Tressless
We live in a time defined by contradictions. On one hand, there is a visible demand for inclusivity, campaigns calling for tolerance, and movements reshaping ideals of beauty. On the other, the statistics tell a different story: cosmetic surgery continues to expand, hair transplants flourish, and procedures that once belonged to private medical spaces become normalized rituals of self-improvement. Hair loss, a condition tied to age, illness, or stress, carries with it old shadows of stigma. The words that follow it are aging, deficiency, decline.
Tressless confronts this vocabulary with a different grammar. Created by designers Jennifer Anger and Davide Iozzo, the project establishes hair loss as a visible language of individuality. Rather than correction or concealment, they propose affirmation. Across seven projects they built an aesthetic that never existed before: a styling rooted not in absence, but in presence. Their work spans public interventions, fashion imagery, campaigns of resilience, futuristic scenarios, and jewelry that repositions hair as symbol rather than deficiency.
At the center of Tressless stands a refusal to limit hair loss to marginal narratives. Instead of repeating slogans of self-acceptance, Anger and Iozzo aimed for desire. Not “you are fine the way you are,” but “you can want this, you can choose this.” With more than fifty collaborators, they designed a system where those living with hair loss appeared alongside others who embraced unconventional hair aesthetics. The contrast dissolves, the categories flatten, and a new visual code emerges that anyone might claim.
Tressless began as a graduation project but intends much more. Its growth depends on circulation: on platforms, publications, and collaborations that extend the imagery beyond subculture. Only through repetition, through presence in the visual culture, can the shift settle into public consciousness. If freckles and tooth gaps were once dismissed as flaws before entering the canon of beauty, hair loss too can pass through the same threshold.
This ambition is not symbolic. It is practical, visual, cultural. Tressless presents hair loss not as condition but as aesthetic resource. It proposes that individuality arises when we resist correction and accept what the body writes. What seems fragile becomes strength. What once signaled deficiency now offers possibility.
Part I - Tressless x Johanna Bommer
Concept: Jennifer Anger & Davidè Iozzo
@jennifer__anger @davidekoronaiozzo
Production & AD: Jennifer Anger & Davidè Iozzo
@jennifer__anger @davidekoronaiozzo
Photography: Johanna Bommer
@johannabommer
Talent: Nick Maissen @burn.us.alive Mike Utiger, Lua Brönnimann @soft_furby_xoxo
Head of Hair Design: Daria Lätt
@darialaett
Hairstylists: Daria Lätt
@darialaett
Sofiia Mykhailenko @sofiia_archive Pedja Krsmanović @__glamchemy Sara Taiana @sarataiana_makeup
Makeup: Sara Taiana and Jasmin Bärlocher
@sarataiana_makeup @visualsbyjasminbaerlocher
Styling: Lisa Rogger, Lauren Isabel and Leonardo Anic
@lisanope @lauren__isabel_ @styl3333r
Nail Design: Lia Sandor
@mindnailz
Location: Amiro Barbershop Zürich, Luca Rossi
@amirobarbershops @luca_rossi10
Part 2 - Tressless x Shiny Vallenas
Concept: Jennifer Anger & Davidè Iozzo
@jennifer__anger @davidekoronaiozzo
Production & AD: Jennifer Anger & Davidè Iozzo
@jennifer__anger @davidekoronaiozzo
Photography: Shiny Vallenas
