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Behind the Rainbow Look

13th October 2019 2 Comments

Don’t be fooled, this is one of my most colourful rainbow outfits, yes, but that doesn’t mean I am the happiest girl in the world. My world just crashed and no rainbow in the world can hide that.

Time for truth talk: I’m ashamed to say, but I am not well at the moment. When I started this blog I told myself I would never talk about truly personal topics, now I’m just fed up with keeping up the facade. The world needs more honesty, more people who behave like they are humans and not cyborgs and don’t hide their emotions. I’ve decided to show you my not-happy face.

There are those mornings when I stand in front of my wardrobe with tears in my eyes while I choose my outfit and well, right now they happen er…every morning. Should I dress like I feel, like a black ugly void is eating me up? Shall I stop brushing my hair and wait till the pink washes out and leaves a pitiful mousy brown-blond? There is nothing that fits my current mood in my wardrobe at all. Not because I didn’t expect to be ever sad in my life, but because it’s simply not me. So here I am, wearing all my clutter, crying while my jewellery rattles and my pleats play with the wind.

You don’t stop being you no matter if you are happy, grumpy, totally heartbroken or very lost.

This year, I was busy building a marvellous dream castle made of clouds and believed with all my heart it was real. I had a lot of happy times in my life, but I never felt like this, like every day was a fairytale. Suddenly out of the nowhere something truly terrible happened: Puff, the bubble burst and I have to cope (or rather trying to cope) with it.

I don’t do very well: I don’t eat, I can’t sleep and all the things that used to make me happy seem suddenly stale while I indulge myself in sad music. Tears run down my cheeks without control and no matter where I am. Cold darkness grows in my heart, quite an irony for such a colourful girl, isn’t it?

Love and excitement have always been the biggest sources of my bubbly energy and I think that’s what people find fascinating about me. I have so, so, so much of them to give I sometimes feel like I could feed the world with my energy, but now I am just sad and empty. I struggle a lot, to be honest, can’t cope with being rejected and can’t accept that the bright vision of a future I saw in front of me was just mocking me and left me in the dark. I was ready to take my chance for happiness with all the good and bad sides, ready to fight without compromises and that’s why it hurts like hell.

People look at me and think I must be happy, go to a festival every weekend and have an amazing life, because that’s how I look. Don’t judge a book by its cover, you have no idea what’s happening inside.

I know I have to be kind to myself and stop the unhealthy coping mechanisms. Step one is to admit that I am not well, step two is to find more self-love. I need to have more patience with myself, it’s ok to feel bad until I wake up one day and start the day with a smile. That day will come, no matter how long it takes. Until then I don’t want to wear black or beige.

My Outfit
Skirt: Kitty Joseph, Bodysuit: L.O.M., Shoes: Sophia Webster, Sunglasses: Le Specs,
Bracelet: Tauta, Earrings: L.O.M.

Pictures: Marco Borromeo
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When Life Gives You Oranges…

18th September 2019 2 Comments

When life gives you oranges, what are you supposed to do? I say: Turn them into juice or wear them as a jumpsuit! This might be my last summer look unless I manage to smuggle myself into the cargo bay of a plane and make it to Madagascar. If not, you have to be happy with this bright mix of orange and pink – one of my favourite colour combos – for a while and be sure that my autumn looks will not be beige either.

Lana del Rey sings “Summertime Sadness” while I write those lines. It matches my feelings so well right now: No, I don’t want to let my favourite season go. So please summer, kiss me just one more time with your warm rays of sunshine before you go. Just another time and another very last time and maybe one time more and I wear my orange jumpsuit for you.

My look and the song have those sweet and sticky vintage vibes in common, just like orange juice served with a lot of sugar. While the wind plays with my earrings I think of times long gone I spent on the beautiful island Bali.

Back then, I bought a wooden parrot necklace in a tiny shop at the beach and wore it all the time. The birds were just as colourfully painted as those on my new earrings. Many things I love to include in my looks have their roots in my childhood, this is no exception. I come back to them and reinterpret them regularly. Just like there is summer after winter and light after dark, they return.

