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media quotes2003-2008

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“ LAUGESENS’signature is modernsharp tailoring at its best,slick, cool andandrogynously sexy ”

ELLE.UK.com / March 2008

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AW 0708“ Since launching hiseponymous label six years ago,the Danish born London-based designer has becomeknown for hisuncompromising, conceptualapproach to Fashion anddistinctively androgynousaesthetic ”

OYSTER / Jan 2009

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“ Masculine tailoring and softfeminine dresses marked JensLaugesen's autumn/winter showingwith a play of hard against soft “

“ And that work on producing theperfect shoulder pad was not in vain,with a series of some of the sharpesttailoring seen this week, strongshoulder-lines and crisp peplumsbringing an 80s mood into play forvivid cobalt blue tuxedos teamedwith second-skin pants “

WGSN / Feb 2008

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” Jens Laugesen may be London'sbest object lesson in sticking to yourguns. In the late nineties whenHelmut Lang was God, this Danish-born designer started working, likemany others, on edgy tailoring. “

“ Now, though - in a season whenthe young London fashion crowd isturning up at the shows invariations on sharp tailoring - hispersistence may finally pay off ”

by Sarah Mower / STYLE.COM / 2008

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AW 0708“ Laugesen is the genuinearticle: pure talentundeterred from his aestheticby what he thinks otherpeople might want him tomake ”

by Dolly Jones

VOGUE.com / Aug 2007

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AW 0708“ Yet another fashion spark fromthe past is being reignited. PierreCardin, the founding father of the1960’s, would find his satelliteshapes – circles in perpetualmotion set against angulargeometry – in the work of JensLaugesen. “

“ His flat round application to thefront of a dress was an update onCardin’s style “

by Suzy Menkes

INTERNNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE / Sep

2007

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” Jens always sticks to hiswoman which is edgy, alwaysblack and white, he always doesa different take on tuxedo whichis very interesting “

“ His woman is a very edgy, verysexy, but very, very cool “

Lucinda Chambers Fashion Director

Vogue UK on VOGUE.CO.UK / 2008

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AW 0708“ A NEW FASHION THEORY ”

“ He is the prophet of aprecise and severe fashion ”

“ Jens Laugesen, the DanishDesigner with a strong visualtraining in both Paris andLondon, has a new theoreticalvision: Luxury cannot only be agilded logo ”

by Marco Cortesi

MFF MAGAZINE FOR FASHION / March

2007

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AW 0708“ FUTURE CLASSICS “

“ In the hands of today’s designers,wardrobe staples like the trench, theloafer, the blazer are getting a radical21st century makeover “

“ Never having been the kind ofdesigner who floats from oneinspiration to another, Laugesen has amore thoughtful methodology thatembraces the slow-burn evolution ofhoning a signature to create you ownvocabulary of new classics “

by Iain R Webb THE

INDEPENDENT / Dec 2007

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“ It was one of the most beautifulcollections seen this week “

“ Models with faces bare … walkedslowly up and down the catwalk toromantic piano music and the sound ofcrashing waves “

“ The tailoring was second-to-none, thedresses whimsical as well as seriouslystylish and Jens is in London's front line.”

by Dolly Jones

VOGUE.CO.UK / Feb 2007

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“ Jens Laugesen is the first Londonbased designer to have won both thenew generation and the prestigiousAndam Award from the French “

“ Jens Laugesen is a man to watch. Hissharply tailored avant-garde pieces arenow more wearable than ever, withbeautiful fabrics and modish linesoffering a thoroughly modern vision ofurban chic ”

THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH STYLE MAGAZINE

/ Dec 6th 2006

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AW 0708“ Laugesen has an interesting way withfashion architecture, cutting his clotheswith the same graphic precision found inhis venue The Royal Danish Embassydesigned by the Danish Architect ArneJacobsen “

“ The sharp angles at the shoulders of asleeveless jacket, the cropped and tailoredtops … showed Laugesens sense andunderstanding of the power of cutting ”

by Suzy Menkes

INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE /

Mar 6th 2003

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AW 0708“ There is a new breed of talentsending design waves throughtown. During London FashionWeek “

“ look out for collections by …Jens Laugesen… recognized fortheir individual refreshing take onfashion. In a few years these guysmay take over one of the bigfashion houses “

ES MAGAZINE / Feb 13th 2004

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AW 0708“ His clothes are modern,thought full andandrogynously sexy “

“ His autumn winter 04collection… was cut and sliced,layered and tailored toperfection ”

by Melanie Rickey

FASHION WIRE DAILY / Mar 2nd 2004

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AW 0708“ Inside-out tailoring andoversized sportswear combinedto create spacey silhouettes:Laugesen’s purity in vision,resolutely unfettered bycommercial concerns … won bigapplause “

METRO / Feb 19th 2004

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AW 0708“ Jens Laugesen called hispowerful collection GroundZero and sent it out to a harshdrumbeat. Laugesen saidbackstage that the show wasabout reconstruction, after somuch distressed fashion, and itcaught the mix of the militaryand athletic with a sluttishelegance ”

by Suzy Menkes,

INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE / Feb

2003

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AW 0708“ Danish born Jens Laugesen isanother new talent with adistinctive lean, modern edge.His collection focused onsuperbly sexy, zipperedboilersuits, fine-gauge leggings,circle back tunics, a structuralcoated cotton cape and agorgeous aubergine parka “

THE DAILY EXPRESS / Feb 21st 2003

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AW 0708“ Hot and Danish: One of theslickest performances duringLondon Fashion Week camefrom Jens Laugesen. Usingmen’s tailoring combinedwith plenty of sportydetailing to producesomething verycontemporary “

by Lisa Armstrong

THE TIMES / Feb 5th 2003

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AW 0708“ We say: The talk of Fashion Week.London's answer to Helmut Lang “

“ They say: 'When other designersare getting nostalgic about the 60s itis great to see clothing that looksultra-modern and reflects thesombre times we live in, rather thansome future past.'

Iain R Webb, Fashion director, Elle“

by Tamsin Blanchard

THE OBSERVER MAGAZINE / Jan 03

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AW 0708“ Rising star Jens Laugesenpresented one of the standoutcollections of London FashionWeek. The Danish designer’sGround Zero 01 collectionshowed off skilful cuttingtechniques and, with its cleansculptural lines and focus onreconstruction (as apposed todeconstruction) “

THE TIMES / Sep 23rd 2002

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