@shiny.vallenas
Talent: Florian Bänninger, Jette Glowa, Julian Beck
@pleasure_grounds @j.tte_18 @jagg2k
Head of Hair Design: Daria Lätt
@darialaett
Hairstylists: Daria Lätt, Giada Marina Giorgio, Pedja Krsmanović
@darialaett @gmg.artist @__glamchemy
Makeup: Marie-Louise Mathys, Sara Taiana
@maielouie @sarataiana_makeup
Styling: Nura Sina Deon Laura Nick Lauren Isabel
@nuradeon @user252805 @lauren__isabel_
Set Design: Corine Fischer, Giulia Spek, Magda Büsser
@enschluck @giuliaspek @magdabuesser
Set Design Assistance: Danyue Li
@123placeholderxyz
Assistance: Linus Grüter, Naomi Schumacher
@linus__archive @zzuckerpapi
Nail Design: Lia Sandor
@mindnailz
Furniture: Kiosk.io
@kiosk.io
Part 3 - Tressless x Anil Sarikaya
Concept: Jennifer Anger & Davidè Iozzo
@jennifer__anger @davidekoronaiozzo
Production & AD: Jennifer Anger & Davidè Iozzo
@jennifer__anger @davidekoronaiozzo
Videographer & Director: Anil Sarikaya
@anil_sarikaya
DoP: Gabriel Koller
@gabrielkoller
Talent: Jocelyne Kuhn, Mike Utiger, Samuel Flöck
@jocelynephillip @ssamuelfloeckk
Head of Hair Design:Daria Lätt
@darialaett
Hairstylists: Daria Lätt, Eve Bäbler, Miri Wolff, Sofiia Mykhailenko
@darialaett @eveanaj @miri.wolfie @sofiia_archive
Makeup: Mira Luna Berclaz Albina Osiobor Diamond, Marie-Louise Mathys
@facesbymiraluna @albina_makeup_corner @maielouie
Styling: Myra Hauser, Lisa Leutwiler, Lisa Rogger, Nura Sina Deon
@myraha___ @lisaleutwiler @lisanope @nuradeon
Set Designer: Corine Fischer, Giulia Spek, Magda Büsser
@enschluck @giuliaspek @magdabuesser
Set Design Assistance: Danyue Li
@123placeholderxyz
Assistance: Robyn Klinkhammer, Lena Jerg, Okan Yilmaz
@s.a.tu.r.n @_lena.mj @okibaby_
Part 4 - Tressless x Nils Affolter
Concept: Jennifer Anger & Davidè Iozzo
@jennifer__anger @davidekoronaiozzo
Production & AD: Jennifer Anger & Davidè Iozzo
@jennifer__anger @davidekoronaiozzo
Videographer & Director: Nils Affolter
@nilsaffolter
Sound Design: OVE (Noé Weber)
@cozyove_
Talent: Lua Brönnimann, Reto Cattaneo, Samuel Mayer, Valentin Händel
@soft_furby_xoxo @ret_0_catti @blaukpchn @valle_mit_qu
Head of Hair Design: Daria Lätt
@darialaett
Hairstylists: Daria Lätt, Sofiia Mykhailenko, Giada Marina Giorgio
@darialaett @sofiia_archive @gmg.artist
Makeup: Jasmin Bärlocher
@visualsbyjasminbaerlocher
Styling: Lisa Leutwiler, Jerome Rafael, Kai Breakspeare
@lisaleutwiler @jerome.rafael (@airrome.ch) @kaibreakspeare
Assistance: Linus Grüter, Naomi Schumacher, Cheyenne Cattaneo, Marina Huber
@linus__archive @zzuckerpapi @cheiennee @marinagusceti_online
Part 5 - Tressless x Assan Sowe
Concept: Jennifer Anger & Davidè Iozzo
@jennifer__anger @davidekoronaiozzo
Production & AD: Jennifer Anger & Davidè Iozzo
@jennifer__anger @davidekoronaiozzo
Photography: Assan Sowe
@byassansowe
Photography Assistant: Noah Gürboy
@noahguerboyphoto
Talent: Nick Maissen
@burn.us.alive
Head of Hair Design: Daria Lätt
@darialaett
Hairstylists: Daria Lätt
@darialaett
Makeup: Mira Luna Berclaz
@facesbymiraluna
Styling: Myra Hauser
@myraha___
Assistance: Robyn Klinkhammer
@s.a.tu.r.n
Location: Bootsvermietung Enge, Landiwiese, Zürich
Part 6 - Tressless x Studio Toericht
Concept: Jennifer Anger & Davidè Iozzo
@jennifer__anger @davidekoronaiozzo
Production & AD: Jennifer Anger & Davidè Iozzo
@jennifer__anger @davidekoronaiozzo
3D Art: Studio Toericht
@studio.toericht
Words by DONALD GJOKA
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