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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Let’s not celebrate the 14th of February as a commercial event and get told by shops to buy flowers, perfume, and sweets as proof of our love! Let’s celebrate love all the time and make a difference this 14th with V-Day, the global activist movement to end violence against all women and girls – transgender and cisgender and those with fluid identities!

Tell the world we don’t accept harassment, oppression, rape, battery, incest, female genital mutilation, and sex slavery. We are women, we unite and we shall support each other!

According to the United Nations, one of every three women does personally experience physical or sexual violence during her life. 1998, author and playwright Eve Ensler started the V-Day movement after experiencing sexual trauma and the desire to reclaim her own body. The V stands for Victory, Valentine, and Vagina according to her. She created a play called the “Vagina Monologues” and took a step further into action to start a movement as a call for women’s rights.

Since its start, the V-Day movement has raised more than $80 million for their anti-violence programs and safe houses in The Congo, Haiti, Kenya, Egypt, and Iraq. V-Day organizes thousands of events in over 140 countries.

The vision of V-Day is a world where women live safely and free. The organization is fighting for it with art, by spreading lasting social and cultural change, by giving local women who know their community a voice and leadership and by looking at the intersection of race, class, and gender to understand violence against women.

Find out more about the movement here: vday.org
Join the first V-Day event in Zurich: vdayzurich.ch

My Outfit
Dress: Sara Al Ojayan, Bag: Mama Tierra, Bag Strap: Tauta Home, Headwrap: Hanimanns,
Earrings: L.O.M., Flamingo Ring: Animazul, Sunglasses: Gucci, Shoes: Kat Maconie,
Kneesocks: Becksöndergaard, Coat: Lazy Oaf  

Pictures: Marco Borromeo

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All my pictures are made with music, it’s inseparably woven into them and they are breathing music like I breathe the air around me. Music is the source of inspiration I probably never mentioned, next to costume design, pop art, science fiction, Japanese street style, vintage pictures and many more.

Unlike the others, music is not a visual form of expression and therefore might be less an obvious fashion inspiration resource, but I believe all sensual experiences are aspiring to express emotions in the end, no matter if acoustic, visual or olfactory.

Whenever I style looks and edit pictures, there is always music accompanying me, being my partner in crime and major influence. Very often I have that one specific song in mind when I work. This song completes the mood I am about to create and music is never just an unrelated background for me.

I couldn’t imagine a life without music at all, sometimes I cling to it like to an anchor, it enhances my feelings and there is always a song mirroring every feeling I am experiencing from utter crazy happiness to the deepest moments of sadness. Music is like a cloak surrounding me, sharing what I experience and comforting me when all colours disappear from my life for a moment of sadness.    

What song goes with this outfit you might ask? For once I let you know and maybe just one of you listens to it while having a look at my pictures: Bubble Pop Electric by Gwen Stefani. I image dancing to it at a crazy summer party with a ball pit where I am wearing this look.    So Johnny, get out of here!

My Outfit
Dress: Devoi, Bag & Hat: Mama Tierra, Sunglasses: Betty and Veronica,
Bangle: Bally bought at Fashion Fish, Necklace: Swarovski, Shoes: Zaxy,
Colourful Ring: Mood, Rose Ring: Tenebris, Heart Ring: Nina Bee

Inflatable Heart: Dibsy

Pictures: Marco Borromeo. This post contains sponsored products.

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