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LIVE seminar in Copenhagen
Li Edelkoort
Lifestyle · Fashion · Trends · Textiles · Colors
October 1, 2026
TREND SEMINAR NO. 1 - FASHION & TEXTILES SS 2028TREND SEMINAR NO. 2 - DESIGN & INTERIORS 2028
LIVE seminar in Copenhagen
Li Edelkoort Trend Seminar
Lifestyle · Fashion · Trends · Colors
June 10, 2026
Trend Seminar No. 1: Fashion & AccessoriesTrend Seminar No. 2: Home & Interior
Li Edelkoort Trend Seminar
Fashion & Textiles SS 2028
Trend Seminar No. 1
Like glass, fashion is in an amorphous state, a period without clearly defined shapes. We dive into the fascinating world of glass as a cultural inspiration, set to shape design, textiles and garments for Spring/Summer 2028.
At this seminar, Li Edelkoort presents her colour and trend forecast, reading the world of glass for fashion, textiles and colour in the seasons to come.
- Designers and product developers
- Concept developers, brand developers, and product owners
- Brand, media, and communication professionals
- Journalists and buyers
- People engaged in seasonal work
Talk 1 - Haberdashery: Color Forecast
The first presentation at the seminar will focus on color and style trends.
Today, most design details push the boundaries: trimming iconic jackets, piping modernist grids, pleating famous shirts, and smocking playful bloomers. Metallic hardware adds contrast in this otherwise hedonistic realm, creating tension between familiar luxury looks and creative audacity—from gilded buttons to razor blades and safety pins. Buttons are a category of their own, expressing culture and couture, with materials like mother-of-pearl, wood, leather, bakelite, and ceramics. These haberdashery extremes define heritage, show pedigree, and shape a brand’s signature. They drive major color and style movements, co-creating trends that are both functional and emotional, reviving codes of dressing up: button-down collars, buckled belts, pleated rosettes, wool pompoms, knitted mittens, felt hats, and soft leather gloves. A shop of wonders hidden in drawers and displayed in a cabinet of curiosities—ready to bring playful charm back to fashion and color.
Talk 2 - Tradition: Fashion & Textiles
The second presentation at the seminar will focus on fashion and textiles.
This forecast examines the chaotic and extreme changes taking place in our world. Political, technological, and social forces are challenging our sovereignty, while the long-standing erosion of traditions has left people disconnected from rituals, celebrations, and social bonds. The digital age has intensified this isolation, turning many into introverted, disengaged citizens.
We must therefore create innovative traditions—conventions that blend historical customs with contemporary irreverence, merging ancestral knowledge with technology, and inviting people to reconnect and bond once more. Fashion plays a key role, offering garments that inspire confidence and self-awareness: from traditional and spiritual attire to nostalgic, ritualistic, and practical outdoor wear. This revival of tradition could spark a broader fashion renaissance, encouraging playfulness, ceremony, and the joy of dressing up.
Date
Trend Seminar No. 1
Theme: Fashion & textiles
Date: October 1, 2026
Address: The Black Diamond
Søren Kierkegaard Square 1
1221 Copenhagen K
Program
DK time
9:00–9:30 a.m.: Light breakfast
9:30–11:30 a.m.: Two trend talks
Please note:
The seminar will be conducted in English
Price
DKK 3,500 / EUR 470
Limited tickets
If you are interested in both events, please email konference@pejgruppen.dk for a special price.
Prices are shown in Danish kroner and do not include VAT.
The price is per participant.
DESIGN & INTERIORS 2028
Trend Seminar No. 2
Art and design are speaking the same language. Faced with an uncertain world, both reach for the same materials: marble, wood and glass, metal and fired earth. Beauty has become a kind of moral medication, and the art of living the new ambition. Consumers are turning into collectors, mixing old and new.
At this second seminar, Li Edelkoort takes materials as her starting point, reading these shifts for design, furniture, architecture and interiors
- Designers and product developers
- Concept developers, brand developers, and product owners
- Brand, media, and communication professionals
- Journalists and buyers
- People engaged in seasonal work
Talk 1 - Haberdashery: Color Forecast
The first presentation at the seminar will focus on color and style trends.
Today, most design details push the boundaries: trimming iconic jackets, piping modernist grids, pleating famous shirts, and smocking playful bloomers. Metallic hardware adds contrast in this otherwise hedonistic realm, creating tension between familiar luxury looks and creative audacity—from gilded buttons to razor blades and safety pins. Buttons are a category of their own, expressing culture and couture, with materials like mother-of-pearl, wood, leather, bakelite, and ceramics. These haberdashery extremes define heritage, show pedigree, and shape a brand’s signature. They drive major color and style movements, co-creating trends that are both functional and emotional, reviving codes of dressing up: button-down collars, buckled belts, pleated rosettes, wool pompoms, knitted mittens, felt hats, and soft leather gloves. A shop of wonders hidden in drawers and displayed in a cabinet of curiosities—ready to bring playful charm back to fashion and color.
Talk 2 - Tradition: Fashion & Textiles
The second presentation at the seminar will focus on fashion and textiles.