So yes, if life gives you oranges, be happy!
It means winter is not here yet and you received fruits that taste of summer, warmth and sweetness. You might remember something almost forgotten…

My Outfit
Jumpsuit: Cherry & Mint, Knee Socks: Essentiel Antwerp, Shoes: Sophia Webster (old),
Sunglasses: Le Specs, Earrings: Shh by Sadie, Hat: HappyOnion.ch, Belt: Vintage,
Friendship Bracelets: Mama Tierra, Bangles: Bimba y Lola/Vintage,

Pictures: Marco Borromeo.
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Mode Suisse: The Bright Future of Switzerland

3rd September 2019 2 Comments

This weekend it was time for my favourite fashion show of the year in Zurich: The Mode Suisse. The presentation of the spring/summer collections of ten selected Swiss labels took place on a rooftop in the city of Zurich during sunset but felt more like a sunrise of colours.

On this evening I found fresh hope that Switzerland is finally getting more colourful. While the audience was dressed more or less dressed in dark colours, the runway was filled with a (for Zurich) unusual amount of colour. Julia Heuer’s bright rainbow palette joined Jacqueline Loekito’s sweet pastels and Mourjians sparkling sequins. Emerald green was a very prominent colour among several designers and we saw a lot of plissé and knitwear. Diversity was the topic of the evening, models of all shapes, ages and skin tones rocked the catwalk and questioned stereotypical gender roles.

Jacqueline Loekito:
You We Us

The third collection of Swiss-based British/Indonesian designer Jacqueline Loekito presented at Mode Suisse is inspired by Picasso’s painting Acrobat and Young Harlekin and dominated by pastel blue and pink with diamond patterns. The classical baby colours are a perfect choice for her favourite topic: The questioning of gender roles. No matter your gender, love unites us, is her message. Don’t be fooled: Jacqueline doesn’t just put men into women’s clothes, she sweeps the borders between completely away. While her last collection was a loud and angry scream, this one shows a softer and calmer version of her themes, surprising and refreshing. Her accessories deserve another mention: My craving of the eve goes to her heart-shaped bag and the big amazing hats. Want!

Amorphose:
Will Spring Come to Me?

Mode Suisse Fashion Show 2019 Autumn Amorphose

Lugano-based designer Giancarlo Bello asks if spring will come to him and gives the answer himself: Yes, it’s already here and it’s this beautiful collection of exquisitely handcrafted outfits, some of them more sculptures than just looks. The designer was inspired by the metamorphosis of a young woman and translated his feelings into feathers and lace, fresh green shades as well as feminine red. I think everybody in the audience remembered the moment from his last show when model Toni Dreher stepped onto the catwalk wearing a red round shield in front of her, this time her shield was green and made of springlike plants as a warrior of grace from the mind of Amorphose.

Julia Heuer:
Superbloom

Mode Suisse Fashion Show 2019 Autumn Julia Heuer

Julia Heuer’s show was the first one and a strong promise of an evening full of excitement. Julia did what she can do best: Her vibrant Prints and unique Japanese Shibori plissé, combined with simple cuts that don’t take the attention from the beauty of the fabrics. The former head of print design of Jakob Schläpfer just knows what she does and stays true to herself. Please just don’t stop doing more dear Julia. I would wear every single piece of this collection straight away, it’s happy fashion for sophisticated people.

Mourjjan:
Circus of Life

Mourjjan’s circus is an elegant and sparkling collection of diamond-pattern, generously used sequins and a play between creating big volume and sext cuts, fierce and gentle at the same time. The flowing creations of the Roland Rahal are made to brighten up party nights with their glamour. While their last collection was in rather dark colours, this one features a bright and absolutely stunning colour palette that makes me love it much more. It’s fashion for a modern woman who is neither angel or demon, but unites the ambivalence of our world with its million of facets in her soul and looks.

The probably best thing about Mode Suisse besides the show is always the company. Thanks to those two for sharing the excitement with me. Doesn’t Cherry Greta rock that Vixen by Micheline Pitt leather skirt?

Pictures: Courtesy of Mode Suisse by Alexander Palacios

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Rocking Rococo

29th August 2019 No Comments

Dear purists and lovers of minimalisms, I am sorry, but you entered the world of maximalism. More is more here, I do it the rococo way and live elaborate, wearing my pink Han-style kimono and ornamented sunglasses. Embracing life with all facets, saying yes to all, greedy for more without holding back.

With my love for maximalism and decoration, I couldn’t disagree more with modernist architect Adolf Loos who wrote the book “Ornament and Crime” in 1910. The opponent of Art Nouveau was convinced that freedom from ornament is a sign of spiritual strength. I’d say it’s a lack of love for details and humour.

