Thursday, February 27, 2014

the glamour

This is what we actually wear behind the scenes on a lookbook shoot day. Eccentric pajamas and wool hats. Amanda and me matched and we had such a great time shooting FW14!
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Monday, February 24, 2014

Frankie and Friends

My beautiful friend Andrea works with HMQG a great Swiss backpack brand made in Bosnia. Here the Frankie skirt is making a sneaky appearance in their ad!
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Sunday, February 23, 2014

Balzac & Peter Pan

Bryson wearing her Balzac dress and the Peter Pan necklace!
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Saturday, February 22, 2014

mum and me

A little flashback to a sweet moment with my mum shared after the show at Mercedes Benz Fashion Days Zurich.My mum is wearing the Faun dress and I am wearing the Life On Mars dress. Photo taken by my darling sister Julie sitting front row with the rest of the fam!
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Friday, February 21, 2014

love notes

Bryson writing thank you notes to all of you online customers in her Rue St. Vincent coat!
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Thursday, February 20, 2014

Anna's cat knows what's up!

Just loungin on the Dream quilt!
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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

3 Days til Capsule!

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We will be showing the new fw14 collection all weekend at Capsule Market in Basketball City. Come see us at the New York Women's Show!

Friday, February 14, 2014

Valentine's Treat with Wholeliscious!

I have a special Valentine Treat for you!

Andrina is my soul sister, we've been through thick and thin together. We grew up next door to each other. To go with someone from being funny babies to kindergartners (we were late to kindergarten every single day  because we were always caught up playing on our walk there) teenagers (we loved listening to HAIR and dancing in the rain amongst other things) and then somehow growing up (in the good kind of way) is truly special to me.

Andrina is wearing her Spellbound dress and Cupid earrings!
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Andrina is an amazing nutritionist and yoga teacher and recides in Vancouver! Check out her beautiful and informative Wholeliscious site!
If you are in Vancouver you are lucky because you can see Andrina live, if not you can get Skype consultations and for all of you in Switzerland; you get the chance for a yoga retreat with Andrina in April!

So for today I asked Andrina to send over a Love yoga pose, a love food treat and also sent over some interview questions for her.. Enjoy!

Let's start with the cookies, right?

Love filled -Oatmeal Cookie

Ingredients
1 ½  cups of mashed up bananas (about 3 bananas)
½ cup of oats
½ cup unsweetened coconut flakes
1 tablespoon of chia seeds
¼ cup of dried goji berries
¼ cup raw carob chips

Direction:
    •    Preheat oven at 350 F
    •    Line baking sheet with parchment paper
    •    Add bananas into a bowl
    •    Add chia seeds and mix well
    •    Add rest of the ingredients and mix it well
    •    Scoop 1-2 tblsp of dough at a time onto baking sheet and form cookies
    •    Bake at 350 F for 20-30 minutes 

Heart chakra yoga pose

Kundalini exercise to open the heart
    •    Sit in easy pose (cross legged)
    •    Reach your arms out in front of you, palms pressed firmly together, elbows straight and arms parallel to the floor
    •    While you inhale through your nose, open your arms wide as if they were wings.
    •    Reach your arms back, feel your shoulder blades almost touching, your heart center opening and expanding as your lungs fill with air.
    •    Keep your shoulders relaxed, arms parallel to the floor and elbows straight the entire time
    •    Powerfully exhale through your nose, bring your arms back to the front, palms pressed together.
    •    Keep your eyes closed and repeat 26 times. Remember to inhale deeply and exhale powerfully through your nose
    •    Silently recite “Sat” on the inhale and “Nam” on the exhale.
    •    “Sat Nam” means “Truth is my true identity”
    •    Move at moderate pace.
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My questions to Andrina:

What do you do to treat yourself?
I love to take hot baths, I always add Epsom salt and essential oils. Taking the time to read a good book with a tea is a very big treat.
Yoga and nourishing food is treating and honoring myself

When do you feel most romantic? :)
I don’t think I have a standard thing when I feel romantic. For me unexpected situation can be more romantic than the obvious ones. It’s about how I connect with someone; meaningful conversations are very important to me and very romantic. There for sure is also something romantic about a cozy evening in front of a fireplace, hearing heavy rain and thunderstorms, forest or beach walks on a windy day and warm up over a hot chocolate or tea after.

How do you get glowy?
Laughing!!! And when I am inspired and fueled by the good energy of people around me.


We LOVE You!

Maybe because I grew up in Switzerland and we didn't have Valentine's day and thus missed out on the tense side of Valentine's day- I actually like the Valentine's! First of all I love hearts and flowers and romance and telling your closest how much you LOVE them.. For me it's just the day of love.
So I wanted to express my appreciation for you! You make my day every day! Love, Nina
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Saturday, February 08, 2014

dreams dreams

Just love this photo of Rebecca of The Clothes Horse wearing the Like A Virgin dress a while ago...
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Thursday, February 06, 2014

Wednesday, February 05, 2014

Roxy Sushi

Anna wearing her Roxy Afternoon shirt to a sushi making class!
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Tuesday, February 04, 2014

Nightswim in London

Carrie of Wishwishwish looks stunning in our Nightswim skirt (on sale now!) Makes me miss London!
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Monday, February 03, 2014

Mambo Dreams

Rebecca of The Clothes Horse wearing her Mambo shirt (on sale now) underneath a sweater (I do this a lot too)
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Sunday, February 02, 2014

Like A Virgin

Sarah of Fash Flood has been posting amazing shots of her wearing Family Affairs throughout her pregnancy. This one is one of my faves- Sarah looking beautiful in the Like A Virgin dresst aken by her husband Jonathan Tvrdik 
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Saturday, February 01, 2014

Valentine's inspiration; The Love print Odile dress

I am really looking forward to lounging around in the Odile dress barefoot smelling of coconut oil very soon (when?!) for the one's of you that are off to a dream beach or live in warm climates or just want something to remind you that summer does exist: I put the Odile dress at 60% off..from now until Valentine's day.
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Spellbound

Bryson wearing her Spellbound dress (on sale now) :)
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Mushroom & Berry Treat

This is really good news: I put all Circe pieces on sale today and tomorrow from 30-50% off plus shipping is free! Happy weekend!  photo EF2ECF21-D953-4423-99B8-3AF34678373D.jpg