, to transform the raw and stiff skins into the soft and silky material that consumers know from fur retail shops. This dressing process can take anywhere from two weeks to a month. The world’s leading dressing factories are dotted around the globe. In Asia, skilled workers in dressing factories stand ready to assist customers from around the world and in Europe dressing factory workers are equally skilled. The one thing that many international dressing factories have in common is their ongoing effort to find more sustainable methods for dressing and dyeing.
One of the leading dressing factories in the world, MIB Manifattura, is situated just outside Milan . The business is family owned and has been in operation for five decades. Every year, about 200 employees transform approx. 1.5 million raw skins into silky furs with soft leather to be used by some of the world’s leading fashion houses. The dressing factory has high standards when it comes to environmentally friendly solutions. - We have a purifying facility, where we clean our own water waste, and we also clean water for other companies. The used sawdust is burned and generates steam and power to be used in the company, says Roberto Tadini,
AT KOPENHAGEN FUR, WE HAVE A VISION OF BEING THE WORLD’S MOST SUSTAINABLE FUR HOUSE AND THESE COLLABORATIONS ARE PART OF THAT VISION.
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CEO of MIB Manifattura. Far from Milan, in the Greek fur centre Kastoria, is DTS, which is owned by Naoum Ditsios. He grew up in the dressing factory trade and, in 2011, he built a new dressing factory with sustainable solutions such as use of melt water and solar cells as a central part of the company philosophy. - For me it is important to have an environmentally friendly process and high quality in the products. We are currently working on better management of the water waste, to clean it with even better results. The new system will use half as much energy as the current one, says Naoum Ditsios.
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Dressing involves many steps that requires attention to detail. The final step contains several different processes. Depending on the requests of the customer, the skins can be combed, ironed, blown, plucked and/or shaved. Pictured above is a worker at MIB Manifattura just outside Milan.
Project with Kopenhagen Fur Both of these above-mentioned dressing factories cooperate with Kopenhagen Fur, trying to determine better ways to work with dressing and dyeing. Thomas Andersen, Head of Dressing and Dyeing at Kopenhagen Fur, oversees cooperation with several other dressing factories in Europe and Asia. - The Marco Cipel dressing factory, owned by Eric Lau, is also making headway in Asia when it comes to sustainable solutions, says Thomas Andersen.
Marco Cipel recently received an OEKO-TEX certificate for natural skins, and MIB Manifattura and DTS recently completed tests that confirmed they can dye skins without the use of chrome, while still maintaining a high level of quality. - At Kopenhagen Fur, we have a vision of being the world’s most sustainable fur house and these collaborations are part of that vision. So far, the dressing factories have been very interested and cooperative, and the preliminary results have confirmed that this is a road we must continue on, says
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Thomas Andersen. - Five young chemists here at DTS have performed experiments using new methods. The first results are ready and they are positive, both in regard to dressing and dyeing. We have a good cooperation with Kopenhagen Fur and we would like to continue with these experiments and improvements, says Naoum Ditsios.
By Heidi Cecilie Lorvik
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The process The dressing process and potential dyeing can take anywhere from two weeks to a month, depending on the quality of the skins and the customer’s wishes. Broadly speaking, the dressing process is as follows: - Soaking: When the dressing factories receive the raw skins, they are initially softened and cleansed of bacteria. Dressing factories do this by placing the raw skins in a drum containing water, salt, soap and antibacterial. The skins are then drummed overnight and become softer. - First fleshing: Following this, the manual work begins. Skilled employees remove the fat from the leather side, making the leather thinner and more elastic, which is important for the third step. - Soaking, pickeling: Here, the skins are placed in baths again, with a lower PH-value. During this phase it is important that the liquid can enter the leather, so it is ready for the dressing process. Dressing: The skins are placed in tubs with fluids containing various ingredients for the dressing, so the leather becomes soft and protected from rot. Aluminium dressing is the most utilized method for natural skins and is an environmentally friendly process. All ingredients used can also be purchased for household use. Greasing: Here, the skins are bathed in natural oils and minerals
to make them soft, silky and elastic. Second fleshing: The most skilled fleshers are responsible for the second fleshing. The procedure is similar to the first, but the second fleshing requires millimetre precision because the leather sides are now thinner. The skins will fall apart, if they are cut too deep. Thin leather is required, because it stretches well. It takes at least five years to become a good flesher. Dyeing: If the customers requests it, the dressing factory can dye the skins. The dressing factories all have their own recipes for dye, and it is necessary to test them on a few skins first, because the skins are different. This ensures that the customer gets the requested colour. After the skins are dyed, they are dressed again. The most utilized method is the `Chrome III method´, but new methods are being developed. Dyeing in European dressing factories is done in compliance with REACH, the European Union chemical legislation, which contains a list of illegal chemicals as well as chemicals that may only be used in particular doses. Finish: The final step contains several different processes. Depending on the requests of the customer, the skins can be combed, ironed, blown, plucked and/or shaved. The leather is brushed and sanded. Finally, every skin is quality inspected before it leaves the dressing factory and is delivered to the customer.
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A craft During dressing, the skins are turned from the leather side to the fur side approx. ten times, so the dressers can work on both sides. How many times exactly depend on the skins which they constantly check. Every single skin is checked during this process to ensure it lives up to the dressing factory’s standards. The dressers stretch the skins and kick them several times, which is to be taken literally. The skins are placed in a wooden cannister where mechanical wheels make the ‘kickers’ kick the skins. This is done to open the fibres, soften the skins and work the oils into the fur and leather. The skins are also drummed several times in a large drum containing fine sawdust to absorb fat, clean the skins and soften them and make them silky. - I am incredibly happy and proud to work with all of our employees, who really know their craft. Every day is different, every skin is different, so it takes different processes. It takes typically 15 to 20 days to dress the perfect skin, but it can also take up to 40 days, depending on the skin and also the treatment and finish the skin needs. So, it takes time, hard work, precision, and great knowledge of skins but, ultimately, when you have the finished results, that is when you get the reward and the satisfaction. It is worth all of it when you have the finished product in your hand, and you are able to hand it over to the customer with pride, says Roberto Tadini.
