Shapeshifters. Magic in Fashion brings together 11 Nordic fashion designers and artists working at the intersection of fashion, art, and performance. Through new and existing works, they explore the ritualistic and transformative potential of clothing, showing how garments can mark life transitions, blur boundaries between reality and imagination, and create new narratives and communities.

Representing a diverse Nordic generation with global outlooks and experiences shaped by migration and cultural exchange, the artists engage with themes of heritage, spirituality, loss, healing, and transformation. Attuned to both culture and nature — the visible and the hidden — they use the magic of fashion to challenge conventions and rethink identity.

The exhibition is developed in collaboration with Ane Lynge-Jorlén (ALPHA) and forms part of a Nordic partnership between EMMA (Finland), the National Museum (Norway), Röhsska Museum (Sweden), and Copenhagen Contemporary (Denmark).