Anne Sofie Madsen has quickly and easily become Copenhagen Fashion Week’s bright shining star. Her fascination with dark fairy tales carry each collection through a captivating narrative partially achieved through her self illustrated textiles and through the meticulous craftsmanship we have come to associate with her label. Her F/W 2012 collection is titled “Sedna”, after the half skeleton and half human Inuit goddess of the underworld.
“The horror of Sedna is a tragic story of a young woman who loses her life in the arctic cold and becomes a goddess with a wish for revenge.
The skeleton of Sedna is depicted in the work with techniques inspired by carvings in Ivory from the Inuit tupilak figures. The human side of Sedna shows a more vivid figure expressed through the patterns and fringes cov- ering the garments. Silhouettes inspired by Victorian menswear contribute to the atmosphere of the horrendous story.
The collection is the expression of a tupilak coming to life in a novel of the late 19th century horror literature.”
