summer is here

beautiful Marisa of HopeHope with her Cerillos earrings

rainy & blue

last sat. in zurich discovered some treasures with fellow flea market junkie Pascal. Found amazing things for styling but these bluesies I didn't get.



Recommended: Putting on Elliot Smith and stroll a rainy fleamarket in summer.

Nora with her Stay a While necklace

that must have been a funny interview!

Nora Baldenweg with Tim Hamilton after interviewing him at hotel Pavillon de la Reine chez Paris. bisoubisou to Nora

Lemon Tree, Carmela and Life is a Beach

Carmela has the amazing ability to just cheer me up with little things all the time! a photo, an email, a text, a link, a song...
Here she is gardening in Mallorca (dreamy, no??) in her Life is a Beach romper. This tree is actually the lemon tree she planted for me!! I am expected in Mallorca to christen the tree. I am thinking of a name right now. maybe Salma Hayek? or Brigitte Bardot? Now Carmela is in Berlin with LesEttes at the Bread and Butter show, go visit them and bring Carmela a jar of honey in my name, ok?

"In" Magazine

And another Circe press clipping from Germany, this time "Across the Ocean" earrings

Happy Birthday dad!! (2 days ago)

The day after I landed in NY I took the train out to Garance and Vadoo in the Northfork. My dad landed later that day and came out here as well. I made a cake.
My dad is also a big part of Family Affairs! Thanks dad for everything!!

Circe in Grazia Magazine Germand

waving goodbye

Pina Bausch wo passed away on Tuesday has been one of my big heroes. I used to be a choreographing dancer and seeing her piece "Der Fensterputzer" while I was in college was an epiphany. This piece I also loved and still love with all my heart

so simple, so poetic, so sad, so beautiful...

glow in the dark

Tokyo never sleeps it seems, Eva and me loved the millions of vending machines! so on our last stroll back to the hotel we stocked up on small bottles...and then we said "good bye Tokyo!!" we had the best of times and hope to go back soon! only 3! days but so many impressions, inspirations, lovely people, drop dead gorgeous food and fun..It took me 30!! blog posts to sort through 3 days of Tokyo!! so now I am back to catching up on all the latest Euro and NY adventures so far..love to you xxx

dots and apples

I custom made this t-shirt for Mitsuru, he wanted something Adam&Eve related,Mitsuru is standing before the Comme de Garcon flagship store in Tokyo

anatomic entertainment

cool shop clerk Suzuki from "Women, liqour, poison" store

more t-shirts

on our last day I also had to finish 4 custom made T-shirts for display at 2e Classe, they probably will be sold for charity at the end of the season.
I drew them at the backyard at Chi-Rho

shopping fever at 109

and the sparkliest dresser ever; a little girl's dream, a little boy's nightmare

Delta Shop, Tokyo!!

I was so happy to be able to visit the beautiful Delta boutique while we were in Tokyo! I met Aya and her husband twice in NY at the trade show before and they are the cutest! Delta has been carrying Toujours Toi for the second season now. The selection, color and presentation of the space is amazing and so summery!


Aya's rainbow feet

Aya gave me this beautifully wrapped scone box. Thanks Aya, those were the best scones!

In front of the store. I am wearing the Life is a Beach romper

oh and there is an entry on their blog about our visit!

soup troupe

best udon noodles in tokyo. family home made.I need to find the card again!

white mountain tiger meets grandma's attic

Cats of Tokyo

little update; after 3 totally insane days where I really pushed everything to the limit I am back in Brooklyn! I am soo happy to be home I don't even feel tired. I am trying to finish the Tokyo posts (so many inspirational things and just 3 days spent there!) sorry for being super behind on emails! I am getting to the e-mail avalanche as soon as I can.
These cats were in a store window of a pet shop called "Pipi"

Eva's bag from the back

and from the front. Eva is wearing the Elisabeth necklace in gunmetal

cowboy alert

this Japanese artist draws these; mixing high fashion brand logos. This is the front

and this the back

friendly creatures of the Tokyo fleamarket

phone home! Eva bought the cat bag (of course) and I bought the liberty print bag

Tokyo Hoodlums

Beware of the kitty gang!

seen at Tokyo fleamarket

YES!

last saturday I did not skip a beat from my usual saturday routine and we went straight to the Tokyo fleamarket with Mitsuru! A thrill for me and Eva. I saw so many amazing people and things! I loved the "Yes" girl!

Call Of The Wild

I loved this Tokyo museum flyer, it's calling, calling for Calling of the Wild earrings!