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A N SW E R S T O C H A L L E N G E S What does the fur trade do to ensure sustainability at the dressing factories and provide consumers with security? - First of all, dressing factories work in accordance with REACH, which is a European Union legislation that is adopted to improve the protection of people’s health and the environment. It contains a list of illegal chemicals, as well as chemicals that may only be used in particular doses. All European dressing factories follow this legislation. In addition, the International Fur Federation and Fur Europe are well under way with an extensive project measuring fur’s mark on the environment. This includes the entire value chain including the dressing factories. This project gives us an opportunity to see our weak sides and, thus, where we ourselves can improve. We are also aiming toward certifying dressing factories to provide consumers with additional consumer safety, says Mark Oaten, CEO of IFF.
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FROM KASTORIA WITH CLASS Konstantinou Furs, based in Kastoria, Greece, won the final bid and purchased the Black Swakara Top Lot at Kopenhagen Fur’s March auction. Mr Athanasios Konstantinou from Konstantinou Furs won the Black Swakara Top Lot bidding DKK 1,000 per skin. He has been in the fur trade for 42 years during which he has brought home nine Swakara Top Lots to Konstantinou Fur. - The quality of the Swakara skins offered at Kopenhagen Fur is in a class of its own. I’ve seen Swakara all over the world and Namibian Swakara graded at Kopenhagen Fur is by far the finest, he says. He prefers working with Swakara because of the skill level required in the manufacturing process. - We simply consider it to be more challenging than working with the more traditional mink skins, he says. A global aim At Konstantinou Furs, Swakara is the main speciality. They present their work to a global market, from fur fairs in Kastoria to Chicago and Hong Kong.
- We want to branch out and expand our key markets to South East Asia. Swakara is a skin type that, when manufactured properly and used in the right designs, will appear more form fitting and slender. It is unique and appeals to fur consumers who wish to stand out from the crowd, he adds. International trend Internationally, Swakara has seen extensive use in Europe and North America but the skin type is now gaining ground in Asia. Acclaimed designer, Wang Yutau, Designer and Fashion Director of the brand Beautyberry and its subbrand B+, has eagerly embraced Swakara in his collection which is targeted directly on younger fashion consumers in China, Hong Kong and the
remaining South East Asia. The next generation Athanasios Konstantinou was trained by his father and now, his son Michail Konstantinou also continues in the fur trade. Just like his father, Michail Konstantinou sees potential and elegance in this skin type. - I can make coats, sneakers, bags, dresses, pretty much everything with Swakara fur. Furthermore, I can use many different techniques when I work with Swakara. It is a very versatile material. I think it is the most elegant material for garments on the market, said Michail Konstantinou, when he purchased his most recent Swakara Top Lot at Kopenhagen Fur.
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CHINCHILLA CONNOISSEUR PURCHASED ANOTHER TOP LOT Mr He Jing is becoming a familiar face at Kopenhagen Fur’s Top Lot photo studio, where Top Lot buyers get their picture taken. Over the last few auctions, he has made it his personal goal to secure Top Lots; either in mink or chinchilla. He Jing purchased the Chinchilla Top Lot for 860 DKK at the March auction. The skins will be shipped to his store in Beijing. His business specializes in making fine, quality customized fur and leather garments for high-end fur customers. His business is well-known in Beijing as Beijing Zhi Jiang Fur Garments Studio, known abroad as Beijing Sensations Fur. - Chinchilla is a very special skin type. I have been working with skins like these for 10 years, and my customers know and appreciate high-quality designs coupled with high-quality materials, he says. He insists that his customers must receive the finest experience at his
exclusive store. - It is a private club. Customers come by to have their fur garments tailormade, he says. His luxury store is located in one of the prestigious, beautiful and traditional quarters of Beijing. Here, his company is located in one of the well-known, traditional courtyard houses, Si He Yuan, that evokes the history of the Western Zhou period in China, which has a history dating back over 2,000 years. His decision to place his business here and brand it as a private, exclusive
club, as well as his decision to purchase the three Top Lots, go hand in hand. - I have based my business on a strong foundation of quality designs, materials and a high-end experience for my customers. Mr He Jing is currently planning on collaborating with a group of designers in China. - I believe that strong results will follow when many minds come together to brainstorm, he says.
KOPENHAGEN FUR’S VERY FIRST NORWEGIAN TYPE TOP LOT BUYER Many customers in the auction room were bidding on the new exclusive Norwegian Type Silverfox Top Lot. Mr Yu Ze from the Gui Ren Fur Plaza, Harbin, China, was the buyer of the first Norwegian Type Top Lot ever to be sold at a Kopenhagen Fur’s auction. The Top Lot of six fox skins was sold at the price of 7,500 DKK for each skin. - We always pursue the highest quality products for our retail stores. Kopenhagen Fur’s skins have an uncompromising quality which is consistent with our business concept, Yu Ze explains. It is the first time they bought an Kopenhagen Fur Top Lot.
Top Lot buyer wants to promote Norwegian Type Mr Yu Ze wanted to purchase fox skins at the March auction, as he wishes to expand the fur assortment in his retail stores by adding a new, less common, fur type. At the March auction, they also bought other type of fox skins like Bluefox and Marble fox. Kopenhagen Fur Studio will have the pleasure of working with Yu Ze and his company. - Kopenhagen Fur Studio’s designers and furriers are very professional and creative. We will cooperate with them in making one or two Top Lot styles that will be displayed in one of our retail stores in Harbin, he says.
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The Gui Ren Fur Plaza have many large retail stores around China. The purchase of the Top Lot is part of their Norwegian Type promotion in China. - We want to introduce our Chinese customers to the versatile and beautiful Norwegian Type fox from Kopenhagen Fur.
