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Kopenhagen furdecember 2008
2 KOPENHAGEN FUR NEWS
12 18
5 Editorial
6 News in brief
7 Las Vegas Party at Kopenhagen Fur
9 Preliminary Sales Programme
10 Kopenhagen Fur offering
12 Kopenhagen Fur at creative fair
16 Facing a new world order: China goes creative
18 Colourful Chinese Fur Fashion in Copenhagen
20 Antifur is not about animal welfare
23 Events in Copenhagen
24 Auction news
25 Copenhagen hotels
26 Contact Kopenhagen Fur
ContentsDECEmbER 2008
7
Kopenhagen Fur news
PUbLiSHED by KOPENHAGEN FUR
editor in ChieF TORbEN NiELSEN
editors PERNiLLE mUNK CHRiSTENSEN AND
PATRiCiA WiLSON/
PmC@KOPENHAGENFUR.COm
Layout FRANCES yUAN JiNSONG
print DATAGRAF
advertising KATHRiNE ENGbERG / [+45] 4326 1112
Cover RED-DyED bLACK CROSS miNK,
HAiNiNG CHiNA LEATHER mARKET
photo SACHA mARiC
iSSN 1901-731
KOPENHAGEN FUR PURPLE QUALITY
KOPENHAGEN FUR BURGUNDY QUALITY
KOPENHAGEN FUR PLATINUM QUALITY
KOPENHAGEN FUR IVORY QUALITY
Kopenhagen Fur’s label designs integrate the newly launched, international Origin Assured programme (OA) with the existing four Kopenhagen Fur quality labels.
The new Kopenhagen Fur labels are a two-fold consumer assurance. It is an assurance both that the fur is of superior quality and an assurance that the fur has been produced in countries where fur farming is regulated.
Garments carrying a Kopenhagen Fur quality label have been made from fur skins that are unrivalled in quality.
Only skins sold through Kopenhagen Fur and graded by Kopenhagen Fur’s graders can carry the Kopenhagen Fur quality label. Most skins sold through Kopenhagen Fur are mink skins, but Kopenhagen Fur’s quality labels extend equally to fox, chinchilla and swakara skins.
DECEmbER 2008 5
editoriaLNOT A WORD AbOUT THE CRiSiS
Maybe the world is flagging, and the price
for recent years’ dissipation on loans must
be paid back now.
The collapse of the American
financial market has raised an international
tidal wave, which has brought countries
and old well-established, international
financial companies to their knees.
The economic growth is declining
and people are starting wondering if it is
about a beginning recession in large parts
of the world.
Just returned from a business
trip to China - and eleven days without
talking about economic catastrophes - it is
amazing to see the incredible development
China has undergone during the last 15 to
20 years.
Replaced by cars, bicycles have
almost disappeared from the streets of
Beijing and the small grey houses do not
exist anymore. In return, you can see
skyscrapers all over the city, one more
imaginative than the other. Shopping malls,
international hotels, the new airports and
so on prove that China within a very short
period of time has risen from being a poor,
underdeveloped country to being a global
power centre.
Because of the growing wealth the
Chinese people have begun to have a
taste for art, gastronomy and fashion. The
great art environment inside and outside
Beijing offers incredibly exciting art, a
large number of new restaurants refine
the Chinese kitchen into so far unknown
heights, and the first Chinese fashion
brands with an international calibre are
showing themselves off large scale. Beijing
is only one of several cities experiencing
this growth. China is indeed on its way up.
Kopenhagen Fur is very visible in
China. Two years ago, Kopenhagen Studio
opened at Tsinghua University - China’s
best and most prestigious university. By
opening Kopenhagen Studio in China, the
framework of one of our most important
activities, namely our quality and design
programme, was established.
Kopenhagen Fur’s design and quality
programme rests on three foundations,
namely: the certified boutiques, the
Purple Club, including the co-operation
with the best Chinese fashion brands
and Kopenhagen Studio. The purpose of
the design and the quality programme
is to strengthen the Chinese companies’
designs in order to create both design and
quality with an international strength. The
Chinese people have a solid tradition of
design.