Minimalism has been the main trend in architecture and fashion for a long time now. When Mr Loos made his provocative statement, he lived in a world where everything was decorated to the hilt. Since then we moved into the opposite direction and cleared our lives from decoration. Until the moment of the realisation that there is too much austerity around us and the warmth of tenderly crafted ornaments is missing.

I think it’s time for a change, time to go back to the times when getting dressed was an art and architecture was something you looked at in awe! Nothing against modernism, don’t get me wrong, I plead for coexistence, not black and white, good or bad but a world where opposites enhance each other and make our lives rich.

If you go shopping for clothes, it’s easier to find 20 plain jumpers in all shades of blue than discovering one single dress with delicate details. That’s a thing that I love about the Chinese brand Mukzin who made my pink Han-style kimono: Their looks are far from minimalistic, but a whole kaleidoscope of colour, prints and sequins. I mixed the Asian vibes with rococo inspiration and searched the whole city to find the most ornamental building to go with the look.

Sidenote: Did you spot the cute little angel on my sunnies? Mr Loos would hate it, but he shall move over!

My Outfit
Kimono: Mukzin, Sunglasses: Pearls & Swine, Bag: Gucci, Shoes: Ego and Greed,
Rings: Swarovski, Bangle: Bally

Pictures: Marco Borromeo

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My Heart on A Plate

13th August 2019 No Comments

Sara is in Love with… organ dress Swiss Fashion Design Mode Suisse

Day after day we dress up to cover ourselves. Are we doing this to hide our own vulnerability? Today, my world is upside down, my dress from Swiss designer Jacqueline Loekito reveals what inside of me, hidden beneath my skin: My organs, the machine that makes this body functio.

There is a poetry in this look and rarely ever a dress inspired me to think so much about its concept while it still manages to make me feel beautiful wearing it. I see it as a symbol of the beauty of evanescence and fragility. But a positive symbol that takes away the fear and replaces if with the suggestion to go out, sip pink champagne and forget about our mortality.

In my opinion, Swiss designer Jacqueline Loekito managed the almost impossible when she created this dress: Bringing together a philosophical concept about life and death and making it look glamourous.

When I was wearing the dress for the first time, one of the sleeves was closed and I couldn’t move my left arm for the whole eve. I loved the uniqueness of this shape and how it transformed me in an almost inhuman way. But I couldn’t text or grab money from my wallet. Jacqueline changed the dress for me to give me my second arm back so I could snap stories during fashion shows. Me and my organs are happy now.

By the way: Jacqueline Loekito is presenting her new collection at Mode Suisse in Zurich on the 31 August. Can’t wait to see her new creations. Are you curious too?

My Outfit
Dress: Jacqueline Loekito, Sunglasses: Sunglass Spot, Shoes: Vivienne Westwood x Melissa,
Bag: Lulu Guiness, Bangles: Les Georgettes by Altesse, Earrings: Sophie Cochevelou

Pictures: Marco Borromeo.

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Beach Please!

8th August 2019 No Comments

Sara is in Love with… fashion blogger Swiss Zurich summer beach swimsuit Versace neon green vintage

Yay, I finally joined the queens of the beaches and look awesome in my swimsuit all day long, under a long row of pink fluffy palm trees – not. Is there somebody else in the city, pretending it’s neither holiday season nor a heatwave, or am I the last one who didn’t get that sunbathing is on the agenda and work has been cancelled? If it was a message to all I’m sorry: You must have missed to put my address on the mailing list.

Yesterday morning I sat on the bus, still very sleepy since finding the way to dreamland is not so easy in this heat. I asked myself why there are so many empty seats. Then realisation hit me: It’s ’cause everybody else decided to have adventures far away from their office desks. I imagine most beaches, islands and hotels must be more crowded than offices right now.

Did you make it out of the ordinary too? Well done if yes! If your sipping a cocktail and watching the waves, please think of me for a second. I promise I’ll do the same when my time to escape has come. But right now the piles of tasks everybody left behind are calling my name in their sweet, whispering voices. Just a second, I’m coming.

To be honest, I’m not the stereotypical beach girl anyway and if I have the choice between beach and a cool museum or discovering a new city I choose the not-beach-option most of the time. My sun allergy says thanks. But guess what: I do buy a new swimsuit or bikini every now and then, seeing myself chilling in a pink pool in my enormous flamingo floatie in that instagrammable hotel.

