The Cloak of Man’s Love or the value of Self-love in Relationships
by Becky Clifford Recently, I was in church and listened to the pastor talk about God’s love for us and made the analogy of his love being like a cloak he places over us. And that sometimes a man puts a cloak of love over [...]
The tale of Jing Su and her fashion moments at Maison Gassmann
Photography Elizabeth D’Allesandro / Styling Kathy Patellis-Schmidt When I meet Jing Su (Sophie for most of her friends in Switzerland) for the first time she reminds me of the exquisite pen-and-watercolor scenes from the Chinese folktale The Shell Woman and the King. Just like the beautiful Shell, Sophie [...]
Stop trying to be perfectionists
Interview with the co-founder and CEO of the AWE Summit Tulia Lopes Modern leaders today recognize that lasting success happens when you align passion and knowledge, experience and inner wisdom with a higher purpose. Yet everyone has a different definition of success. What is success? The only [...]
What do you get when you pair a tuxedo with stilettos?
by Becky Clifford As a child, the only tuxedos I saw were on my Ken doll or my dad when he got dressed up and my mom would joke about having to get his “tails” dry cleaned after he wore them to a church or [...]
The Globaltrotter in Heels Part 2
Idea Tsitaliya Mircheva / Styling Style-Etc. / Photography Ruth Hofmann Two years after her son was born, Marion and her husband decided to move back to Zurich. “We often discussed returning to Europe, but at the end it was my husband’s idea to move back. He [...]
The Globaltrotter in Heels
Marion Wild is one of our Modern Iconic Moms with a global mind, adventurous heart and a life on purpose. Today she lives with her family in Zurich, runs a contemporary art gallery and enjoys from time to time her short escape in serenity of the [...]
Dress with intention
As the summer holidays draw to a close, fall is on the horizon. With the end of summer we have to say goodbye to sunny, leisurely days spent by the lake and hello to our more regimented routines and work schedules. Now is a great [...]