However, the Chinese people seem
to turn their back on their own design
tradition in the search of a more western
lifestyle. Design is often defined as foreign
countries’ brands like: Italian, French or
American. Fashion or great designs are
often created from various sources of
inspiration. In a global world, the sources
of inspiration are almost immense. The
whole secret is to be inspired without
being tempted to copy others designs.
The designer is first of all influenced by
his cultural background and his definition
of design, but is also inspired by other
things. It is Kopenhagen Fur’s ambition to
encourage this process and to inspire the
Chinese designers to create a new design
language with respect for the traditional
and rich Chinese design tradition.
The students at the Tsinghua
University and a large number of young
designers show that there are huge
amounts of talent in China. During the last
10 to15 years the American and European
designers have contributed to the
establishment of a strong market for fur in
China. The talented Chinese designers will
ensure that fur is to stay in fashion in China,
but certainly also on the more traditional
markets.
6 KOPENHAGEN FUR NEWS
newsiN bRiEF
sorting Courses 2009>
Kopenhagen Fur Academy has
again arranged Sorting and
Sorting and Auction Procedure
courses. The courses are well-
attended and very popular.
The trainees will gain in-depth
knowledge of the principles
of sorting raw mink skins as
well as considerable practical
training when choosing the
3-week course.
The sorting course takes place:
12 to 16 January 2009
The sorting and auction
procedure course 2009 takes
place:
20 May to 14 June 2009
You can register to participate
in the courses online on www.
kopenhagenfur.com on the
Auction site under About
Kopenhagen Fur/Sorting
Courses.
You are also welcome to contact
the Customer Department on
+45 4326 1444, fax no.
+45 4326 1449 or mail to
customers@kopenhagenfur.com.
next season’s Kopenhagen Fur 2008/2009 CaLendar is avaiLabLe >
You are welcome to pick it up
from one of Kopenhagen Fur’s
service counters during the
December 2008 auction.
The calendar contains
information about
Auction schedule •
2008/2009
Offering 2008/2009•
Information on •
Kopenhagen Fur quality
labels
Week planner from •
October 2008 to December
2009
Year planner from 2008 •
to 2010
Contact persons •
visa appLiCations - Change oF ruLes
Every year, Kopenhagen Fur
assists the customers with
invitation letters concerning
visas to Kopenhagen Fur
auctions. In a season,
Kopenhagen Fur sends more
than 400 invitation letters to
the customers.
Danish Immigration Service
has published that the rules
for the visas to the Schengen
countries are changed.
The Schengen countries are:
Denmark, Estonia, Finland,
France, Greece, Iceland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
Malta, Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Slovakia,
Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,
Czech Republic, Germany,
Hungary and Austria.
In the future, the customer
must go to the country’s
representation abroad, where
the main part of the visit should
be paid, if he wants to visit
both Finland and Denmark
If the stay in the two countries
is of equal length, the visa
must be applied for at the
representation of that country
in which the stay begins.
When the customer applies
for visa through Kopenhagen
Fur he should always tell
Kopenhagen Fur’s reception
whether he has plans to visit
both auction houses or only
Kopenhagen Fur’s auction.
The invitation letter will then
be issued in accordance
with the customer’s travel to
both auction houses or only
Kopenhagen Fur’s auction
respectively.
Kopenhagen Fur will still give the
usual service and send invitations
to the customers who want to
visit Kopenhagen Fur auctions.
The concerned embassy will also
be advised.
In cooperation with Finnish Fur
Sales and Danish Immigration
Service, we can confirm that the
customer needs to apply for one
visa only for visits to both auction
houses, when the visit will take
place on the same journey.
Please contact the reception at
mail@kopenhagenfur.com or
phone +45 43 26 11 26 when
applying for a visa through
Kopenhagen Fur.
Applicants from China/
Hong Kong should contact
Kopenhagen Fur Beijing to
obtain an invitation letter.
Phone +86 10 8447 6804/Fax
+86 10 8447 7284.