It's like dreaming in an elevator

after the 2e Classe Tokyo event:
lot's of food:

Ivar skating in a mall:

looking like a ghost on the 52nd floor:

the tokyo tower glowing in the distance

dizzy lights

and lamps on books

merchandising

Guys I am so behind on posts, I have been back in Zurich for a week almost and and still not done with Japan updates. Have been too busy to even try to to be sleepless. Tomorrow we have a shoot for snow wear for brit. Cooler magazine, the day after we are shooting Family Affairs and the next day at 5am I am leaving for NY...I have been packing, lugging, unpacking, rearranging boxes and suitcases from here to there and back again. I am very tired and am looking forward to sleeping on the plane...
so here are some more pics from the 2e Classe event. They arranged and decorated everything so beautifully, so inspiring.

The water bottles with my graphics and Shizu and Miami taking a sip


2e Classe got their own bags made with one of the illustrations;

as well as a super comfy sweater (I am wearing mine all the time now) It is only available at 2e Classe

The t-shirt installation:

And here is Circe next to Rolex; posh!

Merci 2e Classe! and Merci to Eva for taking 500 pics that evening! and Merci Mitsuru and Chi Rho team!

The Ladies and their T-shirts

hey little guy!!

And then I really started

Drawing is about my favorite thing to do, so even if people are watching I still have fun. Mitsuru pretty much had to pressure me into taking a break. Mostly I personalized the t-shirts people bought that day.

Ivar; Carmela's boyfriend showed up straight off the plane from Innsbruck!

I never drew a giraffe before, sorry!


That was the last one

then I got started

I have to take blogging about the event which was almost a week ago in strides! I am all backed up blog wise. so many pictures, and I am working like mad at the moment,.
first I got a present! wow so beautiful, I love Japanese wood prints

and then there was the prepping of the pens!

In all pics I am wearing the "smilie" T-shirt and Honeypie shorts

Ok! Magazine-current issue

Claudia Schiffer and Toujours Toi seem to be soulmates or what? Always and Forever hoops :

OK! magazine issue 23

The Pirate's Of The Caribbean bracelet

And then there was the event at 2e Classe, Tokyo!

After eating my first "freshness burger" veggie burger with iced chai (heavenly! The veggie burger had marinated tofu in in it and avocados etc!)- in the back of Mitsuru's Smart car we arrived for the illustrating t-shirts event at 2e Classe. Right next to the enormous Prada building in posh Minato-Ku. It was so great! The window display had my graphics on it (uah) and the blue water bottles with the same design were there and an installation of the T-shirts and a cute little table and fabrics pens all ready for me to draw. Such a beautiful store! I am sorting through photos now (Eva took 500! pics at the event!) so here are just some from the arrival:

Mango Soda at Zarigani

It was so peaceful here! we loved it of course.

Okura

Mitsuru showed us so many stores while in Tokyo which was so! Okura was one of my favorites.
I wasn't allowed to take pics inside but here are some outside pictures. They even had turtles upstairs on the balcony, I watched one jump off a rock straight on his head! I shrieked and then I realized that turtles can retract their heads really fast.
There was lot's of indigo and wood prints and a modern twist on traditional Japanese aesthetics. Okura goes along with the prevailing "love, peace and earth" theme that is happening in Tokyo. Californian hippie in the Japanese way suddenly seems alluring!

os mutantes tuesday inspiration

Inspired by folky Tokyo I stumbled over the Brazilian Os Mutantes again. I have some records by them in storage. I like their silly style:

Good Morning Tokyo at Tully's

We met up for our first breakfast in Tokyo with Mitsuru at Tully's. Which is kind of like a Japanese Starbucks, but for some reason Eva and me both loved it!!
That's where we found out about royal milk tea. we got obsessed. So even late at night before going to bed I would get a royal milk tea somewhere, and then I didn't know if it was the jetlag, my over-work or royal milk tea that kept me awake.
I am wearing one of the t-shirts that I made for 2e Classe Eva is wearing the Melody shirt

"Is This Animal Popular in Japan and Does It Have a Name?"

that was Eva's most asked question. It was hard to answer. There were so many cute animals around.
here is dear Eva with some animals, we are not sure if they have a name!

the panda designated our parking lot spot! Eva is wearing her Melody shirt
ps: day 2 of Tokyo

Food Poems

Probably ate the best food of my life here at Narakio (I am sure it's mispelled sorry!) Narakio the brillz chef is a friend of Mitsuru and watching him cook was enthralling and awe-inspiring. And all while he manages to cook up little artworks of perfection he also cracks jokes and mind-reads what people want to eat. I am not even kidding. Yoshi Yamamoto is also not kidding when he takes Narakio along with him for fashion week in Paris..Oshi Oshi!! I love eating at the bar, all loud, steamy, smoky and watching someone cook. Home is where good food is, right?

Maestro at work

Narakio even has his own action figurines!!:

These fruits made me want to go dance in a forest

Nearing a food coma: the whole Chi Rho crew: Shizu, Miami and Mitsuru.They are awesome!

