Friday, January 31, 2014

Feature in Frankie Magazine

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Frankie Magazine featured two pillows from the Family Affairs Home Collection.
The feathered Marion and crystalline Goldilocks.  

Year Of The Horse!

Excited for a fiery new year! Let's celebrate with the Bees Knees horse print shirt! 50% off from $139 to $69 :)
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Sailor in the Snow

Rebecca of The Clothes Horse wearing our Overboard coat out in the snow! We have one last piece (camel color size L) left. photo _MG_0969_zpsdd8b56e3.jpg
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Blue Bird's Treasures

Some of my Circe rings; The Gatekeeper ring, Medusa ring and Unicorn ring
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Thursday, January 30, 2014

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Love Is In The Air

I just put our Sailor's Love earrings on sale at 30% off, so you have enough time to get it together for Valentine's day ;)
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Feature in SRC 783

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Ashley Smith wears the Bolshoi overalls in the next SRC 783.

Feature in Miss Robin


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The Balzac dress styled by Laia Navalon and photographed by Serena Reynolds and Modeled by Erica for the new fanzine, Miss Robin.

Feature in Freundin Magazine

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Alix and the Rue St. Vincent coat

Alix Brown wearing the Rue St. Vincent coat at The Deep End Club
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Monday, January 27, 2014

Oh Boy!

Rebecca of The Clothes Horse looking stunning in our Oh Boy dress (now on sale)
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Sunday, January 26, 2014

Meanwhile at The Rising States

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The Rue St. Vincent coat
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Saturday, January 25, 2014

Meanwhile at The Deepend Club

This was back in December during A Gals Friday party at The Deepend Club (where Family Affairs is sold!) with Erika of Au Revoir Simone. I am wearing the Life On Mars dress and Erika is wearing the Paul shirt. 
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Friday, January 24, 2014

Alix and the Love Train

Alix Brown looks amazing in her Love Train jacket and Nightswim skirt!
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Thursday, January 23, 2014

gold on gold on leopard

Beautiful Anna in a golden palace in her Roxy Afternoon shirt
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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Lace for Saturday

I had a really perfect weekend and was wearing my silky Paul shirt for Saturday brunch.
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and under the Rue St. Vincent coat
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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

radiant boomerang

My beautiful, dearest friend Jamila (check out her amazing brand 11:11- my faves are the luggage tags!) was wearing the Boomerang dress with Mother Mary vibes, I love it!
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Monday, January 20, 2014

My grandma Margrith

My beloved grandma passed aways this  November, an hour after our runway show at Fashion Days in Zurich. 
She was 97 and left behind countless stories, many of which still make us laugh out loud. She had a wicked sense of humor and perfect comedic timing.  photo 100_1717JPG_effected.png
My grandma was a free spirit and impossible to win an argument with, she never backed down. 
One of my biggest inspirations and influencers. When I was a kid I'd follow her advice (most of the time); some of it helpful such as "always hit back when a boy hits you"- during kindergarten wars. And some a bit more challenging: "always eat a bit of eggshell -  it's good for your bones". My mum thought it was strange that I was suddenly eating almost the entire breakfast egg, shells and all. Talking of eggs; my grandma got me into eating raw eggs as a kid; you pin it with a needle and then suck it out. Sorry, I know this sounds kind of gross but I liked it. I thought my grandma was so cool, so I ate raw eggs just like rural Swiss kids during the 1920ies. 

She'd play soccer with us in the garden, not one to worry that she might get dirty or dishevel her hair (she cut it herself all her life)
She cooked in a way only our grandmas can cook; meals that restore you from any misery, that make you feel loved and nourished and make you want to take a six hour nap. 
She would gladly make me Roesti (Swiss Hash Browns) when I'd come home from a party on the last train as a teen- wanting to hear fun details from the night. She never wanted to go to bed. Always the last to leave the party, also the light of many a party in her lifetime and a high spirited entertainer. One of my favorite things to do with my grandma when I was a kid was writing poetry in rhymes. We did a lot of that, mostly really late at night.

She was the master of being happy with the little things in life; a piece of cheese eaten right off a knife, her daily glass of wine ("it's healthy!!"), a piece of chocolate in bed while making fun of the main characters in the movie we were watching on tv (volume all the way up!),  having her dearest ones close, preferably in a small room, a brisk walk by the river, whistling and swinging her arms, and singing, singing made her so happy. I know all these old Swiss folk songs because my grandma sang them every time I saw her until the end. She grew up singing them with her ten siblings and those songs were her compass.

My grandma; the lover of passionate arguments, politics on both ends of the spectrum, furry slippers, lazy mornings, cherry pit pillows, her coffee mug, bacon and string beans, little treats hidden in her bag and picking bags full of chestnuts in the fall. We are carrying part of her creative, stubborn, singing spirit forward and sometimes I hear her crack one of her jokes at me and I miss her even more.

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Friday, January 17, 2014

Aladdin Dreams

I am back in NY so that means I am in jetlag mode and think about the meaning of life at 3.30 when I wake up. So sleeping and dreaming is big on my mind right now...so the Aladdin necklace has been my go to necklace.
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Thursday, January 16, 2014

Rue St. Vincent Day!

The Dreamy Rue St. Vincent Coat is 50% off!
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Friday, January 10, 2014

❤❤❤ Sale on FW13 ❤❤❤

The current FW 13 collection is on sale now at toujours-toi-family-affairs.com!

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Dress up for the perfect starry white January night in
the Oh Boy dress now $125 !!
and Graduate jacket now $105 !!





Love

Wearing my Mari dress with my duck slippers I got as a super new years present from Monika!
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Thursday, January 09, 2014

Aladdin

I just got this handmade cute, little dress for my new goddaughter (so proud!) The Aladdin necklace is for later ;)
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Tuesday, January 07, 2014

feathers

I love wearing feather on feather on feather, in the form of the Harry shirt, Imagine pants and the Marion quilt.
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Monday, January 06, 2014

sexy bread

My dear friend Alexandra wearing her River Deep necklace and the annabelle bracelet getting some bread done!
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Wednesday, January 01, 2014

Lonely Planet features Colmado

Colmado was featured in Lonely Planet's "10 Escapadas."

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Check out the Mars dress in the upper left!