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Did you know that when you get up in the morning and dress for the day, there is a hidden message in what you wear? Not only are you making a statement about your fashion preferences, but you are also radiating information about the kind of person you are, including your innermost perception of yourself. So if you don’t think people are taking you seriously at work or at home, or you simply want to create a new image for yourself, then it may be time for you to look at what you are wearing and call in the services of a professional style coach.
Local entrepreneur, Alison Wegner, knows all about dressing for impact, and has set up her own business in Geneva to help women choose clothes that match their personality and their lifestyle. In addition to enhancing her clients’ best features, Alison carefully selects clothes that and are in perfect balance with their stature, and help them portray the right image and mood appropriate for the occasion, time, season and company.
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A husband and wife team living in Switzerland has come up with the perfect solution for managing your photos.
Operating under the name of PikPerfect, Rushad Vevaina and his wife, Maike, have created an easy-to-use website, which enables you to produce your own, professional-looking photobook, without wasting time using complicated layout software, but instead using PikPerfect's team of highly experienced graphic designers to do the work for you!
Rushad told knowitall.ch, "What makes PikPerfect special is the effort we apply to designing and customising our client's photobooks to their unique and personal tastes. Unlike other photobook providers that provide you with free, but often time-consuming, software to help you design a photobook, PikPerfect's Photobook Design Service will do the work for you! So, in contrast to other companies that just give you the option of choosing between a few basic template-themes, and then leave you to get frustrated working out how to use their layout software, we ask our clients to tell us what they want, e.g. the number of photos on a page, the spacing around the photos, color preferences, etc, Armed with these basic design requirements, our designers will then use their creative skills, acquired through years of experience working in the publishing business, to produce something a little bit out of the norm, something special that will make your book stand out from the rest. Indeed, most of the books we design look very different from each other... and that's good!"
As a senior manager with JWT, one of the world’s largest advertising agencies, Chandana Sen knew how important it was to look good in her job, working in product planning for some of the world’s most well-known, profitable brands. Based in Mumbai, but traveling extensively across Europe and Asia, fashion played a major role in her everyday life, and she soon came to realize that if you shop carefully, then good quality, fashionable products need not be expensive at all.
So when she came to Switzerland in 2008 to start a new life with her husband and son, she recognized almost immediately the huge marketing potential of the fashion items that she had come across on her travels in Asia. Each time she went back there, she was constant reminded about the amazing variety of beautifully designed, colorful clothing and accessories that can be purchased at infinitely more affordable prices than similar items in Switzerland.
And so she decided, with her husband, to launch Chicbags.net, an online outlet for a new range of largely handmade bags, ethically sourced from all corners of the world. The site was launched officially to the public at the beginning of November, 2012. Chandana told knowitall.ch,
Is your wardrobe overflowing with clothes but you still feel that you have nothing to wear? Are there items in there that you simply haven’t worn for years, perhaps because they are too big or too small? Or do you simply just fancy a change – but can’t afford to splash out on any new clothes or accessories?
If so, then clothes swapping is the new, economical and eco-friendly solution that may be perfect for you! In the US, Germany and France, the concept of Swapping has been around for ages – now it is the time for those of you living in Switzerland to give it a try!
Swap-Party@St-Prex is the first event of its kind in this area to be launched by organizers, Katharina Vaquero, Désirée Quagliara and Katharina Peters. Taking place on 26th November at the Foyer au Vieux Bourg, in the small medieval village of St-Prex on the shores of Lac Léman, the event is described as “a ladies night out, all about fun and fashion, in a nice and relaxing atmosphere.”
If you are looking for an original Christmas gift that reflects the unique traditions of Switzerland, then we recommend you head on down to the special Open House, being held in Nyon on 29th November, by local design company, Desalpes.
Desalpes designs and produces a wide range of interior and lifestyle items made from authentic Swiss Army Blankets. Now in limited supply, these blankets were produced in Switzerland from the end of the 19th century until the early sixties, and are handmade using pure sheep’s wool in a variety of grey-brown shades.
The full collection features a range of original items including footstools, pillows, cushions, bags, pencil cases, purses, keyrings, candleholders, and notebooks – all designed using sections of material from the Swiss Army blanket.