When we arrived in Tokyo

Where to start back-blogging? first day of Tokyo perhaps..after a 16 hours trip from Zurich to Tokyo while on the bus I wondered if I am completely insane (probably) to come to Tokyo for only three days. I was so deliriously sleepy by then I left my straw hat on the bus. It was later promptly returned to Mitsuru's office. Anyhoo, no thinking of sleep yet! Our rep and distributor Mitsuru- who really is a Jack of all trades and who was the most amazing host to us- picked us up and on we went for our first Tokyo adventure day.Our love story with Tokyo's vending machines started right away in sleepystate: Eva is wearing the All You Need is Love necklace and me wearing the Garance dress

The Garance dress on the streets of Tokyo and pretty drawings on the blackboard of a wonderful macrobiotic restaurant where we had lunch.

The famous Angel heart Crepes in Harajuku. This was right before we entered a huge 100 yen shop and I almost lost control wanting to buy everything from socks to paper clips.

Eva entered Kiddie Land like it was paradise.

Love and Peace from Tokyo!!

Uaah Tokyo keeps on being amazing!! Leaving tomorrow morning already though! I'll post lot's on monday when I am back in Zurich but here is something wonderful for you tonight: a fairytale couple from the Tokyo flea market this morning!



I totally folked out at the fleamarket! Would I become a hippie in Tokyo? more on that later. check back on monday darlings!

Just a Glimpse

oh it was fun and great and it's 1am here and I should sleep so there will be a ton of Tokyo posts when I have more time...here just a tiny glimpse from today's event at Deuxieme Classe:


see you later alligator I am gonna listen to my pillow now and tomorrow another adventure filled Tokyo day!

This Evening in Tokyo!

If you are in Tokyo come by today from 5pm to 8pm at
Deuxieme Classe's headquarter store at 5-3-25 Minami Aoyama Minato-ku
I did an illustrated t-shirt series for them and will be illustrating 10 t-shirts live ;)

We are Here

In Tokyo! haven't slept in forever. Everything seems amazing and in a cloud. Updates tomorrow!
xxxx

hey dad did you ever wear these to the office?

I just stumbled across a journal I kept when I was 11 or so. There are silly things written in my youthful writing as well as these designs I made for shirts for my dad!!

Julie's Birthday

Yesterday was my little sister Julie's birthday!! I was so happy to be there to celebrate it!


Julie in my tight embrace.looks comfortable, right? And Simi wearing the Hidden Love necklace

and then Luiga wearing the Hidden Love necklace as well

sunday like an actual sunday

Sometimes when you have an out of town visitor you suddenly do things that other people do on sunday a.k.a-not work (at least not a lot) So we showed Mitsuru the mellow sunny sunday side of Zurich.

Simi and me

Simi wearing her "Clyde" earrings

lot's of talk about the 3 meter fish:

a boat promising summer fun and cranky kids and grown ups that stare on the water zen like while getting sunburned, also ice-cream and smell of sunlotion.

and there is me holding on to my coke for dear life and wearing Family Affairs ss10 fresh off the press (check out the cranky kid next to me)

I don't really drink booze so I drink this good looking drink at aperitive time:
and suddenly everyone shows up all over the place

yeah and then we had a little business meeting right there

Julie's Day

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIE!!! there will be more photos later!

summer stripes

Our Japanese representative Mitsuru picked two super sunny days to visit and research Swiss customs

on we went to vestibule

At beautiful Vestibule boutique on Saturday we found Manuela wearing the "Across The Ocean" Circe earrings! sweet!

and hey Olympia!

Visit at Erbudak

Next stop was the beautiful store Erbudak which has carried Toujours Toi for 3! years now. so cool! Here you can see the Beyond Snow Toujours Toi necklace and "Anchor of my heart" Circe necklace on some perfect summer outfits.

The Candy Ocean bracelet

geometrical shapes and overpriced sunglasses

We took Mitsuru to the fleamarket yesterday. He scored pilot/motorcycle goggles right away and colorful 80ies kid's building blocks. I got a hat from a charming Italian lady and Ibskov-esque suspenders (not pictured) Here we are in front of Zurich's famed pyramid, built by pharaos. I am wearing FA fw09

If you spin all the magical shapes at once you will enter a parallel universe, careful.

I was mad at this old guy for not being reasonable about the price of these sunglasses! I was mad because they were great but I couldn't have them!

aloof yet neglected owl:

Julie and Eva resting from scouting

Mitsuru is In Town

My great Japanese representative and distributor Mitsuru is in town for 3 days, "researching" what is typical Swiss; like sausages, going to the fleamarket on saturday morning, barbequing on roof tops, cars stopping when you want to cross the street, slow coffee serving etc.
here he is on friday night with Eva.

Eva's "Dawn" necklace

I can't believe we are going to Tokyo on wed. stop the world-it's spinning