Yours faithfully
Kopenagen Fur
DECEmbER 2008 7
Champagne, gambling and delicious food.
This was the scene the day before the
September auction, when Kopenhagen
Fur on 6 September held a huge Las Vegas
party for customers and employees in
Glostrup.
The party was held in a big
marquee, where more than 400 guests and
employees dined, gambled and partied all
night long with the Danish singers Zindy
and Monique. Besides gambling at the
poker or blackjack table, the guests could
place their bets in the lottery, where prizes
like iPods, digital cameras and Iphones
were at stake.
In the following pictures you can see
and feel the great atmosphere from the Las
Vegas party.
Las vegas party at Kopenhagen Fur
by patriCia wiLson
8 KOPENHAGEN FUR NEWS
Telephone:
Mr FrederikAhrensberg+45 4326 1142
Ms Sisse Wrobel+45 4326 1143
Mr Kim Nielsen+45 4326 1167
Mr Kurt Bach+45 4326 1168
Ms Lisbeth Thode+45 4326 1169
Fax+45 4326 1144/+45 4345 4093
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JUST FUR YOU
DECEmbER 2008 9
Chinchilla 13,000 275 240Var. foxes 650 55 55Redfox 3,500 50 50Marten 750 15 15Seal skins Greenlandic 7,000 50 25Seal skins Canadian 2,800 35 30Karakul Afghan/Uzbec 10,000 75 50
Sapphire M 15,000 200 100- F 15,000 200 100Silverblue M 25,000 200 100- F 25,000 200 100White M 65,000 300 75- F 65,000 250 75Brown M 190,000 500 250Glow M 210,000 500 275Brown F 200,000 500 200Glow F 220,000 500 275 1,030,000 3,350 1,550
preLiminary saLes programme SUNDAy 14 AND mONDAy 15 DECEmbER 2008iNSPECTiON FROm FRiDAy 12 DECEmbER
sunday, 14 deCember sKins Lots showLots
monday, 15 deCember Pearl M 65,000 450 150- F 65,000 350 150Black Cross M 20,000 200 125- F 20,000 200 100Black M 35,000 225 150- F 45,000 225 125Mahogany M 60,000 350 225- F 60,000 300 200 370,000 2,300 1,225
To finish at approx. 15:30
Total number of mink skins 1,400,000
We reserve the right to change the quantity and the order of the sale.
Due to a more effective offering
programme and a sorting system adapted
perfectly to the market, Kopenhagen Fur
will arrange the December sales in two
days only.
The December offering of mink skins
is scheduled to 1.4 million mink skins with
collections of the main mink types.
The qualities of PLATINUM, BURGUNDY
AND IVORY will be offered at the
December auction. Also the quality range
of Quality I, Quality II and CHIP will be put
up for sale.
Within PLATINUM and BURGUNDY,
the quick-growing share of Kopenhagen
Fur’s greatly requested Velvet group will
be offered for sale.
The sizes to be offered this auction will
appear from the Kopenhagen Fur Offering
2008/2009.
PURPLE, Kopenhagen Fur’s top
quality, will not be put up for sale until the
February auction 2009.
10 KOPENHAGEN FUR NEWS
Kopenhagen Fur OFFERiNG 2008/2009
In the previous season Kopenhagen Fur
sold a total of 17.8 million mink skins.
Kopenhagen Fur expects to offer an
almost unchanged number of mink skins
in the season 2008/2009. However, the
composition of the mink types will be
different. The offering of Black, Mahogany,
Brown, Glow and Silverblue will be
increased whereas the number of White,
Pearl, Sapphire and Cross mink skins will be
reduced. The major change will be that Cross
mink will be reduced by almost 50 per cent.
To plan your purchase at Kopenhagen
Fur best possibly the estimated offering is
stated in types and number in the below
survey. Furthermore, the sizes to be
offered at the auctions concerned appear
from the below table.
A comprehensive offering in colour
shades in Platinum, Burgundy and Ivory as
the dominating qualities will be offered at
all five auctions.