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WHITE SWAKARA HEADED FOR RUSSIA From the heat of Namibia to the cold winter weather in Russia, the finest white Namibian Swakara skins will travel quite a distance as they will adorn some of the finest clad women in Russia. Mr Yury Polyakov from the Vtoroy Mechovoy company in Russia won the final bid and purchased the white Swakara Top Lot for DKK 1,100. per skin. He is no stranger to buying Top Lot skins as he has previously purchased a Top Lot at Kopenhagen Fur. - Our company seeks only the very finest skins, whether it be Swakara, mink or chinchilla, he stated during the March auction at Kopenhagen Fur after having taken home the skins.
skins which are beautiful and light in design, he says. - White Swakara is a luxury item made in small quantities for fur consumers who appreciate a unique type of fur garment. Mr Yury Polyakov runs a family company with his mother and brother. Together they own approx. ten stores that focus mostly on the European market.
- We always seek different types of
- In time, we may consider expanding into the Asian market but we want to grow slowly. When the time comes, we will most likely expand into South Korea and Japan. The fur consumption there is reasonable and, in our opinion, the fur consumers resemble the European fur consumers, he says. After his purchase of the Top Lot, Yury Polyakov sets his eyes on some of the mutation skins that will be offered.
TOP LOT TO MEET HIGH-END CONSUMERS’ DEMAND Mr Biao Cui won the Silverblue Cross Females Top Lot at Kopenhagen Fur’s March auction. The broker Mr Zou Xianwen of J & K International Holding Ltd. made the bidding on behalf of Mr Biao Cui.
Bidding DKK 1,020 per skin Biao Cui from Yuyao City in Zhejiang Province, China, won the Silverblue Cross Females Top Lot on Monday afternoon. Biao Cui owns a manufacturing and retail business and has stores in Beijing, Tianjin and Changchun. His brand name is Oriental Aristocratic Lady Fur. He entered the fur business in 2000 as a retailer, and in 2012 he set up his own manufacturing factory. His first purchase at Kopenhagen Fur took place in 2000 and, since then, he
has come to Kopenhagen Fur every year to buy skins. It is his first time to win a Top Lot. He decided to buy it because of his brand’s positioning and development strategy. - To create the most luxurious and beautiful garments, that will meet my high-end consumers’ demands, I will need only the finest fur, says Biao Cui. He believes his customers expect him to
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produce more new styles and showcase more creative fur garments of different concepts every year. - I wish to cooperate with Kopenhagen Fur Studio, having a team of very talented designers and furriers to create a fur garment manifesting top skin quality and top design. In this way, we will bring new ideas and more fashionable fur to Chinese consumers, says Biao Cui.
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BOUGHT TOP LOT TO FOLLOW INSPIRATION AND EXPAND LUXURY BRAND It was Ms LoLo from Shenzhen, China, who won the White Velvet Males Top Lot bidding DKK 1,250 per skin on the last day of the March auction. Broker Thomas Tan did the bidding on behalf of Ms LoLo. Ms LoLo has been a customer and bought skins from Kopenhagen Fur through brokers for ten years, but this was her first time visiting the Kopenhagen Fur auction. She owns the company The LoLo Luxury Furs and has retail stores in both Beijing and Shenzhen which are only for exclusive club members. The company also facilitates activities in other cities such as Shanghai, where celebrities and social media influencers are invited to join. Ms LoLo’s background is architectural design, and she started out making luxury evening dresses, but her love for the ultimate luxury garments made her focus on fur ten years ago. Her customers of the evening dresses welcomed the fur and were very positive because of their appreciation of luxury garments of the best quality. - I am very proud of my customers because they know themselves, they
know what they want, and that is the best quality, Ms LoLo says. She found inspiration to buy the White Velvet Males Top Lot at an exhibition of luxury furs. She especially noticed Elisabeth Taylor in a beautiful white mink fur style, which was made many years ago, but still a classic that today is beautifully in style.
years. With the White Velvet Males Top Lot, Ms LoLo wants to create a top quality fur garment. - If you wear it, you will feel like a queen, she says.
- I am very fond of the pureness and beauty of the white mink skins, says LoLo and continues:
The company The LoLo Luxury Furs is already making luxury styles with chinchilla and sable, but now Ms LoLo wants to expand with mink – and work closer with Kopenhagen Fur.
- To me fur is very precious – and fur styles can be art pieces. Fur can last for many years, and the charm of a fur style is that you can keep it for many
- I have both been inspired of my visit yesterday at Kopenhagen Fur Studio and by Denmark, Danish Design and architecture, she says.
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I WANTED TO TRY AND UNITE THE TWO WORLDS. THE COATDRESS IS BASICALLY ON ONE HAND STRICTLY TAILORED, AND ON THE OTHER HAND YOU HAVE SOMETHING COMPLETELY SOFT AND DRAPED.
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JØRGEN SIMONSEN: A MULTITUDE OF REASONS TO LOVE SWAKARA For bespoke womenswear designer Jørgen Simonsen, Swakara is the perfect material to create a stunning winter garment.
- In something like a plain colour coat, the material can speak for and elevate that silhouette immediately, he says, describing the patterns and curls found on Swakara skins. Bred in Namibia since 1907, Swakara sheep form a vital and sustainable livelihood for people in one of the country’s most inhospitable areas. The lustrous sheen and distinctive pattern of compact swirls and folds is sold exclusively by Kopenhagen Fur. - Nothing beats nature, he says. - Fur has its own look to it which you can use to your advantage and to the finished look of the garment. Simonsen recently used the lambskin to construct a sleek and deceptively-light opera coat for the 110th anniversary of Swakara breeding in Africa. - It had to be something quite spectacular. I wanted to pull out the big guns, the Danish couturier says. Using Swakara, Simonsen tailored a full-length piece of outerwear, part trench, part opera coat, combining a classic evening style with modern techniques and draping that enhances Swakara’s gathered effect. The idea of the coat is to unite the two disciplines of haute couture, known in French as tailleur and flou. One is, much as it sounds in English, devoted to detailed pattern-based tailoring, like a two-piece suit. While for flou flourishes (meaning soft), think of delicate draped fabrics, like chiffon or silk organza. - I wanted to try and unite the two worlds. The coatdress is basically on one hand strictly tailored, and on the other hand you have something completely soft and draped.
