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Family Affairs – Cross-continental fashion by mother and daughter

6. October 2009 Designers & Labels Judith

Family-Affairs_Nina-egli_Kaya-Egli_lazy_afternoon_level2In between vintage dreams and new femaleness. With its second collection, the mother-daughter label Family Affairs does felicitous splits of old and new, modern and classic. Although I don´t see myself in this pieces, I consider Family Affairs a remarkable fashion label which I hope to see growing in the following years.
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It´s not only a family business, runned by jewelry designer Nina Egli and fashion designer Kaya Egli, a mother-daughter duo – Family Affairs is also a notable example of cross-continental work. While Nina is based in New York, USA, Kaya lives in Switzerland. The one brings the inspiration, the other give the imagination free rein and together they create a wonderful and unique fashion island, visibly lead with heart and soul. (more…)

Toujours Toi gives us some colorful rides

8. March 2008 Accessories & Jewelry Judith

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” When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide
Where I stop and I turn and I go for a ride..” Lennon/McCartney

This is how Nina Egli – a Swiss artist, now living in New York – introduces her SS08 Helter Skelter collection. And with items like the “rainbow warrior necklace” and the “planet utopia necklace” she sends us on a feathery-colorful ride through a universe where princesses and magicians live on golden planets surrounded by pink-orange-green-yellow nu-rave solar-systems. (more…)

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