This season’s Peter Jensen at Copenhagen Fashion Week is all about rock climbers and fairy tales. Combining both, fairy tale rock climber perhaps? His Spring/Summer 2011 menswear collection is quite a courageous and playful use of colors. Bright and bold with a sense of Nordic functionality, there is quite a measured balance of traditional menswear items such as button down shirts and blazers, but there are also rainbow striped swimming trunks and hooded shell jackets.

The upcoming collection is inspired by Scandinavian rock climbers in the seventies, from a tome Jensen pulled from the shelves. With the same idea of functionality but with bold colors and modern, shrunken proportions, the Jensen man for next season is well-groomed but somewhat of a child backyard adventurer. Shorts and button downs are brave in sunny yellows and electric blues, and even more bravely mixed together. Throw in a pair of soccer socks and Jensen has completed his recipe for summer adventures in the sun. His intentions might have been rock climbers, but the way we see it, it is a collection that will bring back fond childhood memories and put a spring in our step. Just imagine rocking a pop of color with ye old regular suit to switch things up a little– we are already feeling happier.