The hair length CLASSIC (medium
nap) will still be dominating, but the
offering of Velvet (short nap) makes
an increasingly larger share of the
collection.
Kopenhagen Fur’s top quality
PURPLE which is selected among the finest
female skins of the Velvet quality will come
under the hammer at the February and the
June auctions where also the TOP LOT of
the season will be sold.
December 2008 30-00-0 1-2February 2009 40-30-00-0 0-1-2April 2009 30-00-0-1 1-2-3June 2009 50-40-30-00-0 00-0-1-2September 2009 30-00-0-1-2-3 1-2-3-4-5
bLaCK, mahogany, white and siLverbLue maLes FemaLes
December 2008 30-00-0 0-1-2February 2009 40-30-00-0 0-1-2April 2009 40-30-00-0-1 0-1-2-3June 2009 50-40-30-00-0 00-0-1-2September 2009 30-00-0-1-2-3 1-2-3-4-5
brown and gLow maLes FemaLes
December 2008 30-00-0 1-2February 2009 30-00-0 1-2April 2009 30-00-0-1 1-2-3June 2009 50-40-30-00-0 00-0-1-2September 2009 30-00-0-1-2-3 1-2-3-4-5
pearL maLes FemaLes
10 KOPENHAGEN FUR NEWS
DECEmbER 2008 11
other sKins (1,000 sKins)
Chinchilla 15 15 15 15 15 75Rex Rabbits 4 4 8Swakara 60 80 140Foxes 10 30 10 20 70
minK (1,000 sKins)
Black 80 330 350 500 340 1,600Mahogany 120 530 600 600 450 2,300Brown 390 730 1,120 800 1,360 4,400Glow 430 830 1,260 890 1,490 4,900Pearl 130 230 300 400 140 1,200Golden Pearl 30 70 100White 130 280 300 350 140 1,200Sapphire 30 150 100 20 300Silverblue 50 200 200 370 80 900Black Cross 40 160 100 70 30 400Var. Cross 110 65 35 10 220Pastel 40 110 10 160Violet 20 20Blue Iris 20 20Jaguar 30 30Palomino 70 130 10 210Stardust 15 5 20Var. mutations 20 20Total mink 1,400 3,500 4,500 4,500 4,100 18,000
deC Feb apr Jun sepseLLing days 14-15 3-6 2-6 14-19 12-17 in totaL
We reserve the right to make changes.
SEPTEmbER 2008 11
12 KOPENHAGEN FUR NEWS
Riding on the growing interest of the
Chinese people in Danish design, an
impressive line-up of 28 Danish companies
participated in the annual Shanghai
International Creative Industry Week.
Kopenhagen Fur had one of the biggest
booths, and was visible in other aspects:
Joint promotion with Nordic Living
magazine and sponsorship of the Luxury
Market Seminar.
Kopenhagen Fur showed nine styles
created by Danish designer Soren Bach.
The stylist-turned-designer has a brush
with cartoon and uses mink to create
these eye-opening styles, including a mink
helmet that reads BOOM. The visitors,
Chinese and foreigners, saw the styles with
great interest.
One of the visitors was Danish Prime
Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen who
spent quite a while at Kopenhagen Fur’s
booth, which pleased Managing Director in
Kopenhagen Fur Torben Nielsen.
- It is important to us that the Prime
Minister spends time here with us on an
Kopenhagen Fur at Creative FairStrong Danish lineup at creative fair in Shanghai, where the Danish Prime Minister took partby Chen weixian
Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh
Rasmussen (left) together with
Torben Nielsen, managing director of
Kopenhagen Fur
DECEmbER 2008 13
official Danish visit in China, because it is
an acknowledgement that we are a serious
company, Torben Nielsen said, who
had had a number of Kopenhagen Furs
business associates flown in to Shanghai
during the fair.
The Shanghai International Creative
Industry Week brings together design
and creative firms from around the world,
and aims to be a premium platform for
creativity and ideas to reap economic
benefits. It ended on October 22.