The combination of flowing and fitted looks gives an asymmetric and eye-catching design that, while appearing effortless, is difficult to construct. New techniques Simonsen has long enjoyed designing styles with the intricate folds and motifs of Swakara. - Fur is an incorporated part of a winter collection when you do couture, Simonsen says. - I’ve used Swakara many times before both in various fashion houses around Paris and also in my own business. But to stretch the boundaries of what he could do with the material, he enlisted the help of furriers at Kopenhagen Fur Studio. - You have a triple lapel on this coat for instance, and that’s quite a feat to have it fit and lie perfectly. Another challenge for Simonsen was to execute his vision of airy draped fabrics using fur, without the coat becoming too heavy. - You don’t necessarily drape in a leather-backed material, but it’s not an issue with Swakara since it’s beautifully
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dressed and very soft. He also worked with Kopenhagen Fur’s furriers to use the skins in the most economical way possible. - Everything was merged with this technique of cutting the skin up in waves so that you don’t see where it comes together. It disappears into the design of the Swakara, he says. To create the effect of a doublelayered skirt with a running series of pleats, for instance, he merged the Swakara onto a fabric backing of cashmere and llama wool that gives warmth while retaining lightness. Simonsen also used this intarsia technique to add an extra design element, cutting out certain strips of Swakara and applying them onto the wool fabric of the underskirt and coat sleeves. - It’s a matter of keeping the garment lighter as well as using just the material that you need, Simonsen says. No stranger to making couture with different rule sets, Simonsen hopes that garments like the Swakara coat will show that haute couture, slow-fashion garments that are made by hand can be for any occasion or budget. - When someone comes to my door I will always consider if I can do something for them. I made a wedding dress that only cost the bride 800 eur, Simonsen says. - Couture doesn’t have to be an over-expensive extravagant affair, he says. - Swakara itself is very beautiful, so that always lends itself to a celebration.
By Ethan Kent Bilby
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KOPENHAGEN FUR’S SAMPLEMEN CONTRIBUTE TO NAMIBIA For many years, Kopenhagen Fur’s Kindergarten Project has helped many children in Katutura with reading, maths and a daily meal. But now, Kopenhagen Fur’s samplemen have also taken on the mantle of assisting Namibia by focusing on farmers.
The Kopenhagen Fur Samplemen Swakara Project aims to contribute to the development of Namibia by giving swakara farm workers the opportunity to own their own swakara sheep and thus become pelt producers themselves. This process will help alleviate poverty while at the same time stimulating Swakara pelt production in Namibia. Johannes Aron Nu-Ganeb, the first beneficiary of the project has been awarded 10 ewes and a small management fee for vaccines and fodder to the value of N$14 000. He has been involved in swakara farming for over 20 years and has been with his current employer at Farm Tivoli since 1997. Johannes Aron Nu-Ganeb has nothing but praise for his employer for allowing
him to keep his sheep on the farm and for assisting him with his application. - I am truly honoured to be a benefi-
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ciary of this great initiative and I would like to thank all Swakara samplemen at Kopenhagen Fur who supported me and made this possible. May the Lord bless you for this wonderful gesture, he said. The project places primary focus on farm workers who are allowed to keep some livestock on the farms where they work. Furthermore, with the support of this initiative, farm workers will generate extra income to supplement their wages. Benefits all parties The custodian of the project in Namibia is Agra Swakara Services. This division is also responsible for managing the Pelt Sorting Centre in Windhoek, collecting, sorting and marketing these precious and globally sought-after pelts as well
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- I am truly honoured to be a beneficiary of this great initiative and I would like to thank all Swakara samplemen at Kopenhagen Fur who supported me and made this possible, says Johannes Aron Nu-Ganeb.
as being actively involved in the selling of breeding stock, either by auction or through its stocklink services. Reflecting on the aims of the initiative, Jaco Van Zyl, Agra’s Technical Advisor for Swakara Production said: - The project will positively contribute towards creating new swakara farmers and, in the process, alleviate poverty in our community. The uniqueness of this project lies in the fact that the farm worker will keep his sheep in the same
flock as the farm owner’s thus benefiting from all the farmers’ knowledge and skills, while the farmer will benefit from a farm worker’s going the extra mile as an employee, as he has a direct interest in the performance of the flock. The farmers on board this idea are willing to further assist their workers by allowing them to use their rams, veterinary medicine and grazing. Additionally, they also want to
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encourage their farm workers by promoting a favourable employee atmosphere and retain lower staff turnover. The second farm worker to benefit from this project has already been identified and the handover is scheduled for later this year.
By Michael Abilon
KOPENHAGEN FUR PARTICIPATED IN THE ONE MILANO WITH A STAND AND AS A SPONSOR OF THE FUR FASHION SHOW ITALIAN FASHION NIGHT, FOLLOWING A FIVE-YEAR HIATUS.
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MANY OPPORTUNITIES IN MILAN Kopenhagen Fur participated in The One Milano with a stand and as a sponsor of the fur fashion show Italian Fashion Night, following a five-year hiatus. This presence helped strengthen contacts within the fur trade as well as the fashion trade.
The international fur trade meets in the heart of Milan in February at a major fashion event centered around fur as well as leather. The fair is filled with visitors eager to see what the exhibition has to offer. Everywhere you look you see fur garments. The One Milano, previously known as MiFur, takes place during the hectic Milan fashion week and blends the international fur trade with the fashion industry. According to Jesper Lauge Christensen, Exec, V.P. Commercial at Kopenhagen Fur, the fur fair in Milan gives Kopenhagen Fur an important platform for presenting fur. - As the world’s leading auction house, it is our duty to ensure fur is represented in the world of fashion. During the last few years, we’ve had the pleasure of working with many talented business partners and, by being here, we can further develop these relationships, he says. Also, by being present in Milan, Kopenhagen Fur can introduce mink skins to designers and manufacturers who are not yet familiar with the material.
