Cecilie Bahnsen x The North Face: Functional Romance Returns

In their second collaboration, the Danish designer and the outdoor giant merge performance wear with poetic craftsmanship for Fall/Winter 2025.

The creative partnership between Cecilie Bahnsen and The North Face continues to redefine what outdoor wear can be. Introduced during Bahnsen’s show at Paris Fashion Week, the Fall Winter 2025 collection extends the dialogue that began with their debut capsule, blending couture techniques with mountaineering precision.

Across six apparel silhouettes and two footwear models, Bahnsen translates technical function into emotion. Her signature sculptural volumes, balloon sleeves, gathered seams and appliquéd florals, meet The North Face’s language of protection and endurance. The Nuptse Jacket, an icon of performance wear, appears as a navy maxi version with a soft peplum back and hand-applied embroidery. Each stitch suggests movement, intimacy and warmth.

The lineup introduces the Expedition Maxi Skirt, with hand-stitched blossoms over a charcoal base, and the Lhotse Coat, rendered in cream with a cinched waist and subtle quilting. Both designs show Bahnsen’s ability to make structure feel delicate, turning insulation into sculpture. A restrained palette of navy, cream and charcoal mirrors a northern coastline, grounding the pieces in quiet strength.

Accessories follow the same principle. The classic Base Camp Duffel arrives as a handbag-sized piece that reframes utility through shape and proportion. Footwear extends the language further with the Camp Mule and the Winter V Lace Boot. Floral quilting ripples across the surfaces and a single bow softens the technical foundation.

Shot by Ellen Fedors and styled by Emelie Johansson on the coastlines of Mølle and Kullaberg in Sweden, the campaign alternates between close portraits and wide seascapes. Models appear alongside athletes Ida-Sophie Hegemann and Melina Costanza, shaping a vision of outdoor femininity that moves, breathes and endures.