So here I am, playing beach day in my neon green vintage Versace on the terrace. The medusa on my back smiles when I tell her: No, this time this is not going to be the only use of my new swimsuit, this time we will make it to the beach! Get ready: We’re coming, Medusa and me! Just give me time to work through some piles of papers first.

My Outfit
Swimsuit: Versace Vintage from Love at the Bus Stop,
Bag: nana-nana by Fred Segal from Globus, Sunglasses: House of Holland,
Necklace and Bracelet: Heartbeads, Hat: Mama Tierra, Shoes: Sophia Webster

Pictures: Marco Borromeo. This post contains sponsored products.

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Cuteness in Ruins

28th July 2019 No Comments

Sara is in Love with… Swiss Fashion blogger pink hair Kawamomo kawaii outfit nana nana neon pink a4 bag mini skirt tartan cute

While most bloggers are taking pictures in front of elegant cafes and in beautiful gardens, I am more attracted by the shaby corners of Zurich as a scenery for my pictures. Rundown buildings scrawly graffiti and dusty corners raise my curiosity to wonder about the stories happening before the beauty faded.

It’s in the dust and junk, where real-life happened and the melancholy of glorious times still lingers, far from stages and affected behaviour. No Parisian chic to be found in the dark but edginess and a past that left its marks like faded scars. If you are not open for this beauty, you might shrug it off as ugly, dirty and dangerous and oversee the hidden. Have a second glance and you might discover the unexpected.

I think shabby corners and cute outfits are a good match with their dichotomy. It’s like the fact that there is no Beauty without the Beast or no Sale without Full Prices. Pastel pink iridescent rainbow shades found their counterpart.

Only after styling this look it occurred to me that it could be a reference to Britney’s Oops! I did it again video from the 90’s with the schoolgirl skirt, the college jacket and the knotted top. I wouldn’t be me if it wouldn’t be more colourful than her version. And I bet good school girls like young Britney didn’t hang around my rough corners 😉

My Outfit
Skirt and Jacket: Kawamomo, T-Shirt: Azumi & David, Bag: nana-nana by Fred Segal for Globus,
Shoes: Asos (not recent), Sunglasses: Mr. Boho, Nails: Nailstudio Diva

Pictures: Marco Borromeo. This post contains sponsored products.

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Follow the Neon Trail

28th July 2019 No Comments

Sara is in Love with… Swiss fashion blogger red dress look vintage summer neon trend

I’ve always had this thing with neon. Like a moth attracted by the light, I am drawn to bright, fluorescent colours and neon signs. It’s either because I am an eighties child or that it runs in my veins.

When my grandfather was a young man, he went to Italy on holiday and saw “glowing advertisings” for the first time. He was so captured by this that when he went home to his tiny village, he decided to start a neon sign company. Probably the first one in the country. My grandma told me that people called him mad, but he believed in it, and the company still exists. If I still had some of the signs they produced, I’d love to mix them with the tropical neon collection in my living room and have a Mini-Vegas at home.

Thinking about my grandfather makes me wish I could do something as exciting and new as bringing neon signs to a place where people haven’t seen them before. But it has become tougher to come up with something new in a world where an eight-year-old might tell you that he has seen it all before. The resurrected 80’s trend of wearing hot pink and blinding yellow still catches some stares for sure, but the times when it was genuinely shocking are long gone.

But it didn’t lose its excitement, so let’s follow the neon trail this summer and don’t follow the style guides that tell you to pair your neon pieces with beige please.

Sara is in Love with… Swiss fashion blogger red dress look vintage summer neon trend Essential Antwerp Who is that Girl WTG Antwerp Gentle Monster Tatty Devine 90s cd earrings pink hair sibling Zurich streetart Bally shoes sandals

My Outfit
Dress: Who’s That Girl, Cardigan: Sibling Vintage, Earrings & Necklace: Tatty Devine,
Handbag: Essential Antwerp, Sunglasses: Gentle Monster, Shoes: Bally from Fashionfish, Socks: Glassworks, Phone Case: Valfre, Nails: Nailstudio Diva

Pictures: Marco Borromeo. This post contains sponsored products.