Iversen, V.P. Design and Creativity at Kopenhagen Fur Studio.
KOPENHAGEN FUR’S FURRIERS PRESENTED NEW TECHNIQUES AT THE STAND AND OFFERED SOME TRAINING TO VISITORS. New techniques Kopenhagen Fur’s furriers presented new techniques at the stand and offered some training to visitors. This provided ample opportunity to create new contacts and to meet potential new partners. - There were approx. 300 exhibitors at the fair and we experienced a lot of interest in our stand. We spoke to many interesting players within the fashion industry who showed great appreciation for our fur techniques. This venue is also ideal for addressing the sustainable aspects of mink production and fur garments, says Julie Maria
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Sustainability on the catwalk Sustainability was also on the agenda at the fashion show sponsored by Kopenhagen Fur. Here, selected brands presented their fur styles on the catwalk, all of which were designed with sustainability in focus. The sustainability project carried out by Designskolen Kolding presented to the many designers gave the participating brands specific suggestions as to how designers and manufacturers can work with sustainability in the design process. - In addition to all of this, we brought along Kopenhagen Fur Studio’s collection, which is designed with sustainability in mind. In this collection, we chose to focus on multifunctionality, meaning that fur consumers can use this garment in different ways, which will increase its usability and its product lifespan, says Julie Maria Iversen.
By Aleksander Demsitz
M E E T AN AU CT I O N E E R
MEET AN AUCTIONEER: LARS SKJOLDEGAARD Meet Lars Skjoldegaard, who enjoys the competitive element and the psychological game that is part of being an auctioneer. He handles farmers’ political interests in his job at Kopenhagen Fur, but during the five annual auctions he takes on the extra role of being an auctioneer.
How did you become an auctioneer? It started back in 2011, when there was a call out around the company for people who would like to be part of the podium team. I was asked, and I said yes. I did that mostly because my daily job consists of handling political issues for the Danish mink farmers, so I had nothing to do with auctions nor customers. What is interesting for me about the auctioneer job is that it is another form of contact and way of relating to customers.
AS AN AUCTIONEER, I AM THE ONE WHO IS CRITICIZED BY THE CUSTOMERS IF THEY ARE DISSATISFIED - AND THEY DO SO OUT LOUD.
What has been the biggest surprise about the task of being an auctioneer? What surprises everyone who has worked as an inner spotter for some years, and has a good handle on it, is how much different it is to stand up on the podium with the hammer in the hand and be the one who is in charge of the auction – and the one who gets called out for better or worse. That is a big jump.
There can be 300 people in the auction room and, if one customer feels sufficiently overlooked or mistreated, rightly or wrongly, then they express it very loudly and sometimes personally to me in the auction room. It is different to be the one who is critized personally in front of so many people, so you must be able to handle that with your personal fortitude and professionalism. In that situation, you have to draw upon your instincts.
How do you see the difference between being a spotter to an auctioneer? As an auctioneer, I am the one who is criticized by the customers if they are dissatisfied - and they do so out loud.
How do you react then? It depends on the situation. Sometimes the task is to show off your funny and most human side, like when a customer makes a mistake shortly after having confronted me.
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I can spot that as an auctioneer and so do the other customers, since they are all very professional. And there are some funny situations when the whole auction room laughs. But it also shows the emotional excitement there is in the auction room, where the atmosphere can be serious, but where there is also room to see the funny side of things. It is that psychological game that is the most fun part of the assignment, and you have to get used to that to be good at it. When you say psychological game, what exactly do you mean? Customers often try to position themselves or pressure the auctioneer, because they want to get something out of the current situation – or perhaps five minutes later. I need to be able to read and decode that as an auctioneer – what the customer is trying to gain. When it happens, I have to figure it out while keeping my head cool and handling it as well as possible. On the other hand, I also play that game sometimes and I do some things in the auction room to put pressure or influence customers. But there are many people in the room
M E E T AN AU CT I O N E E R
Lars Skjoldegaard has been an auctioneer at Kopenhagen Fur since 2011.
playing this psychological game, and you are just one person. How can you keep track of it? Primarily through experience. I see some of the same tricks that customers use, since I have been an auctioneer for a few years. Through time you learn how to best handle a given situation for the future auctions. It is experiential learning combined with your own resolve. You need to be able to speak under pressure and maintain a professional demeanour. What qualities as a person must you have to be an auctioneer? I would say that you need a
mathematical brain. You must think systematically when you are on the podium. That is an advantage. Now and then I need to calculate percentages, because we have a sales policy that we have to stick to, and that must be done on the spot. There is also that robustness I mentioned. Why are you a good auctioneer? I don’t know if I am. But I think that for me personally, here is a competitive element and challenge as I have to handle whatever goes on in the whole auction room on my own – with all the challenges you might have in your head. I like the competitive element.
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If customers could describe you as an auctioneer in three words, what would they be? That’s difficult. I think that you should ask some customers. It’s quite varied. For sure, there are some customers that think that I’m not a good auctioneer because I “never see them”. So that would be a broad answer. But I hope a few feel that I am fair because my most important task is to treat customers equally.
By Louise Boe
FU R R I E R PORTRAIT
PORTRAIT OF A FUTURE FURRIER A random meeting between Malin Sofia Lindqvist and a Kopenhagen Fur furrier led to a change of carrier. In August 2017, she started as an apprentice at Kopenhagen Fur Studio; now she is entrusted with the job of making a Top Lot style for a Chinese customer.