Whether it is small or big business, conducted locally or globally, you always find us close at hand. We are located in 21 countries, our main market being the Nordic region, the Baltic States and Poland. As a customer, you get one, single contact person with the total resources of the bank at your disposal. We utilise our entire network to together create solutions that provide your company with real competitive advantage. You are welcome to discuss with us the most interesting topic of all – the future. Get in touch with your nearest branch office.
To all companies with faith in the future
Making it possible
14 KOPENHAGEN FUR NEWS
DECEmbER 2008 15
16 KOPENHAGEN FUR NEWS
It was a somewhat reverse scene that took
place at the waterfront in Copenhagen in
October: Danish models walked the catwalk
wearing styles in fur and leather designed
by Chinese designers. The bigwigs in
the Danish fashion world were amazed,
says Event Manager in Kopenhagen Fur
Christina Wolff-Jürgensen:
- Several people commented that the
show truly opened their eyes to the talent
in China. They were positively surprised by
the high level of standards.
And the world might as well get
used to it. The Chinese giant, primarily
known to the world for its pure strength
and manufacturing power, has decided
to become a serious player in the global
knowledge economy, and as has been
the case with the economic growth, the
speed of which China is gaining terrain, is
stunning.
A report from Organisation for
Economic Co-operation and Development
(OECD) from September this year states
that China now spends 30 billion USD
on research and development each
year, making the country the sixth
largest research nation in the world. The
investments in R&D are increasing at an
incredible annual rate of 19 percent. The
giant has proved that muscles can come
with brains too.
- The Chinese have realized that the
real profit is at the end of the production
chain. Design and branding are more
valuable than simple production, China-
expert at Copenhagen Business School,
Kjeld Erik Brodsgaard, says. According to
Chinese experts, the core of the knowledge
is scientific and technological innovation
and cultural creative industry.
Beijing and Shanghai lead China in
the creative industry, with Beijing having
21 creative parks and Shanghai having
more than 10. The creative parks provide
conditions for creative talents to gather
and carve out. Many of the parks were
first started by private investors and later
gained the support of the government after
having proved themselves.
Last year, Shanghai creative industry
had an output of 45 billion USD, and the
creative industry grows at 16-17 percent
annually in Shanghai - far faster than the
city’s overall economic growth.
On the fashion side the strong stake
is paying off. The number of Chinese
fashion magazines have exploded in recent
years suggesting that the ever growing
Chinese middle class is paying more and
more attention to their appearance – and
that they have the means to buy clothes
that is in fashion. Moreover, Chinese
fashion designers have started to enter
the catwalks and brands like Mary Ma and
Jefen by Frankie Xie are now well known in
international fashion circles.
And as for fur, it is taking its part of
the action too. The demand for fur has
FaCing a new worLd order: China goes CreativeBeing the world’s manufacturing plant is no longer enough for China. The country, that has a long tradition for brilliant inventions, is becoming a player in the global knowledge economy. That makes the domestic demand for fur likely to accelerate further – in spite of the international economic downturnby miCK madsen and Chen weixian
DECEmbER 2008 17
been on the rise for a while and the arrow seems to point only
one way: upwards. Not least because the innovative efforts in fur
designing are bringing fur out of the wardrobe and into the living
rooms.
- Fur is a very sought after article in China and fur is now
spreading to other areas such as furniture, interior and decoration,
says Deputy Director in China National Light Industry Council, Mr.
Xu Yong.
He also points out that fur has a positive impact on the
fashion industry as a whole, because the Chinese fur business
has become a “mature” industry, succeeding with rational
production methods, a firm hand at all aspects that has to do with
branding and marketing as well as a goal-oriented focus on the
development of unique design.
Not even the current financial crisis, which has sent entire
economies towards recession in countries like USA and Japan
and put Iceland on the brink of bankruptcy, seems to make any
particular impact on domestic consuming in China.
Even with the economic growth slowing down a bit in the
third quarter of 2008, China still managed to achieve a growth
of 9 percent, and apparently the Chinese still have appetite for
consuming, which the international business magazine China
Economic Review weren’t late to point out, when the cover of the
October issue carried the rather bold headline “What Downturn?”.
