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Copenhagen, Denmark

Margit Brandt

  • Youthful clean lines
  • Concise silhouettes
  • Graphic wardrobe design

Margit Brandt trained in Copenhagen and worked with Paris couturiers before establishing her own design company with Erik Brandt in 1966. Her youthful clothes used clear lines and concise shapes to express the changing mood of the period.

Group photograph of Margit Brandt and Erik Brandt

Pictured: Margit Brandt and Erik Brandt.

Fashion Forum — joint portrait with Erik Brandt · Copyrighted; see source terms.

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Louis Féraud — Green dress — Margit Brandt, c. 1964–1965

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Louis Féraud — Green dress

c. 1964–1965 · Walk on the Wild Side — Kunstindustrimuseet, 2010

Dress designed by Margit Brandt while working for Louis Féraud in Paris, with red collar, placket, cuffs and pocket trim.

Photographer unidentified / Lex
Tailored jacket and coats — Margit Brandt, 1965–1980

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Tailored jacket and coats

1965–1980 · Walk on the Wild Side — Kunstindustrimuseet, 2010

Black tailored jacket and contrasting coats displayed in the 2010 retrospective Walk on the Wild Side, devoted to Margit Brandt’s 1965–1980 work.

Bodil Hammer / Lex
Evening dresses at the retrospective — Margit Brandt, 1965–1980

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Evening dresses at the retrospective

1965–1980 · Walk on the Wild Side — Kunstindustrimuseet, 2010

Full-length evening designs, including a striped skirt ensemble in the foreground, displayed in Margit Brandt’s 2010 retrospective at Kunstindustrimuseet.

Bodil Hammer / Lex
Floral jacquard trench coat — Margit Brandt, 1970

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Floral jacquard trench coat

1970 · Brandt & Salling, Copenhagen

Cream cotton trench coat with woven floral pattern, self belt and Margit Brandt label, held by Museum Rotterdam as object 68768-1-2.

Museum Rotterdam; photographer not identified
Buckle-fastened coat — Margit Brandt, 1965–1980

Archival garment detail

Buckle-fastened coat

1965–1980 · Walk on the Wild Side — Kunstindustrimuseet, 2010

Dark blue coat with stand collar, flap pockets and buckle closures, photographed in the 2010 retrospective of Margit Brandt’s work. The archive photograph shows the upper part of the coat.

Emily Salomon

Collections & archive pieces

1 collections represented · 1 piece

Selected work

1 piece

About Margit Brandt

The business expanded internationally and across materials, encompassing womenswear, textiles and accessories as well as uniforms for Denmark's Olympic teams.

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