- The design is so beautiful. It is inspired by a snow-covered landscape, furrier apprentice Malin Sofie Lindqvist says about the Top Lot style she is currently working on,on behalf of the Top Lot buyer, Mr Li Yanqi. Malin Sofie Lindqvist is an apprentice at Kopenhagen Fur Studio and under careful supervision and daily guidance from master furrier Sofie Merete Erichsen, who is responsible for Malin‘s training the pair work on making a Top Lot style for the customer. According to her, this is very characteristic for the way Kopenhagen Fur Studio treat their apprentices. Even though the skins went for DKK 5,000 per skin at the auction and were the most expensive Top Lot ever sold at Kopenhagen Fur, Malin is not nervous about the job. - This is such a secure and friendly learning environment and they offer me all the help and tutoring I need, Malin says and
PORTRAIT OF A FUTURE FURRIER emphasizes that she is grateful for being given the opportunity to make styles for actual customers and not only styles for the showroom. The finished style will be displayed in the window of Li Yanqi’s largest store, which is approximately 1,000 square metres. The style is a knee long coat made from the Pearl Beige Velvet Females Top Lot skins bought at the June 2017 auction. She uses a technique where she cuts the skin and sews in leather patterns to create a technique resembling snowy landscape. The perfect combination of creativity and craft Malin’s career path has never been set in stone and has changed direction several times over the
years. In 2015, Malin was working as an assistant for Freya Dalsjø, who has collaborated with Kopenhagen Fur many times. There she met a Kopenhagen Fur Studio furrier apprentice. He told her about the studio and the furrier craft. - I just knew that it was the perfect path for me. I remember I said to myself “Why hasn’t anyone told me about this job before?” she says. Two years later she began at Kopenhagen Fur Studio as an apprentice. -I love this trade. It is the perfect combination of tailoring and furrier’s work as well as it is an old classic craft of tailoring where you use your creative and aesthetic skills, she says. At the moment, Malin is the only person in Denmark being trained as a furrier. She is glad that Kopenhagen Fur are preserving the craft by taking on apprentices, she says. By Sophie Kastrup
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M OST E X P E N S I V E T O P LO T E V E R S O L D AT KO P E N H AG E N F U R
The atmosphere in the auction room during the June auction 2017 was euphoric as the Top Lot of the Pearl Beige Velvet Females was on offer. - People became more and more curious standing up filming the battle of bids between the two gentlemen who both could see the value of winning the Top Lot. The Top Lot winner was very determined and sat with his finger in the air from start to finish. There was no doubt in his mind, while the opponent began to hesitate when the bidding came higher and higher. It was knocked down for DKK 5,000 per skin, which makes it the most expensive Top Lot ever to be sold at Kopenhagen Fur. The buyer was Chinese Li Yanqi, who owns the fur company Ou Ya Sheng Qi Fur Garment Co., Ltd. - I bought the Top Lot as part of a promotion of my company’s tenth anniversary, which we are celebrating this year. I want to show that my company is rising to a higher level and I hope that, in cooperation with Kopenhagen Fur, I can design a beautiful style out of the skins, he says. The skins are now in the hands of furrier apprentice Malin Sofia Lindqvist at Kopenhagen Fur Studio. The finished style will be displayed in the window of Li Yangi’s largest store.
FU R R I E R PORTRAIT
At the moment, Malin is the only person in Denmark being trained as a furrier.
FO U R Q U I C K Q U EST I O N S FO R T H E A P P R E N T I C E What kind of fur is your favourite to work with?
Mink and also Swakara. The Namibian skins are fascinating because of all the different patterns in the skins. It’s like a puzzle. It’s so satisfying when you succeed and make the skins fit together.
What inspires you as an apprentice?
Because I am new to the craft I tried to stay open minded and let everything inspire me. Designing with fur is very different from designing with fabric, which I’ve done a lot before. Here you create the flat work yourself, which brings a new dimension to it. For instance, right now, as we speak, I am looking at a brick wall on the other side of the street and the structure inspires me. Normally, I’m very inspired by shapes and silhouettes and how you can work with and deconstruct shapes.
Who do you look up to?
As an apprentice, here at Kopenhagen Fur’s studio, I look up to all my colleagues at Kopenhagen Fur Studio. Everyone here knows all the craft but they all have their own way of using the techniques.
Do you have a creation you are particularly proud of?
I once made a coat with over-dimensioned hips and fur sleeves. The shape made it look like an hourglass or maybe a vase. I thought that looked interesting. I like playing with silhuettes like that.
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TH E R E M I X GOLD P R IZ E
CHUNCHEN LIU FROM JAPAN TAKES THE REMIX GOLD PRIZE For Chunchen Liu, snowy mountains were the main inspiration behind this year’s winning style in the international fashion and fur competition, REMIX.
From left: Member of the jury, Sara Sozzani Maino from Vogue, Remix winner Chunchen Liu. Editor Tamu McPherson and Mark Oaten, CEO, IFF.
The Remix gold medallist was the Japanese designer Chunchen Liu who received the prize at the annual award ceremony at the Milan fashion week. She designed a collection inspired by the snowy mountains and mountain climbing, which is a popular activity in Japan. The use of different types of fur illustrates the snow and texture of mountain rocks. This year, The International Fur Federation (IFF) requested that all participating designers worked with a sustainability perspective in their work process and their fur designs. - Natural fur is one of the most sustainable materials which we proudly advocate for and REMIX gives up-and-coming designers a chance to explore this rich material and make use of it in their fashion career, says Mark Oaten, CEO of IFF. Remix gives opportunities The jury chose Chunchen Liu’s designs
out of 30 other designs presented and from over 100 applicants from all over the world. REMIX is organized by IFF and supported by Vogue Talents. Mark Oaten is impressed by the innovative and modern fur designs presented in the competition. - Every year, the bar is set higher. From sketches to actual fur garments, we follow the story of each of those young designers as we watch them creating master pieces skilfully - it never ceases to amaze me how innovative, versatile and modern fur design can be. Silver and bronze The REMIX silver prize went to Siyang Meng from China. Her inspiration comes from the natural rock crystal and its many features and characteristics of the likes of coral. She was granted a visit to Kopenhagen Fur Studio for a week of technical training and practice. Abigail Wirth from Hungary scooped the
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bronze prize with a manifesto against the plastic world of products around us. All the REMIX 2018 winners will have the honour of seeing their creations headlining FUR NOW, the next IFF fashion advertising campaign. Through this, they will get global exposure via partnerships with leading fashion media and also the opportunity of having an exclusive exposure on Vogue Italia and vogue.it. International jury The jury was presided by Sara Sozzani Maino, Vogue Italia’s deputy director and head of Vogue Talents, and designer Arthur Arbesser; Rome’s Accademia Costume e Moda director Adrien Roberts, and Luca Rizzi, founder of the Creative and More scouting agency.
