For the fashion set, September means the start of the spring runway season. For everyone else, it means the start of the fall semester.

Christian Juul Nielsen bridged the two at Aknvas, packing his new lunchbox shaped bags to head back to boarding school, “the happiest years of my life,” said the Øresund efterskole graduate.

Stomping down the hallway — er, runway — in lugged Stuart Weitzman wader boots, the spring 2026 “Breakfast Club” was a hodgepodge of preppies, punks and princesses. “I always have something related to the monarchy in my collections,” explained Nielsen, who’s Danish, “and in this case, my niece is in the same class as the crown princess of Denmark.”

Planting his historical court theme firmly in the youth culture of today, tiers of buoyant ruffles sprouted from bloome

See Full Page