Leading figures in international fashion gather in Geneva for the HEAD Fashion Show 2025
This new edition promises to be a highlight of young design, revealing the richness and uniqueness of the approaches taken at HEAD. The designers will present unique worlds, with each collection asserting its own identity, shaped by the precision of the gesture, the sensitivity, and the creative freedom that characterize the school.
Nearly 3,000 spectators are expected to discover 220 outfits designed by young designers from the Fashion and Accessories Design department.
In total, 32 collections, 24 Bachelor's and 8 Master's, will reveal worlds that are both personal and assertive, nourished by the mastery and sensitivity cultivated at HEAD.
Now a highlight of contemporary fashion, the HEAD Fashion Show has established itself as a platform for expression and visibility for young Swiss designers. More than just an event, it is a real springboard to professionalization, a meeting place for emerging talents, industry players, and the media, where creativity unfolds in all its diversity.
SET DESIGN AS A LANGUAGE OF LIGHT
This edition will feature a unique set design created by Alexis Lang, a Bachelor's student in Interior Architecture, as part of a workshop led by Philippe Rahm and Valentin Calame.
Inspired by the natural variations in light, its nuances, intensities, and changing colors from morning to evening, summer to winter, this spatial arrangement transforms the way we look at clothing and reveals the finesse of the designers' work.
At the crossroads of fashion and architecture, it embodies the interdisciplinary collaboration that is so dear to HEAD, where precision of execution dialogues with creative sensitivity.
AN EXCEPTIONAL INTERNATIONAL JURY
This edition of the HEAD Fashion Show will bring together an international jury composed of leading figures from the worlds of fashion, design, and the press, invited to recognize six creative approaches for their excellence, originality, and boldness:
- Kevin Germanier, Designer and founder of the Germanier brand
- Niccolò Pasqualetti, Designer and finalist for the 2024 LVMH Prize
- Marco Russo, Design Director Runway & Celebrities at Louis Vuitton
- Manuela Brini, creative talent aquisition director at LVMH
- Sarah Mower, Journalist and Fashion Critic at Vogue Runway
- Séverine Saas, Editor-in-chief of T magazine and Fashion Specialist
- Mauro Grimaldi, Strategic Advisor for Richemont
- Serge Carreira, director of the Emerging Brands Initiative, Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode (FHCM – Chambre Syndicale de la Mode de Paris)
- Alice Bouleau, founder of The Arrow, talent management agency
- Patrick Scallon, fashion communications consultant, Margiela/Dries Van Noten
- David Ballu, CEO of Lutz Huelle
By their side, long-standing partners, as well as new guests committed to supporting HEAD, will take part in this edition:
- Anne Vahabzadeh, Vahabzadeh Foundation
- Victoria Desyat, founder and president of the Association of Swiss Women and Empowerment (ASWE)
- Cyril Jordil, buyer for Bongénie;
- Sylvette Lepers, head of the creator and image partnerships at La Redoute
- Christophe Durand, artistic director of the Bal des Créateur and Kevin Murphy
Among the awards presented will be the Vahabzadeh Foundation Prize, the ASWE (Association of Swiss Women and Empowerment) Master's Prize, the Bongénie Bachelor's Prize, the La Redoute x HEAD Prize, the Image/Artistic Direction of the Collection Prize awarded by Le Bal des Créateurs & Kevin Murphy, and the Collonge-Bellerive Commune Prize for Production Support.
ALUM HEAD: A LIVING LINK BETWEEN HEAD AND THE PROFESSION
The HEAD Fashion Show is also a space for continuity and transmission, where young designers engage in dialogue with those who came before them.
- Alan Clerc, winner of the La Redoute x HEAD 2024 Prize, will present a capsule collection produced for La Redoute. This collaboration is part of the relationship of trust built up over the years between the brand and HEAD and demonstrates a shared commitment to supporting young designers in their first professional steps.
- Sophie Fellay (founder of remo), who graduated with a Master's degree in Fashion Design in 2021, has designed an exclusive item for the Fashion Show, made in Switzerland using a local and responsible approach
Finally, a culinary performance by Zahra Hakim, HEAD alumna, winner of the Swiss Art Awards 2025 and the Prix Art Humanité 2024, will bring together art, materials, and encounters in a series of special moments with the guests.
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THE SIX AWARDED PRIZES
Association of Swiss Women and Empowerment (ASWE) Prize
Vahabzadeh Foundation Prize
Matil Vanlint “V”
La Redoute × HEAD Prize
Ewen Danzeisen “Meet the Crows”
Bachelor Bongénie Prize
Léon Narbel “Noms, prénoms”
Image / Art Direction Prize – Le Bal des Créateurs & Kevin Murphy
Asma Haddad “Beyna Benkine”
Commune of Collonge-Bellerive Prize – Production Support
Mélanie Schiewe “Pretty In Pink”