By Michael Abilon
E V E N T S I N C O P E N H AG E N
26 APRIL – 9 MAY 2018 for anyone to leave the house. Soon, desperation sets in, and the dinner escalates into a nightmarish fight for survival. The Exterminating Angel is inspired by Luis Buñuel’s surrealistic cult film classic from 1962. The music is by Thomas Adès’ seductive musical universe, which abounds with sounds of musical masters like eg. Wagner, Bartók, Nielsen, Ravel, Shostakovicht and Stravinsky.
it all in motion”. Jago’s ability to ensnare Otello and the beautiful Desdemona in a web of destructive lies, is at the heart of the opera. Otello is performed in Italian with Danish subtitles.
29 APRIL AND 4 MAY The Opera House kglteater.dk
The Exterminating Angel is performed in English with Danish subtitles.
BALLET
THE QUEEN OF SPADES
2 AND 6 MAY The Opera House kglteater.dk
Liam Scarlett has created a ballet based on one of Pushkin’s dramatic tales of destiny. It is a thrilling horror story about what happens, when an erotic obsession and passion for gambling are mixed together in an ill-fated cocktail: the poor officer Hermann meets the older countess, known as the Queen of Spades, who knows her way around a card table. He falls in love with her young lady’s maid, Liza, and through Liza, he tries to get the Countess to reveal some of the secrets to her success at the card table. But nothing goes according to his plans.
26 AND 28 APRIL AND 3 MAY The Royal Theatre, Old Stage kglteater.dk
OPERA
THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL After a festive evening in the Opera, a group of jet setters gather for a later dinner party. But something is terribly wrong: a curse seems to have been cast on the party, making it impossible
EXHIBITION
GABRIELE MÜNTER Though perhaps not widely known yet, the German painter Gabriele Münter should be acknowledged for her striking contribution to the art of the twentieth century.
OPERA
OTELLO Verdi was a great admirer of Shakespeare’s plays and put a lot of effort into ensuring that his Shakespeare operas were as true to the original plays as possible. In Verdi’s Otello, Shakespeare’s drama is cut to the bone, making the main characters and the intrigue created by the jealous and malicious Jago stand out – a dramatic focus which is cut even clearer when set to Verdi’s mesmerizing music. Verdi saw Jago as “the Devil, who sets
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The exhibition takes a present-day look at Münter’s work, which is presented in thematic sections – from the classic genres such as the portrait and landscape through interiors and abstractions to her interest in foreign cultures, folk art and children’s drawings. Some 130 works are included in the exhibition covering the whole of the artist’s active period.
FROM 3 MAY Louisiana Museum of Modern Art louisiana.dk
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SC H E D U L E
KOPENHAGEN FUR AUCTION SCHEDULE & OFFERINGS 2018 INSPECTION AUCTION
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL-MAY
JUNE-JULY
AUGUST-SEPT
02-06
10-16
07-11
17-23
26-1
14-21
25-01
2-9
22-01
2-11
MINK Black Brown Mahogany Pastel Pearl Beige Golden Pearl Silverblue Sapphire Violet Palomino White Black Cross Silverblue Cross Sapphire Cross Pearl/Palomino Cross Various Cross Redglow Blue Iris Jaguar Stardust Various mutations OTHER TYPES Chinchilla Rex Rabbit Foxes Swakara
Breeders and Breeders Lowgrades will be offered in June in the types and sizes where regular winterskins are also available.
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HOTEL KONG ARTHUR
COURTYARDS IBSENS HOTEL
VIVACIOUS, qUIRKY AND COmFORTABLE BOUTIqUE HOTELS IN COPENHAGEN Ibsens and Kong Arthur are a blend of old and new: The interior design are modern, but the original character of the old buildings are beautifully preserved. There’s a buzzy lounge/bar area, and outside seating in the courtyard. Hotel Kong Arthur has a spa and fitness room. Two in-house restaurants are serving both hotels – Pintxos, serving up good tapas, and the more upmarket La Rocca, with a menu of Italian classics. For breakfast both hotels feature a mostly organic buffet spread that follows New Nordic principles, concentrating on seasonal, sustainable and local produce. Book through Kopenhagen Fur. 28
COPENHAGEN HOTELS
COPENHAGEN ISLAND
TIVOLI HOTEL
Kalvebod Brygge 53,
Arni Magnussons Gade
1560 København V
2, 1577 København
www.arp-hansen.dk
www.arp-hansen.dk
ADMIRAL
RADISSON BLU ROYAL
Toldbodgade 24,
Hammerichsgade
1253 K
1611 V
www.admiralhotel.dk
www.radissonblu.com
RADISSON BLU
Ørestads Blvd. 114-118,
SCANDINAVIA
2300 S
Amager Blv. 70,
www.crowneplaza.
