PHILIPPE POURHASHEMI REPORTS ON MODE SUISSE EDITION 2 – PHOTOS BY ALEXANDER PALACIOS

 

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Cosima Gadient, Tosca Wyss and Israel Marino, Basel's University of Art and Design, Institut for Fashion Design (FHNW/HGK) 

Dear Shaded Viewers,

I attended the second edition of Mode Suisse in Geneva last weekend and discovered clothes to get excited about. Although it's fair to say that Swiss designers are not necessarily known by industry insiders, Yannick Aellen and Ursina Widmer -the two power minds behind the event- built a great platform for new talents, combining a showroom area with two distinct shows. The production was sleek and this was the first time Mode Suisse took place in Geneva. Swiss designers seem to have a flair for conceptual thinking, as well as an understanding of function and refinement. I loved Niklaus Hodel's menswear collection, which felt romantic and transgressive at the same time.

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Philippe Pourhashemi

A freelance fashion writer, consultant and stylist, Philippe Pourhashemi was born in Tehran in 1976. He grew up in Paris, before moving to Scotland to study Foreign Languages. His passions are fashion and culture, as well as music and film. He writes and styles features for Metal in Barcelona, Behind the Blinds in Brussels, Contributor in Stockholm, Veoir in New York and SKP in Beijing. He was named Fucking Young's Editor-at-Large in 2016 and has contributed to ASVOF since 2008, acting as Correspondent-at-Large since 2012. An avid traveler, he likes to explore exotic fashion weeks and unexpected destinations whenever he can.