Mode Suisse is an industry platform promoting collaboration between fashion designers and schools with the textile industry, retail market, media, and other fashion-related industry players. Mode Suisse presents, interconnects, discusses, and sells Swiss fashion at shows, in showrooms, and panel discussions. The semi-annual events staged in Zurich, Paris, Geneva and New York are targeted primarily at an expert audience, but also at amateur fashion lovers. In addition, Mode Suisse is an adviser to Swiss designers and a door-opener for appearances at international fashion weeks and events. Initialized in 2011, the events are organized and curated by industry expert Yannick Aellen (Gwand, Stella/Swiss Textiles & Annabelle Awards, Louis Vuitton, Alexis Mabille, Heidi Klum/ProSieben) and his team.