2300 S
com
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Nørre Søgade 11, 1370 København K www.arthurhotels.dk
FIRST
For individual reservations you can change or cancel 48 hours prior to arrival, or you will be charged with the first night. For group reservations :
CROWN PLAZA HOTEL
HOTEL KONG ARTHUR
NEW cancellation policy for 2018 :
SCANDIC CPH Vester Søgade 6, 1601 V www.scandichotels. com
SCANDIC GLOSTRUP Roskildevej 550,
Vesterbrogade 23-29,
2600 Glostrup
1620 V
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www.firsthotels.com
com
GLOSTRUP PARK
SCANDIC HVIDOVRE
Hovedvejen 41,
Kettevej 4.
2600 Glostrup
2650 Hvidovre
www.parkhotel.dk
www.scandichotels.com
MARRIOTT
SKT. PETRI - 5 STARS
Kalvebod Brygge 5,
Krystalgade 22,
1560 V
1172 K
www.marriott.com
www.firsthotels.com
MAYFAIR HOTEL
BELLA SKY COMWELL Center Boulevard 5,
Helgolandsgade 3,
2300 S
1653 V
www.bellaskycomwell.
www.clarionhotel.com
com
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Until 45 days before the first arrival, the reservation can be cancelled without any cost. After this date a maximum of 50% of the original reservation can be cancelled after the below mentioned rules: - Until 15 days before the first arrival, 50 % of the original reservation can be cancelled without any cost - Until 10 days before the first arrival, 25 % of the original reservation can be cancelled without any cost - Rooms not cancelled seven days before the first arrival will be charged 100 % Date changes will be accepted without any cost on the condition that the hotel has available rooms on the alternative dates. If the rooms, as a result of lack of available rooms, are cancelled, the hotel refers to the above listed cancellation terms.
We urge you to make your hotel reservations as early as possible.
C O N TAC T S - F O R C U S T O M E R S MANAGEMENT
ioe@kopenhagenfur.com
Jesper Lauge Christensen Exec. V.P. Commercial + 45 4326 1207
Jesper Uggerhøj CEO +45 4326 1042
Inge Østermand Secretary +45 4326 1042
CUSTOMER DEPARTMENT
Uffe Winther CFO / Exec. V.P. Finance & IT +45 2268 0969 customer@kopenhagenfur.com
Brian Tufvesson Head of Customer Dept.
Birgit Friis Secretary
+45 4326 1401
+45 4326 1431
Christiane Rautenberg Key Account Manager +45 4326 1442
Anne Lunn Key Account Manager
Ahmet Aydin Key Account Manager
Louise Heimann Key Account Manager
+45 4326 1443
+45 4326 1441
+45 7213 5028
Paul Pedersen Chief Auctioneer
Per Knudsen Chief Auctioneer
Klaus Harlev Auctioneer
+45 4326 1203
+45 4326 1208
Stig Reinhold Sales Manager, Auctioneer +45 4326 1209
Kasper S. Reinbacher VP, International Sales +45 4326 1422
Lars Skjoldegaard Auctioneer
James Han Head of Logistic
Violette Zhang Head of Communication +86 186 1830 1827
Annette Hindborg Key Account Manager +45 4326 1440
AUCTIONEERS
+45 4326 1415
+45 4326 1021
BEIJING OFFICE Chris Cui President of Kopenhagen Fur China +86 139 1093 7964
Felix Yan Head of Sales and Marketing +86 186 1006 6081
+86 136 9367 8524
Andy Chen Head of Administration +86 159 0143 7370
GLOBAL FUR LOGISTICS
shipping@kopenhagenfur.com
Søren Valentin Coo & Executive Vice President +45 2268 0920
Christian Sander V.P. Supply Chain
Line Spang Shipping Manager
Karina Kjær Nielsen Shipping Coordinator
+45 2795 7057
+45 4326 1472
+45 7213 2845
Nina Agerlin Burchard Shipping Coordinator +45 7213 2842
MARKETING Henriette Glæsel V.P. Marketing + 45 2476 9177
QUALITY DEPARTMENT Kim Baruel Erichsen Quality Manager + 45 4326 1310
KOPENHAGEN FUR STUDIO Julie Maria Iversen V.P. Design & Creativity +45 2268 0974
AREA MANAGERS Andrej Rumjancev Area Manager, Russia +45 4326 1103
RECEPTION/BOOKING
qualitydepartment@kopenhagenfur.com
Lone Lyhne Technical Quality Manager +45 2268 0991
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Leo Boutis Area Manager, Greece +30 693 242 5858 reception@kopenhagenfur.com
Annette Marie Egerup Front Office Manager
Line Jensen Receptionist
+45 4326 1062
+45 4326 1280
C O N TAC T S - F O R FA R M E R S E-mail: farmerservice@kopenhagenfur.com Phone: +45 4326 1255
FARMERSERVICE
fax: +45 4326 1299
Louise Weile V.P. sales/Farmer relations
Peter Smit Area Manager North America
Tel: +45 43 26 14 04 Mobile: +45 22 68 09 26 ldw@kopenhagenfur.com
Mobile: +31 621 143637 psm@kopenhagenfur.com
Christine Otzen Market Coordinator
Per Knudsen Area Manager North America
Tel: +45 43 26 12 04 cot@kopenhagenfur.com
Tel: +45 43 26 12 08 Mobile: +45 22 68 09 08 pk@kopenhagenfur.com
PROMPT DAY
Bryan Flinn DSV Air & Sea Inc. - Halifax
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, B2W 6E2 Canada
P.O. Box 28056
Tel: 902-433-2025 Mob: 902-402-4599 Fax: 902-433-1068 bryan.flinn@ca.dsv.com www.dsv.com
Prompt day of the May auction is Wednesday, 30 May 2018.
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DAVID MORGAN
MICHAEL LEPSKI
JACK FELBER
Infelber (Exports) Ltd 4 Elthorne Road, London N19 4AG Tel +44(20) - 7281 1966
E-mail info@infelber.com
Fax +44(20) - 7281 2398
Eurasia Furs Ltd Unit O, 10/Kaiser Estate Phase III 9-11A Hok Yuen Street, Hunghom, Kowloon, HK Tel +852 2311 9803
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Fax +852 2721 3081