"20 Bachelor and Master graduates, 59 students involved, 240 silhouettes, 67 models, 110 dressers, hairdressers, make-up artists, 2027 people in the audience, here are the magic numbers of this fashion show which constitutes the culmination of the fashion design curriculum of our graduates!”said Jean-Pierre Greff, Director of HEAD, Haute école d’art et de design, at the end of an intense show.  

Swiss and international fashion industry people and journalists on the lookout for new talents, fashionistas, specialized bloggers, parents and friends were able to discover the collections of students from HEAD’s fashion design department under the responsibility of designer Léa Peckre. The scenography, which also unveiled an exhibition of the Bachelor and Master graduates in Product Design / Jewelery, watch and accessories, was entrusted to Aurélie Monet Kasisi and Juliette Roduit, Interior Design graduate. The soundscape was created by DJ PuzuPuzu. 

At the end of the show, the awards ceremony revealed the results of the deliberations of a prestigious international jury, composed of: 
Olivier Theyskens (President of the jury), fashion designer 
Camille Bidault Waddington, fashion consultant and stylist
Sylvette Boutin-Lepers, Head of Partnerships Creators & Image, La Redoute
Laura Catrina, Fashion Director for Bolero and Style magazine 
Anders Edström, photographer and filmmaker 
Sara Maino, Deputy editor-in-chief, Special Projects for Vogue Italia, Director of Vogue Talents, Ambassador Milan Chamber of Fashion 
Fabrice Paineau, Artistic Director for LVMH Award and Double Magazine 
Aurélie Popper, Purchasing Coordinator for Bongénie Grieder  

The La Redoute x HEAD 2018 Awardwas given to Quynh Bui, a Master's graduate, offering her the extraordinary opportunity to create a capsule collection for La Redoute in 2019: "I love Quyhn’s universe, her architectural approach of the garment, the excessiveness of volumes. This gives a singularity to her creations and I am delighted that La Redoute is supporting it by editing a capsule collection for the Summer 2019,"said Sylvette Boutin Lepers, Head of Partnerships Creators & Image at La Redoute.

The Bongénie Bachelor 2018 Award, with a grant of CHF 5,000, went to Josiane Martinho, a Bachelor graduate. The members of the 2018 Jury reward a poetic collection. "We were impressed by Josiane Martinho’s exploratory work with a singular attachment to objects that shows a free and bold artistic dimension overcoming the conventions,"said Aurélie Popper, Purchase Coordinator at Bongénie Grieder.  

The Mercedes-Benz Master 2018 Award, with a grant of CHF 10'000.-, was awarded by Patrick Bossart, Director of Communications for Mercedes-Benz Switzerland, to Quynh Bui. A double achievement for this talented graduate! Quynh Bui will also have the opportunity to exhibit her collection at the Who's NextShow in Paris in the young designers’ selection, from January 18 to 21, 2019. The entire jury was seduced by the relevance and coherence of Quynh's work. "This prize rewards Quyhn Bui’s audacity and sensitivity and we hope that it will accompany her in the realization of her future projects,"saidOlivier Theyskens, President of the Jury.

The diploma Collections presented at the fashion show : 

BACHELOR : 
Josiane Martinho, Am I my soul’s sleepingbag ? 
Céline Schmid, Erreur 404 
Marina Anken, Travelling To Turkey Every Pizza Night
Céline Arbuah, This Sunday, I’m Trading Church for Rollerblading
Karola Kaj, Sons of God
Camille Daguzan, I’ve never felt better, thanks
Sarah Bounab, Liebaber Strasse, la route des « amants »
Doria Gomez Rosay, Concha Boys
Maeva Weissen, 1213 or the manifest of a third culture
Melissa Grimm, urbexSIR
Bryan Colò, CH 2127 Les Bayards
Clara Blanchard, This is not a phase
Fanny Berger, A la recherche du dernier mouton

MASTER : 
Aurélien Beltramo, #chestday
Manon Autié-Naty, Même pas peur
Claire Iseppi, Sur le carreau
Quynh Bui, Fade 
Tina Schwizgebel-Wang, Inked
Maxime Delaye Augagneur, _sans perdre la foi ni le hasard. isabelle
Alice Rabot, Je suis un mensonge qui dit la vérité

For the first time, the show has also featured the work of a HEAD alumna. Winner of the HEAD Master’s Mercedes Benz Award in 2016, Vanessa Schindlerearned a few more awards in 2017 with the Première Vision Grand Prize and the Public Prize of the Hyères International Festival of Fashion and Photography Award 2017 as well as a Swiss Federal Design Award. Vanessa Schindler presented her new collection, “Chapter 3: Frivolity”, designed for the Festival Internation de Hyères, which she created with the support of Chanel’s Métiers d’art, Lesage’s embroideries and Goossens’ jewellery.

Over 12 years, HEAD – Genève’s Fashion Department has evolved into one of the most sought-after training programmes in the whole world. According to the rankings of the Business of Fashion, HEAD – Genève now features among the best fashion schools in Europe. 

The HEAD Fashion Show is supported by Mercedes-Benz, our main partner for several years, by Chloé, the Richemontgroup, and luxury stores Bongénieas well as La Redoutesince last year. We would also like to thank our professional partners, the show Who’s Next, the Swiss Fashion Point, Le Bal des Créateursand Kevin Murphy, our make-up partner MAC Cosmetics, as well as our media partners Le Temps, BOLERO, Novembre magazine, Go Out and Léman Bleu.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR GRADUATES !