ABOUT US

Sometimes I sit and muse on the sheer beauty of life´s impossibilities. Who thinks of love when one is about to miss one´s flight? It was the last thing on my mind when I got on to that aircraft. The very last passenger. Out of breath and relieved, stumbling through the aisle I see a face and next to it the last empty seat. My seat. Three years later Mette and I got married, went about our lives and the last thing on our minds was running a store. Then cph fell into our laps and we discovered our calling as a couple, dressing you.

cph Bern opened in 2000, cph Zurich in 2007.

Dressing people is a wondrous thing but creating and making clothes in Switzerland itself? That truly is the next impossibility come true in our lives. Our labels KLÆR and the cph collection are now primarily – Made in Switzerland. It is our joy to dress you in them. They represent the essence of what we desire for ourselves and for you, yes, for the world, for our children and our children´s children. The food we eat, the clothes and shoes we wear must be produced in justice and honesty. We buy all our fabrics in Italy. Our clothes are sewn with care and devotion. We offer them to you at the best possible price-performance ratio.

KLÆR and the cph collection are supplemented by guest labels. Great collections made by great people.

It would be our pleasure and joy to welcome and serve you in cph Bern or Zurich

Love

Mette, Johnson and the cph-Team

METTE
Bern

500 applicants for a class of 12 at the Kolding Designskole. Mette was one of the twelve they chose. After her time at Kolding Mette worked in London, Paris and Copenhagen as a Fashion Designer. She brings an expertise to cph which is quite unique

Works in Bern mostly Saturdays

I like

the ocean outside my parent’s home; modern art; a thriller and my bed when it is cold and wet; popcorn and jelly bears; coriander and chillies; forget-me-nots and lavender; Miles Davis

I dislike

hair bands, being late, arrogance

SILVIA
Bern

Silvia has years of experience in the fashion world and a love for people. These qualities make her the best fashion adviser you could find. 

Works in Bern Mondays to Fridays

I like

skiing, salty stuff, a cold afterwork beer, hiking in the Swiss Alps, barbecues at the river Sense

I dislike

hot food, black coffee, seafood, temperatures above 30, uncertainty

BRIGITTE
Zurich

Brigitte is an accomplished goldsmith and a milliner. Highly gifted with her hands and with her sense of beauty she fits in wonderfully in the cph-team.

Works in Zurich on Mondays and Tuesdays.

I like

colourful shoes, cooking, walking the dog in snow, storms, my littel garden, new dreams

I dislike

wearing socks, vanilla, coriander, gossip, lack of humour, injustice

ABETARE
Zurich

After commercial school Abetare decided to pursue a career in fashion. Her love for fashion, trends and textiles led her to a bachelor’s degree in Textiles Business Management.

Works in Zurich Wednesdays to Saturdays

I like

the scent of rain on a hot summer day, fresh grass under my feet after a long, cold winter, sunsets, fashion and art classics, red wine

I dislike

umbrellas, tights, dill and truffle, auto-correction

JOHNSON
Zurich

At university the questions we asked were kind of all up in the head. Then, years later I started to work in our store in Zurich and the questions were now hardly of the intellectual kind but questions of the heart. How do you love people, especially the unpleasant ones? What is the opposite of beauty? The answer I have found: Sadness!

Works in Zurich usually Wednesdays to Saturdays

I like

the Bible, Dostojevski, Shakespeare, Denmark, train journeys, shade, singing at  funerals

I dislike

swimming, temperatures above 25, misers