About JENS LAUGESEN

JENS LAUGESEN / is an award-winning experienced fashion designer / creative director / video artist with a strong conceptual profile. Initially trained in Haute Couture craftsmanship at CHAMBRE SYNDICALE DE LA COUTURE PARISIENNE, he holds two master's degrees in fashion management from INSTITUT FRANCAIS DE LA MODE in Paris, and an MA in Womenswear from UAL CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS in London. After launching the eponymous brand at London Fashion Week, he went on to win multiple awards, including the FASHION EAST, BRITISH FASHION COUNCIL NEW GEN, and FASHION FORWARD awards at London Fashion Week, Designer of the year in Denmark, and as the first UK based-designer to win the coveted LVMH Fashion Group Prize at the ANDAM Award in Paris. His conceptual designs were scouted by Rei Kawabuko for Doverstreet Market and were selected by Anna Piaggi for the V&A retrospective exhibition. His work is also featured in the permanent collections of FIT Museum, New York, V&A London, MAD Musée des Arts Décoratifs Paris, and DESIGN MUSEUM DENMARK, Copenhagen. He has collaborated with international luxury and RTW brands such as CALVIN KLEIN, J. MENDEL, LG CORP, and NET-A-PORTER YOOX as a design consultant. Known for his visionary hybrid design thinking and love for the conceptual glitch, he is also recognized as a pioneer in fashion film since collaborating with Nick Knight for FAITH IN CHAOS in 2004. He has since been a contributor to SHOWstudio as well.

Since 2018 he has re-launched his eponymous brand on a conceptual image level with ongoing support from the DANISH ARTS FOUNDATION, resulting in two new design trilogies and yearly fashion films showcased in fashion weeks and film festivals in London, Paris, Copenhagen, Tokyo, Seoul, New York, and Los Angeles. As creative director for ARTSTHREAD, he launched the first ever GLOBAL DESIGN GRADUATE SHOW at the outbreak of the pandemic for all postgraduates in art and design in partnership with i-D / VICE Media and GUCCI. He also founded KONSENS X advisory collective, bringing strategic design thinking and holistic digital solutions to clients in the luxury and design industry. Inspired by the introspection of the pandemic, he decided to relaunch his refocussed brand with a Democratic Unifit for All mantra, bringing his conceptual design thinking to a new generation with a string of virtual and digital collaborations and an immersive PHYGITAL showcase at London Fashion Week.