A guest at Copenhagen Fashion Week wears an all-red outfit, featuring s red fur coat
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What to wear this Valentine's Day according to street stylers

By Josefin Forsberg

Photo: Noorunisa

With Valentine's Day a mere week away, get inspired by Copenhagen Fashion Weeks best and brightest street style stars on what to wear

The '20s seems to be the decade when the sartorial rulebook has been (rightfully) thrown out the window, and no subject has seen a bigger overhaul than colour combinations. Be it navy and black, or purple and green, in the past certain pairings were considered no-go for no real good reason. Yet no duo has been more vilified than red and pink.

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Despite its past as a love-to-hate colour combination, it has recently captured the sartorial zeitgeist. On the spring/summer '24 runways Cecilie Bahnsen presented cotton-candy dresses laced with strawberry tulle and Fendi showed perfectly paired punchy pinks and bright reds rendered in high-neck knitwear.

But the biggest driver of the seismic shift towards pink and red has come from street stylers – particularly across the streets in Copenhagen this season. Just a couple of weeks ahead of Valentine’s Day, we saw scarlet and blush sported in a myriad of ways – our favourite being in the form of floor-skimming fuzzy faux furs. Beyond this traditional Valentine's Day colour scheme, street style served up a platter of romantic inspiration: white lace tights worn with a romantic slip dress and tall red boots, oversized fabric flower brooches and crimson hair bows – just to name a few.

Below, we've gathered the best ensembles to emulate this Valentine's Day:

A guest at Copenhagen Fashion Week poses for a street style photo wearing a fuzzy pink coat

Photo: Acielle / Style Du Monde

A guest at CPHFW poses for a street style photo wearing a long fur coat, a romantic slip dress and red knee high boots

Photo: Acielle / Style Du Monde

A guest at CPHFW poses for a street style photo wearing a pink and red Chanel sweater and a red checkered skirt

Photo: Acielle / Style Du Monde

A guest at CPHFW poses for a street style photo wearing a lilac fuzzy cardigan with a fabric rose and a denim skirt

Photo: Acielle / Style Du Monde

A guest at CPHFW poses for a street style photo wearing a red scarf and knit sweater matched with a powder pink skirt and pink stockings

Photo: Acielle / Style Du Monde

A guest at CPHFW poses for a street style image wearing a red skirt, burgundy stockings and red heels

Photo: Acielle / Style Du Monde

Two guests at CPHFW poses for a street style photo wearing monochromatic red and beige looks featuring fur coats

Photo: Noorunisa

A guest at CPHFW poses for a street style photo wearing multiple bows in her hair

Photo: Acielle / Style Du Monde

A guest at CPHFW wears a coat with an oversized flower brooch and a red jacket

Photo: Noorunisa

A guest at Copenhagen Fashion Week wears a pink checkered coat

Photo: Noorunisa

A guest at Copenhagen Fashion Week wears an all-red outfit featuring a faux fur coat

Photo: Noorunisa

A guest wears a pink checkered dress over black trousers

Photo: Noorunisa


Amoako checked jacquard jacket

Destree

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Yoshi jacquard wide-leg pants

Destree

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Velvet hair clip

Jennifer Behr

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Zazie brown suede

Aeyde

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Cashmere o-neck

Soft Goat

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Earrings in pale pink jade and bronz

Krista Kretzschmar

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Leather pencil skirt pink

Teurn Studio

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Hilda dip dye coat

Rodebjer

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V logo silk headband

Valentino Garavani

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Amalfi salsa nappa strappy heeled sandal

ATP Atelier

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Le coeur leather crossbody bag

Alaïa

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Embroidered brushed alpaca-blend sweater

Ganni

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Camila leather flats

Flattered

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Pleated houndstooth bouclé mini skirt

Self-Portrait

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Houndstooth bouclé jacket

Self-Portrait

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Anagram acetate sunglasses

Loewe

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Mazzy alpaca-blend cardigan

Our Legacy

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Olivia premium stockings

Swedish Stockings

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Reedition coated cotton-blend jacket

Courrèges

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Roxx amethyst ring

Märta Larsson

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