Mariana in NYC

I enjoyed very much my great friend Mariana Vicente's visit last week. I am actually now in bed with a bad cold, recovering from all the fun we had.Mariana is wearing a Crest Necklace in black silver from Mimi Vert's Jeanne d'Arc Collection (how complicated does this sound!) and I'm wearing the Crest Ring and Fleur de Lys Ring Pendant in goldplated silver. I love Mariana's new dark hair, I'm thinking she would be the perfect face for our next campaign. What do you think?

Angela Chang, Product Design Sophomore at Parsons the New School for Design
This sweet and talented young lady is originally from Taiwan, but used to live in China and Vancouver before moving to New York City.
Angela is an amazing drawer - I had the chance to see some of her recent drawings. She enjoys walking around her NYC neighborhood, going for groceries with her little Lumix and cooking. Angela loves the city she lives in, food from any culture and Mimi Vert. <3
I wish her all the best in her career and I can't wait to see more of her designs..

Angela wears the Fleur de Lys Ring Pendant from the Jeanne D'Arc Collection

Jason Wu

Check out NYC based designer Jason Wu's beautiful work. Michelle Obama is one of the many women that love to wear his sophisticated and feminine dresses.
My sister and I had a great time with the designer and his friends last month in New York. Becca and Jason found out that they are twins from different parents, born same time, day and year :)

Daniel, Jason and Rebecca at boom boom room

Shared Closet

Valentina and Paula are two lovely sisters from Bilbao, Spain. They are the creators of the popular blog Shared Closet, where these pictures originate from.
I love how Valentina combines her new Mimi Vert organic cross necklace!

Also check out the post they recently wrote about me: Mimi, una joya.

Mimi Vert @ home

"D´Party isch vrbi"

I guess most of you don’t know that Swiss Rap even exists. I thought it’s time to spread the word beyond the borders of Switzerland. Get to know my childhood friend Basil Anliker, today better known as Baze. His third solo LP "D´Party isch vrbi" (meaning that the party is over in my hometown Berne’s dialect) has just been released.
Growing up together I have always loved (and sometimes hated) Basil for his barefaced honesty. The same authentic characteristic is reflected in his music, which is what makes it so real to me. Talking about his ups and downs, thoughts and doubts free from pretension, just simple stories about himself and life that surrounds him. Melancholic, sometimes depressing but somehow surprisingly calming. The lyrics as well the sounds that complete and support them break with stereotypes of the Rap genre. Even you won’t understand a word I believe the album is worth listening to. Get it here Baze wears the new Mimi Vert ID bracelet in black silver.

One of a kind Miss Bliss

You must have seen her before. Beautiful dancer Melanie Alexander is watching us from the ongoing Benetton campaigns all over the world.
Melanie got her unique look and nickname Miss Bliss (Black Swiss) from her redhead Swiss mother and African-American father.
I first met her at a fashion show in Switzerland. Her sweet and positive personality makes you fall in love with her at first sight.
Yesterday in Zurich Melanie and I had coffee and an inspiring talk. It was the perfect autumn day, so I took the chance to take her picture with her new Mimi Vert ring.
Here is what she said: "The moment I put the Star-Ring on my finger, I did not want to take it off anymore. Playful and feminine, that is just like me."
Visit Melanie's website: www.melaniealexander.ch

Valerie by Lorraine Rodriguez

I wish I could meet more of my clients personally. Like Valerie. I first knew her when she interviewed me for a local indie magazine more than five years ago when I was just starting making jewelry. Actually she was the first person writing an article about Mimi Vert. Since then she has gotten herself quite a large collection of MV pieces. I got those pictures of Valerie from her friend photographer Lorraine, who is also an amazing ilustrator. I simply adore these images.

Alejandra becoming face of Rimmel London

A few days a go I did a shoot with fellow model and friend Alejandra Ramos Muñoz for the next issue of MV zine, which will be out very soon.
Together with Zooey Deschanel and Solange Knowles, she recently signed on to become the new faces of the cosmetic line Rimmel London, following Kate Moss, Georgia May Jagger and Coco Rochas.
Alejandra is represented by Element in Puerto Rico. Here she is photographed by Davide Gè and styled by Javier Scalley. Alejandra is wearing a black lace dress by Lisa Cappalli and Mimi Vert's cypriote necklace.

Inspiring women

There are countless inspiring women throughout history.
If I wanted to try mentioning all of them, starting with Sappho, I would run out of time to finish my new collection.
So here just a small selection of women I admire either for their uniqueness, vision, what they achieved in their field, the impact they had on culture in general or on me personally.Susan Sontag, American critic, writer and activist
I'm a slow reader and English isn't my mother tongue, still Susan Sontag is worth the time investment. To me her writing is truly enlightening, no one’s words could ever express and at the same time challenge better my own way to look at art. Some of her most influential essays are "Notes On 'Camp'", “On Photography” and "Against Interpretation".
Gabrielle Coco Chanel, fashion Designer
Her revolutionary understated approach to fashion, her gift to simplify, to make women's clothes elegant by making them more masculine, are just some of the reasons that made her the most mentioned style icon of all times. In spite of her dark phase during world war II we can't negate the fact that she became a legend. Her name remained and is eternized as probably the most desirable luxury brand today.
Martha Graham, dancer and choreographer
Although my knowledge in dance is limited, it is probably the form of art I most look up to. I couldn't ignore Martha Graham's new vision of movement and how she transformed ballet in a new form of expression. She took the purpose of dance (which was mainly beauty) a step further and created ballets that talked about painful topics, captivating and provoking her spectators.
Méret Oppenheim, Swiss Artist
Maybe as a child I was mostly fascinated by fact that her fountain in my hometown Berne caused a debate. A little later my allure for her work got confirmed when I became familiar with her famous Surrealist "Object" (Le Déjeuner en fourrure). A piece with which she has created an art icon. Once again it’s the simplicity that intrigues me, in that case making something extraordinary out of something ordinary.
My grandmother
Despite of very difficult family conditions she managed (as one of the few women that time) to go to university. Her life could be called anything but easy. A cultured woman with a strong character, to me she is the personification of elegance in every way. I remember her when I was a child with her big, always perfectly coiffed dark hair and large sunglasses. That she abandoned vanity later and dedicated herself to enjoy life, only enriched her. She is a living proof of how to age with dignity and joy.

As I said there are missing many others that merit to be mentioned. So this is definitely going to be continued.
I would love to know who were or are the women that inspire you.