This forecast examines the chaotic and extreme changes taking place in our world. Political, technological, and social forces are challenging our sovereignty, while the long-standing erosion of traditions has left people disconnected from rituals, celebrations, and social bonds. The digital age has intensified this isolation, turning many into introverted, disengaged citizens.
We must therefore create innovative traditions—conventions that blend historical customs with contemporary irreverence, merging ancestral knowledge with technology, and inviting people to reconnect and bond once more. Fashion plays a key role, offering garments that inspire confidence and self-awareness: from traditional and spiritual attire to nostalgic, ritualistic, and practical outdoor wear. This revival of tradition could spark a broader fashion renaissance, encouraging playfulness, ceremony, and the joy of dressing up.
Date
Trend Seminar No. 2
Theme: Home & Interior
Date: October 1, 2026
Address: The Black Diamond
Søren Kierkegaard's Square 1
1221 Copenhagen K
Program
DK time
12:30 PM – 1:00 PM: Arrival
1:00 PM – 3:30 PM: Trend talk
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM: Networking with cava and snacks
Please note:
The seminar will be conducted in English
Price
DKK 3,500 / EUR 470
If you are interested in both events, please email konference@pejgruppen.dk for a special price.
Prices are shown in Danish kroner and do not include VAT.
The price is per participant.
Lidewij Edelkoort– Trend Guru #1
She is arguably the world’s most renowned trend forecaster, working across fashion, food, design, lifestyle, beauty, communication, luxury, and retail. Founded in 1986, her company Trend Union provides trend tools for brands ranging from Zara to Prada. She is also a publisher, humanitarian, educator, and exhibition curator, named among the Most Influential People in Fashion and Design. Her ANTI_FASHION Manifesto, presented at BoF VOICES in 2016, highlighted shifts in the global fashion industry. From 1998 to 2008, she chaired the Design Academy Eindhoven and later served as Dean of Hybrid Design Studies at Parsons (2015–2020), launching an MFA in Textile and New York Textile Month. In 2020, she co-founded the World Hope Forum to inspire the creative community in the post-pandemic era. From 2022 to 2025, she collaborated with Polimoda to create the textile master’s program Farm to Fabric to Fashion. Her latest publications—Proud South, Proud South Craft, and Uxua Utopia —celebrate creative talent from the Global South.
Here's what former participants have to say
“Together with the rest of Innoventi, I participated in the strategy conference with pej gruppen scandinavian trend institute. It was a day filled with inspiration, insight, and concrete tools that we could take home with us.
I was particularly impressed by how well professionalism, communication, and relevance went hand in hand. Everything was well thought out, relevant, and easy to put into practice.
It's rare to attend a conference where you learn new things, get new ideas, and leave wanting to take action—but that's what happened here."
– Alexander Fjelldal, Creative Director at Innoventi, Arendal
“Together with the rest of Innoventi, I participated in the strategy conference with pej gruppen scandinavian trend institute. It was a day filled with inspiration, insight, and concrete tools that we could take home with us.
I was particularly impressed by how well professionalism, communication, and relevance went hand in hand. Everything was well thought out, relevant, and easy to put into practice.
It's rare to attend a conference where you learn new things, get new ideas, and leave wanting to take action—but that's what happened here."
– Alexander Fjelldal, Creative Director at Innoventi, Arendal
“Together with the rest of Innoventi, I participated in the strategy conference with pej gruppen scandinavian trend institute. It was a day filled with inspiration, insight, and concrete tools that we could take home with us.
I was particularly impressed by how well professionalism, communication, and relevance went hand in hand. Everything was well thought out, relevant, and easy to put into practice.
It's rare to attend a conference where you learn new things, get new ideas, and leave wanting to take action—but that's what happened here."
– Alexander Fjelldal, Creative Director at Innoventi, Arendal
Here's what former participants have to say
“Together with the rest of Innoventi, I participated in the strategy conference with pej gruppen scandinavian trend institute. It was a day filled with inspiration, insight, and concrete tools that we could take home with us.
I was particularly impressed by how well professionalism, communication, and relevance went hand in hand. Everything was well thought out, relevant, and easy to put into practice.
It's rare to attend a conference where you learn new things, get new ideas, and leave wanting to take action—but that's what happened here."
– Alexander Fjelldal, Creative Director at Innoventi, Arendal
“The best strategy and the strongest collaboration grow when you experience things together. The conference with pej gruppen professional inspiration, good conversations, and lots of energy. It was a day that reminded us how important it is to be curious—and how much value there is in sharing experiences, knowledge, and optimism.”
– Benedikte Marie Kaalund, Head of Secretariat, FOF Denmark
“Thank you for a truly inspiring and well-organized strategy conference. It was enriching to gain new perspectives and food for thought on how we can work more strategically with both organizations and people. I was particularly struck by the reflection on how difficult it can be to understand the present while planning for the future—an insight that set many thoughts in motion. It was also a pleasure to gain a better insight into the work of the pej group, which in every way demonstrates great professionalism and passion.”
– Majbrit Borup