The magazine documents that the value of Chinese retail grew by
16.7 percent in 2007. From January to August 2008 another rise –
this time of 21.7 percent – was experienced. The numbers have
to be held together with the fact that Chinese shares in the same
period have nose-dived and that it is 18 months since the stock
exchanges of the world went red the first time due to dramatic
falls at the stock exchange in Shanghai.
So whereas most experts forecast that Chinese export will
experience a fall due to the global financial turmoil, the engine
of Chinas economy - the domestic market – paradoxically seems
only marginally affected. As one female consumer said to China
Economic Review:
- My shopping habits may be influenced by my mood, but
not by the economy.
18 KOPENHAGEN FUR NEWS
In the middle of October, Kopenhagen Fur
held a great fashion show in co-operation
with Haining Leather Market in China at
Langelinie Pavillon in Copenhagen.
At the fashion show you could
experience a lot of colourful leather and fur
on the beautiful runway, which was kept
in gold colours in a true east meets west-
ambiance.
The designs from the catwalk were
made by various designers from Haining
Leather Market in China – a large shopping
mall in Haining, which retails fur and
leather.
The idea behind the fashion show
was to show the Danish fashion crowd that
China as well can design and be ‘a creative
nation’ .
And the fashion show did really show
that the Chinese designers are getting
a more and more ‘western’ look in their
designs:
- I think it was a very festive and
beautiful show. But it also clearly showed,
that China is getting better and better in
designing western styles, says trend expert
Ulla Skjødt from the Federation of Danish
Textile and Clothing Industries, who was
especially fond of the more simple styles at
the catwalk:
- Personally, I was especially fond
of the more simple styles in toned down
colours like black and white— like the
black fur jacket with a hood, whose colours
shimmered beautifully, says Ulla Skjødt.
CoLourFuL Chinese Fur Fashion in Copenhagen
by patriCia wiLson photo by saCha mariC
DECEmbER 2008 19
20 KOPENHAGEN FUR NEWS
Advocates for animal rights and opponents
of fur proclaim that they are engaged
in animal welfare, when it comes to
opposition to fur. But is that the whole
truth? What if the opposition to fur was
predominantly about a relic from religion
and socialistic ideas that all share alike?
Lecturer at the Danish Design School
Erik Hansen-Hansen, who has written
the thesis: “Lust, feeling and beauty of
women”, which is about moralism in
fashion, says;
- It is remarkable, but odd, that the
animal protectors have made fur industry
a scapegoat. If animal welfare was the
reason for the resistance to fur, even more
focus should be on the food industry, he
says and explains:
- If you consider how small a
percentage of the industrial use of animals
is used in the fur industry, it is only a
fraction compared to the food or the
clothing industry, Erik Hansen-Hansen
says, and refers to leather goods. Goods
that are also made out of animal products.
Nor does Erik Hansen-Hansen think
that the opposition can be reasonably
explained by fur being a luxury product
unnecessary for human survival.
- Motivating the opposition to
fur as a luxury product unnecessary
for human survival is a sidetrack. Nor is
meat essential for human survival. You
can become a vegetarian and have your
protein requirement covered elsewhere.
Furthermore, Erik Hansen-Hansen
thinks that animal welfare is given a very
high priority in Denmark, and especially
mink farming demands that the animals are
given the correct treatment.
- It is totally absurd to talk about
maltreatment in fur farming when it
comes to industrial use of animals. It
would immediately appear from the fur
if the animal was maltreated. Therefore,
everybody has an interest in mink being
properly treated, he says.
a question about reLigion
Erik Hansen-Hansen thinks that the
antifur attitude derives partly from the
disrepute of different religions to luxury
products and women, who decorate them
making themselves sexually attractive
to the opposite sex. A view that you find
in Christianity, but also in other religions,
where womanly seduction is not welcome:
- In both Christianity and Islam you
find the attitude that women should not
make themselves sexually attractive as it
disturbs the religious submission and the
public order, says Erik Hansen-Hansen.
He finds this attitude very odd, as
sexual attraction is the foundation of the
mammal, and therefore human, survival.
