Zurich: Kunsthaus, Balenciaga+Alaia+Myriam Schaefer, City, Swans and more…

December 29, 2012December 29, 2012 | Design & Culture by Ed

First of all, here is the new Lena’s outfit: Louis Vuitton scarf, De Nicola fur coat, Uma San pants, Celine, sweater, Chanel bag, BALENCIAGA shoes!

Today our “journey” on Zurich was the Kunsthaus Museum that was really lovely. And while walking to it I snapped some photos of the old and new Zurich. And I really love those cool antique book shops that are everywhere!
In the Kunsthaus museum we had a lot of fun. The collection there of old and modern art was really great. There were artists like Cezanne, Picasso, Warhol, Gaugin and many, many more!

For lunch we chose Lumiere. Very good, original Italain food with Italian kind service. Eveything what we are was delicious. My favorite were: beef Robespierre with spicy tomato sauce. Super good coffee and here is a pic of tartar from beef.
But in Trois Pommes Studio I have discovered something really mind blowing! Ten years ago, the Balenciaga City Bag rocked the fashion world. The now infamous bags were seen on the arm of trend-setting starlets like Mary-Kate Olsen and at the feet of those sitting front row at every major fashion show. The City Bag was plastered across the pages of magazines worldwide as retailers just could not keep up with the demand for this Balenciaga classic. The mastermind behind this legendary handbag? No, not Nicolas Ghesquiere, artistic director at Balenciaga, but his next in command, Myriam Schaefer. All the talent with half the credit, Myriam Schaefer possesses not only a visionary gift, but the resume to back it up! After extensive experience at the iconic fashion houses of Jean Paul Gaultier, Nina Ricci, and of course, Balenciaga, Myriam Schaefer continues to share her brilliant taste with us as she launches her own namesake line of handbags. Crafted out of the creamiest of luxury leathers, Myriam Schaefer Handbags are the epitome of timeless elegance; this is a handbag for the fashionista.

And these are the new Alaia high heels. What do you think about them?

In Zurich, now in the river there is a lot of swans. Those are really beautiful at night! When they are swimming all around it feels so romantic! I think they should be an simbol of Zurich. Don’t know why, but they have sth characteristic in it….

The last thing of today- the Tao restaurant! I think it’s my favourite restaurant in whole Zurich! The tuna there is so fresh, Dim Sum is so good and the Bento Box is so amazing! I’m just in love with it!

Zurich: Flowers, MDL, Trois Pmmes, Architecture, Italian Food and more…

December 28, 2012December 29, 2012 | Design & Culture by Ed

Today there was a shiny day in Zurich and for sure the flower shop next to the hotel had a new collection of roses.

Then we went to Trois Pommes Studio for Alaia, and then to Looq, where I really fell in love with the bison leather bag.

But the discovery of the day was MDL a modern shop with cool casual pieces of unknown designers. I reall liked the amount of scarves there: every colour and print was there!

For lunch we chose a very nice Italian Restaurant called Cantinetta Antinori. I ate some delicious buffalo mozarella with parma ham and spaghetti with veal. Yummy! And here are pics of architecture and river of Zurich.

And in the English Bookshop I bought this:

A great book of bloggers! I truly recomend this!
For dinner we chose Hummer Bar, a lobster restaurant. However we didn’t order a lobster. But we chose salmon with blinis, tourbot, plat of seafood, sole and oysters. Ok, in one word: horrible! Dont try to go there! Oysters were unfresh, turbot was from freezing machine, plat of seafood wasn’t a seafood plat. Sorry, but this the worst fish restaurant in whole Switzerland. But the day was still wonderful! 😀

Zurich: Baur Au Lac Garden, Trois Pommes, Looq, Grieder and more…

December 27, 2012December 27, 2012 | Design & Culture by Ed

The first day in Zurich was great. For a walk with the dog we went, to our hotel’s park that is full of modern sculptures. All were very new and were representing some of the most known commercial products like Coca Cola and Dom Perignon.
After we went for a little shopping- first to the Grieder where were amazing men’s sale for winter and new collection. I bought the essential for wardrobe New Balance Bordeaux sport shoes that are ideal for jogging and are super chic.
But the most cool shops were the Trois Pommes. There like 6 of them on one street. The woman that is the owner of it also has Prada, Miu Miu and Moncler. But the most nice shop was the one were there was only Balmain and Alaia. Is should say everything was beautiful. The masterpieces of Alaia like dresses and bags however were all lying and all sizes availe. Thats strange because in Paris all sizes were sold… We also went upstairs that is closed for public (we went here thanks to a very nice lady) and saw the antical outlet of Balmain… It was beautiful! A lot of gold and ornaments… Most of the clothes were designed by the older Balamin designer Christopher Decarnin that is for me better than the today’s one!

The other cool shop was the Looq. It has designers like Maison Martin Margiela, Damir Doma and Yohji Yamamoto.

For dinner we chose Tao’s, a trendy asian cuisine restaurant with an awesome atmosphere! The food was delicious but thee no photos because it was really dark… And after food time we had a walk through Bankhofstrasse and saw this…

And these are the lights of Zurich.