Fashion Nerds

Malmö, Sweden

Saif Bakir

  • Fluid menswear
  • Contrasting textures
  • Reworked tailoring

Saif Bakir co-founded CMMN SWDN in 2012, bringing training in masculine silhouettes to a partnership that questions fixed categories of clothing. He and Emma Hedlund first worked together on Kanye West's fashion project before establishing their own label.

Group photograph of Saif Bakir and Emma Hedlund

Pictured: Saif Bakir and Emma Hedlund.

Lina Arvidsson / Elfa — joint portrait · Copyrighted; see source terms.

Five looks to know

CMMN SWDN  — Look 1 — Saif Bakir, Copenhagen Fall 2025

Collection selection

CMMN SWDN — Look 1

Copenhagen Fall 2025

Designed by Emma Hedlund, Saif Bakir for CMMN SWDN ’s Copenhagen Fall 2025 collection.

Umberto Fratini / Gorunway.com
CMMN SWDN  — Look 7 — Saif Bakir, Copenhagen Fall 2025

Collection selection

CMMN SWDN — Look 7

Copenhagen Fall 2025

Designed by Emma Hedlund, Saif Bakir for CMMN SWDN ’s Copenhagen Fall 2025 collection.

Umberto Fratini / Gorunway.com
CMMN SWDN  — Look 13 — Saif Bakir, Copenhagen Fall 2025

Collection selection

CMMN SWDN — Look 13

Copenhagen Fall 2025

Designed by Emma Hedlund, Saif Bakir for CMMN SWDN ’s Copenhagen Fall 2025 collection.

Umberto Fratini / Gorunway.com
CMMN SWDN  — Look 20 — Saif Bakir, Copenhagen Fall 2025

Collection selection

CMMN SWDN — Look 20

Copenhagen Fall 2025

Designed by Emma Hedlund, Saif Bakir for CMMN SWDN ’s Copenhagen Fall 2025 collection.

Umberto Fratini / Gorunway.com
CMMN SWDN  — Look 22 — Saif Bakir, Copenhagen Fall 2025

Collection selection

CMMN SWDN — Look 22

Copenhagen Fall 2025

Designed by Emma Hedlund, Saif Bakir for CMMN SWDN ’s Copenhagen Fall 2025 collection.

Umberto Fratini / Gorunway.com

Collections & archive pieces

1 collections represented · 1 piece

Fall 2025

1 piece

About Saif Bakir

His Iraqi heritage forms part of a shared design conversation in which Scandinavian restraint meets richer textures, ornament and unexpected combinations.