But Erik Hansen-Hansen thinks it is a very
strong moralistic tradition, which has had
its cultural influence in hundreds of years,
and which also has had its impact on how
antiFur is not about animaL weLFare According to lecturer at the Danish Design School Erik Hansen-Hansen, antifur is not only about compassion for animals or animal welfare. On the contrary, it is more about religious morals preaching that women should not be sexually attractive, and about the socialistic idea that all share alike. by patriCia wiLson
DECEmbER 2008 21
people see the fashion industry.
- Clothing, and subsequent fashion,
has always been the target of different
moralists in course of time. But the wish to
decorate the body with beautiful clothes
and jewellery seems to be essential for
mankind. You will find this attitude in all
cultures. So it is almost contrary to nature
that some circles distance themselves
from the clothing industry, he says.
Erik Hansen-Hansen thinks that
when experiencing the opposition to the
fur industry today, it is also about the left
wing’s hatred of all symbols of capitalism
and abundance. Fur is considered a luxury
item, and understandably fur is so hated in
some circles.
- Fur has for many years been
considered a luxury item reserved for the
upper class women. As a socialist, you
want to share alike. Naturally, fur becomes
the symbolic target, he says and adds that
you will also find antifur movements on
the extreme religious right wing, where
luxury is a deep sin.
more Fur in the Future?
Erik Hansen-Hansen finds it very
difficult to predict, if the fur industry will
expand or the opposite. But he thinks
that the attitude to fur will split up in two
directions: One who will love fur and
continue to buy many fur garments, and
one who will beg to differ from fur and
animal products.
He predicts that the Asian market
will expand further one of the reasons
being that Asia does not have any religious
motives for not wearing fur. Asia almost
praises articles of luxury to an extent
unseen in Denmark:
- Obviously, Asia does not have
the same moral qualms as Europe, and
they love luxury items out there, says Erik
Hansen-Hansen.
Photo: AFP/Scanpix
22 KOPENHAGEN FUR NEWS
DECEmbER 2008 23
opera
13 DECEmbERWOzzECK, THE OPERA
Alban Berg’s musical adaptation of Georg Büchn-
er’s cynical story of the clinically insane antihero
Wozzeck and the humiliations to which he is sub-
jected is one of the most intense masterworks
of 20th-century opera. It takes us on a journey
into the outer limits of the callous human psyche
and into the dark world of victimisation. The per-
formance is conducted by the leading German
conductor Michael Boder and directed by Keith
Warner, who also staged the performance at the
Royal Opera House at Covent Garden in London
where it was an immense success and received
an Olivier Award.
> The Opera, Copenhagen
Wozzeck will be performed in German with
Danish subtitles.
exhibition
CHRiSTmAS mARKET AT TiVOLi
Experience the friendly atmosphere at Tivoli
in Copenhagen, when Tivoli opens their yearly
Christmas market in the middle of November.
Experience the real Santa Claus and use the op-
portunity to buy some of the beautiful Christmas
decorations for your Christmas tree, or just
hang around and smell the scent of a Danish
Christmas.
The exhibition is open Sunday- Thursday from 11
am. to 10 pm. And from Friday-Saturday from 11
am. to 11 pm. The entrance costs 85 DKK.
> Tivoli, Vesterbrogade 3, Copenhagen.
PiCASSO AT ‘ARKEN’
The noticed art museum ‘Arken’, located near
Copenhagen, shows a large variety of the
famous artist Picasso’s work, at an exhibition
dedicated to the famous artist.
The beautiful paintings showed at the exhibition,
are mainly about his relationship with women and
shows Picasso as the great seducer, he truly was.
The museum is open Tuesday-Sunday from 10
am. to 5 pm. And on Wednesday from 10 am. to
9 pm. The tickets are sold at the entrance and
cost 85 DKK.
> ’Arken- Museum of Modern Art’, Skovvej 100,
2635 Ishøj.
bODiES’ iN COPENHAGEN
Experience the spectacular exhibition ‘Bodies’ at
Rådhuspladsen in Copenhagen. At the exhibi-
tion, that has caused a lot of debate around the
world, you can see how your body looks under-
neath the skin and how it will look, depending on
what you eat and drink.
