A. Roege Hove
A. Roege Hove
A. Roege Hove
A. Roege Hove (Amalie Røge Hove) once stood at the cutting edge of sculptural knitwear in Copenhagen — a designer whose form-shaping textiles felt like architecture translated into fashion. Her work explored body, stretch, and sensuality in tandem with structure and restraint.
Background and Philosophy
Hove launched her namesake label in 2018 almost serendipitously, starting with a knit that transformed with what it held. From small beginnings, she tackled knitwear as sculpture. She believed that knit should not be passive: it can pull, hold, twist, and become expressive. Although she later suspended operations of the brand, her ethos continues to reverberate in conversations about sustainable practice, scale, and creative control.
Design Approach
Knit as form: Her garments used ribbing, accordion pleats, and optical texture to sculpt the body without rigid seams.
Responsive stretch: She engineered yarns and knits to respond to movement, so the garment becomes part of the body’s rhythm.
Reduced palette: Colors were often nature-inflected neutrals or deep tones, letting texture and silhouette take precedence.
Sustainable recalibration: Acknowledging financial pressures, Hove expressed a desire to reimagine fashion with slower rhythms, smaller editions, and more intention — emphasizing that creativity must live within form, not at its expense.
Position and Influence
Hove made notable impact in relatively few seasons, earning recognition for innovation in knitwear and for being an emblem of Nordic minimalism reinterpreted. Her decision to pause or restructure the brand opens space for a new chapter grounded in sustainability and creative freedom. Her legacy is a blueprint: how to align vision with viability, how knitwear can be architecture, and how the brand’s future may be its most meaningful phase.
