From 25 to 27 September 2024, the exhibition "Endless Wear. A New Take on Upcycling" will be held in New York, showcasing a selection of garments designed by first-year students from HEAD - Geneva's fashion design programme.
As part of New York's Climate Week, HEAD - Geneva is delighted to be taking part in "Climate-Ring", a Swissnex initiative that transforms a New York arts centre into a boxing arena, symbolising the fight against climate change. For three days, Swiss and American experts and artists will be exhibiting and hosting events and performances to raise awareness and mobilise the public around this cause. Inspired by the resilience and adaptation required for boxing, this project is part of Climate Week NYC 2024.

The HEAD exhibition presents a selection of silhouettes and the products that accessorise them, created during the upcycling workshop held last March.
For five weeks, the workshop brought together 27 students who had to use all their creative potential to give a second life to raw materials considered too damaged to be distributed. Initially destined for the scrap heap, these materials were passionately worked by these young designers to create unique and innovative pieces.
An exercise in experimentation already well known to HEAD students, upcycling is taken a step further here through techniques for assembling and creating fabrics: woollens are adorned with recycled plastic, and prints are designed with ink and charcoal, and so on. Usually considered as a principle of reusing second-hand materials, upcycling is extended to the potential of new styles and silhouettes: old shirts reinterpreted in a bodice outfit full of drama, or a multitude of jackets reincorporated into voluminous trousers are examples of the proposals imagined by the students. A real work of inspiration that encourages young designers to open up their field of research in order to invent tomorrow's solutions in this field.On Wednesday, September 25, 2024, Raúl Egloff Alcaide will be featured in a special edition of the “Lens of Impact: Perspectives on Art and Design” lecture series, with a focus on fashion and sustainability.

Students (click on each name to unveil their creations)
AESCHLIMANN Luna 
ANEX ROSAS LANDA Céline 
BONELLI Chiara 
BOUAMOUD Sarah 
BOUBEKEUR Zakarie 
CEDOLIN Loris 
CHEVALLEY Joel 
CHOI Heeju 
CRASTES DE PAULET Raphaelle 
DANI Vanessa 
FERRARI Pablo 
HERODY Hector 
HOFER Lola 
JACQUET Coline 
JEANDAT Arthur 
KÖPPEL Ivy 
KRIER Zita 
LEPELTIER Louise 
LUCARELLI Marco 
NKEUNA Andy 
PANABIERE Antoine 
PAPOTTO GURY Maxime
ROSAZZA-CELIN Elalilou 
ROSSE Mahée 
TRESALLET Kelig 
VAN DER LINDEN Sacha 
VOLTA Tommaso

Team
The educational project that led to the creation of these looks was directed by Raúl Egloff Alcaide, assisted by Brigitte da Conceição.
The exhibition was designed by Raúl Egloff, Victor Prieux, Nina Gander and Audrey Zecchin, with the invaluable collaboration of Marc Streit, Head of Arts and Creative Industries for Swissnex New York and Boston.