The exhibition is open from Sunday-Thursday
from 10 am. to 7 pm. And Friday and Saturday
from 10 am. to 9 pm. The tickets are sold at the
entrance and cost 150 DKK.
> H.C. Andersen slottet, Rådhuspladsen, Copen-
hagen.
theatre11-14 DECEmbERTHE NUTCRACKER, THE ROyAL THEATER, OLD STAGE
All 25,000 tickets were sold even before the
ballet premiered in 2007. Tap into the Christmas
spirit with the Royal Danish Ballet with this ever-
green family favourite. Children are at the heart
of Kenneth Greve and Peter Langdal’s lavish new
staging of the yuletide classic, which offers ma-
gic and fairytale for even the youngest children.
Karin Betz’ original mirrored set design trans-
forms the Old Stage into a Christmas party, a
howling blizzard and a colour spangled circus
tent where Uncle Drosselmeyer is the ringmaster
of exotic dance and refined ballet performed
with humour and magic.
events in Copenhagen12 - 15 DECEmbER 2008
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auCtionNEWS
hoLiday CLosing<Please note that Kopenhagen
Fur is closed
Wednesday, 24 December•
Thursday, 25 December•
Friday, 26 December•
Wednesday, 31 December•
Thursday, 1 January•
due to Christmas and New Year
holidays
visit From tsinghua university> During the September 2008
auction, a group of professors
from the design school
Tsinghua University visited
Kopenhagen Fur in Glostrup
to get an impression of the
company, and to learn more
about skin qualities, lengths
and colours.
During the visit, the professors
sorted the skins themselves.
This took place in deeply,
focused concentration.
- They are extremely focused
and detailed. When they are
examining the skin, you can
not get in contact with them.
They are in their own world, so
to speak, says skin consultant
from Kopenhagen Fur Lone
Andersen.
The professors also seemed
very glad about the sorting
course, thanking Lone
Andersen for her very
professional and instructive
education.
- Lone is a very good educator.
I have learned a lot about skin
qualities and lengths, which
I did not know before, says
professor Li Dangqi.
He himself has never tried to
sort raw skin, and is very happy
about the knowledge he got
from the course.
- I think that it is very interesting
sorting skin. I know a little bit
about it from back home, but
not so much about working
with raw skins, says Li Dangqi.
auCtion sCheduLe 2008/09
December 2008
Inspection: From 12 December
Sales: 14 to 15 December
February 2009
Inspection: From 30 January
Sales: 3 to 6 February
April 2009
Inspection: From 28 March
Sales: 2 to 6 April
June 2009
Inspection: From 8 June
Sales: 14 to 19 June
September 2009
Inspection: From 6 September
Sales: 12 to 17 September
DECEmbER 2008 25
Copenhagen hoteLs
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to customers@kopenhagenfur.com for
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First (B) Vesterbrogade 23-29, 1620 V + 45 3378 8000
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Skt. Petri (F) Krystalgade 22, 1172 K + 45 3345 9800
Hilton Airport - 5 stars (G) Ellehammersvej 20, 2770 Kastrup + 45 3250 1501
Marriott - 5 stars* (G) Kalvebod Brygge 5, 1560 V + 45 8833 9900
Radisson SAS Scandinavia* (G) Amager Blv. 70, 2300 S + 45 3396 5000
hoteL ratesCat. a DKK 600-800
Cat. b DKK 800-900
Cat. C DKK 900-1000
Cat. d DKK 1000-1100
Cat. e DKK 1100-1200
Cat. F DKK 1200-1400
Cat. g DKK 1400-1800
pLease note
All reservations will be cancelled at 4pm if not guaran-
teed for late arrival.
We kindly ask you to inform us 24 hours prior to arrival
if you need to change your reservation.
*Copenhagen Marriott Hotel
Please note that the rates in June and September
2009 will be DKK 1995, - / 2195, -
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