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The Thirst for Rainbows

11th July 2019 No Comments

Sara is in Love with… rainbow look with accessories

Confession: I have a fashion addiction and it’s all about rainbow accessories. It goes on for a while already and will continue not just until pride month is over. It’s my statement against minimalism and my attempt to bring a little bit of happiness with me wherever I go. The excited inner child inside of me that wants to use all crayons at once is still alive and will never lose the passion for colour.

When I bought my first rainbow jumper I thought I am equipped now, but how little did I know! Soon afterwards, I discovered that my life is not complete without a whole pile of rainbow jumpers and t-shirts, cause rainbows like company. There are as many rainbows as shades of white and therefore the pile grew and grew. When I tidied up my wardrobe and saw all my rainbow tops it was clear: Yes this is not just a little thing, it’s a real thirst for uniting all bright colours on my chest.

The jumper from this post is a lucky second-hand find, so no fast fashion happening in this post. Everything I wear is either handmade by designers from Switzerland and Germany or vintage (besides my Gucci sunglasses). I have to point out my collar made by Swiss designer Waternymph: This eyecatcher uses upcycled Australian fish scales and vintage leather. I never imagined that I’d wear fish around my neck until I saw it. But it is what it is: Everything is just perfect in rainbow, don’t you agree? The absence of fast fashion makes my rainbow even more cheerful and makes me feel alright about giving in to my rainbow thirst. What fashion addiction do you have at the moment?

My Outfit
Earrings: Tukadu, Sunnies: Gucci, Top: Ema,
Collar: Waternymph

Pictures: Marco Borromeo. This post contains sponsored products.

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Africa Suits Me

16th June 2019 1 Comment

Sara is in Love with… Swiss Fashion blogger African Fashion pink hair

As soon as it gets warmer my love for African prints awakes. Well, actually it wasn’t sleeping during winter, but since there are rarely warm jumpers or coats featuring those strong prints, I had to put them aside and wait till it was finally African Season in Europe again. Let the pattern mania begin!

Just like last summer, I see quite some European/American labels featuring African prints in their collections and this fills me with puzzlement: Most of them just seem to repeat what was done by African designers already, same fabrics, not very different cuts and silhouettes and not much innovation. Why do they bother if they don’t add something different I ask myself and even more so: Why should I not just go for the real thing and support the African designers with my shopping?

This is just what I do in this look with my pencil skirt and jacket made in Nigeria. I believe that cultures enrich each other and it makes me happy that in my everyday life there are little signs of many different influences all mixed up to a beautiful union. This feeling is what I expect from European designers using African Prints: I want them to work with those fabrics because they adore their strong uniqueness and I want them to add something of their culture, to reinterpret them and create something new with love. This is what I’d buy, hang next to my original African designs, my Chinese kimonos, and British tartan skirts and take out to combine it to wild looks that know no boundaries.

My Outfit
Jacket and Skirt: Tufafiii from Hanimanns, Jumper: CeliaB, Shoes: Ego & Greed,
Bag & Sunglasses: Maude Studio, Hat: Lack of Color, Belt: HM x Moschino,
Kneesocks: Retropunk

Pictures: Marco Borromeo. This post contains sponsored products.

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Don’t be fooled, this is one of my most colourful rainbow outfits, yes, but that doesn’t mean I am the happiest girl in the world. My world just crashed and no rainbow in the world can hide that.

This weekend it was time for my favourite fashion show of the year in Zurich: The Mode Suisse. The presentation of the spring/summer collections of ten selected Swiss labels took place on a rooftop in the city of Zurich during sunset but felt more like a sunrise of colours.

Jacqueline Loekito:You We Us

Amorphose:Will Spring Come to Me?

Julia Heuer:Superbloom

Mourjjan:Circus of Life

Day after day we dress up to cover ourselves. Are we doing this to hide our own vulnerability? Today, my world is upside down, my dress from Swiss designer Jacqueline Loekito reveals what inside of me, hidden beneath my skin: My organs, the machine that makes this body functio.

By the way: Jacqueline Loekito is presenting her new collection at Mode Suisse in Zurich on the 31 August. Can’t wait to see her new creations. Are you curious too?

I’ve always had this thing with neon. Like a moth attracted by the light, I am drawn to bright, fluorescent colours and neon signs. It’s either because I am an eighties child or that it runs in my veins.

Jacqueline Loekito:
You We Us

Amorphose:
Will Spring Come to Me?

Julia Heuer:
Superbloom

Mourjjan:
Circus of Life