Are Superfoods a Supermyth
There’s no official scientific definition of what a superfood is, but it’s generally accepted that superfoods contain high levels of antioxidants, vitamins and minerals, providing us with lots of energy, protecting our bodies from cell damage and helping to prevent diseases. While many common foods [...]
Can food literally change your life?
Many of us have moved, more or less willingly, to a new city or even a new country, only to find that what we discover is not only a new place, but a new purpose. Today I am meeting someone who made such a journey; [...]
Beauty Wise
by Claudia Van Zanten Here at Mums in Heels, we love trying new beauty products—and it’s not lost on us that we’re lucky to have access to some of the latest and most amazing time-honoured brands. As always we like to share everything that makes you [...]
Strike a pose, perfectly in balance
At Mums in Heels we are all mums, but I imagine you knew that already. It’s somehow not genuine to write about mums and heels and not be mums or wear heels. The thing is that the heels and the running around to do interviews [...]
City Gal Shoe Update
Despite that our editor just bought the most chic pair of glitter sneakers we've ever tried on, we need to whisper in your ears that in the city or not you will have to get yourself quickly a pair of offbeat cowboy boots. You might have [...]
Sartorial Crimes
Don’t get me started on the subject of high heels, I can talk for hours. For me they symbolize everything that jogging bottoms and white knit socks are not. That’s where their beauty lie. If I also add that heels are powerful I’ll sound like [...]
Leave elegance to the tailor
Fill out the form to enter the competition to win a pair of custom trousers By Claire! - This competition is now closed. We are announcing the winner soon! Who would have thought that we would one day live in a world of such an abundance [...]
I don’t Know How She Does It
by Anna Streule I can’t have been the only person asking the “what does she do all day?” question to the stay-at-home mum. Then I had my own children. Now I know. Emerging from the haze that is the early years, which for many means [...]
Is fashion empowering or victimising
I am size 36, but only when I shop in Switzerland. In the US I wear size 2 and in the UK between 8 and ten. Despite that I think of my body as relatively standard (in fact what is a standard body shape and [...]
Behind the scenes with the hairstylist
There is always so much talk about what's happening behind the scenes of a fashion show, but it seems people never get enough of such topics.They look for some kind of magic secret or a piece of spicy gossip. Well to quench your thirst for [...]
The promise of a morning cup of coffee
When I think of my bad habits on a good day I can be very snobbish and narcissistic. I kind of think that without my flaws I’ll be loosing part of my charm, part of my irresistible contradictory and complicated self, which also makes me [...]
Essentiel Antwerp lands in Zurich
Every adventure needs love and passion to grow and become successful. In this case we have two family businesses that made women fall in love with their clothing lines and grew from small adventures into fluent brands. The first one, based in Switzerland, opened in [...]