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At The Dolder Grand, Couture Fashion Night brought together international designers, emerging talent and creative voices for its fourth edition, reinforcing Zurich’s place within an increasingly global fashion conversation.
Couture Fashion Night returned to The Dolder Grand in Zurich for its fourth edition, bringing together designers, fashion, art, emerging talent and an international creative community for a full day dedicated to creativity, expression and connection.
Against the backdrop of one of Zurich’s most iconic settings, Couture Fashion Night 4.0 unfolded through two distinct runway chapters: an afternoon fashion show followed by an evening program. The format created space for different aesthetics, generations and creative identities to coexist on the same stage, while giving audiences an opportunity to experience fashion from multiple perspectives.
More than a traditional runway event, Couture Fashion Night was conceived with a broader ambition: to create a meeting point in Switzerland where established designers, emerging creatives, models, artists, industry professionals, brands and new talent can connect, collaborate and be seen.
Now in its fourth edition, the platform continues to develop its identity from Zurich while building bridges between Switzerland and an increasingly international creative community.
THE VISION BEHIND COUTURE FASHION NIGHT
At the heart of Couture Fashion Night are Co-Founders Ketty Nunez and Prat Das Kanungo, who bring complementary worlds to the platform.
Prat Das Kanungo, who owns the Swiss luxury community Zurich. Influencers together with his wife Olga, contributes with his experience in business development and onboarding partners.
Nunez, fashion designer and founder of Kenu, leads the creative and artistic direction of Couture Fashion Night, overseeing the designers, models, runway production and the overall fashion concept of the event.
Together, their different areas of expertise have shaped Couture Fashion Night into a platform where fashion, business, visibility and creative talent meet.
For Nunez, a Colombian-born designer based in Switzerland, the project also carries a personal ambition: to contribute to building an international fashion platform from Zurich while opening doors to different creative voices.
“Couture Fashion Night is not only about presenting collections. It is about creating a space where fashion, creativity and people come together — and where new opportunities can begin,” says Nunez.
That philosophy has become increasingly visible as the event has evolved. Rather than limiting its identity to a single style or definition of fashion, Couture Fashion Night brings different creative languages into conversation with one another.
TWO RUNWAYS, MULTIPLE CREATIVE VOICES
The fourth edition was structured around an afternoon and an evening fashion show, allowing the experience to evolve throughout the day.
The Afternoon Fashion Show opened with Sierra Zurich , establishing the first creative statement of the day. Makumayu by Maria Marthaler followed, before Perrandor by Dorentina Medunjanin continued the afternoon runway program. Atelier Jennifer Gehr brought the first chapter of Couture Fashion Night 4.0 to a close.
As evening arrived at The Dolder Grand, the atmosphere shifted into the second and more extensive runway chapter.
The Swiss Haute Couture icon Jean-Luc Amsler opened the Evening Fashion Show. He presented a very special collection in collaboration with Cedric Perrier , who launched his specially handcrafted leather bags collection at the event. The evening continued with Pardessus19 by Céline Surdez , presenting her special leather overcoats, followed by Dobrzanska by Inese showcasing exquisitely handcrafted knitwear.
The award-winning Swiss artist Cornelia Hagmann presented her fashion collection, followed by Kathia Dobo, presenting her new bridal couture collection.
The evening continued with Mejor Francisco before Ketty Nunez / Kenu presented the final collection of Couture Fashion Night 4.0.
Rather than attempting to place every designer within the same aesthetic framework, the program celebrated contrast. Different approaches to design, different levels of experience and different interpretations of contemporary fashion were brought together under one roof.
It is precisely this diversity that forms an important part of Couture Fashion Night’s identity: creating visibility not only for established names, but also for designers and creatives at different stages of their journey.
A NEW GENERATION STEPS ONTO THE RUNWAY
One of the evening’s most personal moments came with the presentation of Mejor Francisco, marking the debut of his first collection.
His approach introduced a younger perspective to the runway, exploring streetwear through a more sophisticated and versatile lens. The collection moved between casual and more refined elements, with pieces conceived to transition across different contexts: from street and leisure to more polished everyday dressing.
The debut also reflected one of the principles behind Couture Fashion Night: that established experience and new creative voices do not need to exist in separate worlds.
Providing space for a first collection alongside famous designers is part of the platform’s intention to encourage the next generation to enter fashion with ambition and visibility.
For Couture Fashion Night, emerging talent is not simply an addition to the program. It is part of its future.
BEYOND THE RUNWAY
Fashion remained at the center of the event, but Couture Fashion Night 4.0 extended beyond clothing alone. Artistic performances ranging from an aria to K-Pop by young talent contributed to the rhythm of the day, turning the event into a broader creative experience rather than a sequence of conventional runway presentations.
“It was the idea behind the platform itself,” said Das Kanungo, “that Zurich can become a meeting place for international fashion, that established and emerging talent can share the same stage, and that a fashion event can be as much about creating opportunities as presenting clothes.”
For Couture Fashion Night, the fourth edition was not an endpoint.
It was another chapter in a story that is still being written.
Credits:
Show: Couture Fashion Night @couture.fashion.night
PR: Paris Runway Official @parisrunwayofficial
Journalist: Brit Olivia @onceuponatimebrit
Photography: Dmitrii Einhorn @einhorn.photo
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