Car-style

Driving down to Geneva, is as normal nowadays as having my morning coffee. The road is extremely beautiful in certain areas, specially when you drive by Lausanne and arrive from the mountain and have the lake a couple of hundred meters down below and the sun is just about to go down and all of the houses are giving light sources, like small stars in the sky.
Sometimes the road down goes perfectly well with the little one, which means he falls asleep immediately and M and me can have a nice chat or I can take the opportunity to catch up on some sleep. But other times it's just an inferno in the car and Alexis hates it. It takes entertaining, in the approximately amount of three hours, to a different level and the fantasy has to go beyond singing and showing different cars or cows outside the window. Last night was one of those times, God was I exhausted after sitting turned back all way down, singing and amusing my little son and just trying to keep him as happy as possible until we arrived. A big glass of wine would have been perfect after that sort of Friday night exhibition.

Beauty

Beautiful, beautiful little boy of mine. 

I'm indulging the last couple of month with just the two of us, where it sometimes 

feels like only you and me exist in the whole universe. 

Soon you'll become a big brother and I'll become a mother of two.

Things will obviously change, but you will always be my first born, my miracle 

who came from nowhere and surprised me like no one have never done. 

You taught me what love, real unconditional love, really is and 

you brought emotions into my soul and heart that I've only touched on the surface before. 

What an adventure we have in front of us, you and me.

My biggest gift in life and the strongest source of true happiness.

The little black ...

I just had a chat with my dear mother in law in Geneva, and she said it was winter down there. Hu ... Not nice at all, but it gives me an opportunity to find things in my closet mostly made for colder days. This stunning little black jacket for example and my Kelly that I truly love. I twist them up, not to look too classic and doll, with a extravagant necklace and a simple white t-shirt and some jeans.
Now I'll pack, eat lunch, take a nap when Alexis is napping, do the last couple of errands and then wait for my man to get back from work and I'll hopefully sleep in the car back down to Geneva. The last trimester of the pregnancy is stepping in and I do remember that the tiredness gets back during this time. So boring and frustrating, I hate feeling like I'm on a sleeping pill all day long, but it seems like it's the price one have to pay when creating small princes inside of me. Blink.

(blazer: Chanel, t-shirt: COS, necklace: J.Crew and bag: Hermés Kelly with a Hermés Twilly scarf wrapped around the handle)

Primavera

So we've been home a couple of days in Zürich again, but actually we're returning to Geneva no later then tonight. There are some big parties and fiestas in front of us now in May and June so we're going to be living in a car and in travel suits on and off by the time. But I can't wait to attend all of these events, I love dressing up and wearing something extraordinary!
As a pregnant woman at the moment, the selection is somewhat limited to a few dresses of mine and a few models that suits properly when finding a new one. It's so much that needs to fit and most of all it needs to enhance the more curvy body and make us feel beautiful, elegant yet with that important originality.
I fell in love with the Primavera pattern when the SS13 collection of byMalina was presented, yet my favourite model was in reality impossible to squeeze myself in to, no matter how much I loved it. But then I found this model, maybe not a classic Stina-dress, but very pretty and even prettier in reality I realised when I got a DHL delivery at home yesterday with it's romantic inside.
The dress is, as all of the designers dresses, made of pure silk, an easy and liberating fabric for all occasions in life. I've had them in my normal state, pregnant ... I love how the textile is blowing in the wind when walking, how it just switches around the legs and creates that dramatic effect, sometimes needed in life. Look here, here and here to understand what I mean. I have a few of her dresses by now.

The weather forecast for the weekend though is disappointing me big time and I have to have a plan B. The temperatures says around 10°C and it's going to rain, rain, rain. The old Chateau we're going to is hopefully heated up, else I need to wear something else unfortunately. But I've fortunately have more excuses to wear this dress in that case, but let's hope for the best.

But I know there's a lot of parties, student balls, graduations, weddings etc, etc in front of us all - and a outstanding dress, one that will be used a lot in the future and has something exceptional to it; can be hard to find so I'm here to help YOU! 
Go to byMalina, find a stunning model, choose the fabric and when paying, put the code: STINA and you'll have 20 percent off any purchase!  How about that!?!!!?

Happy shopping and enjoy all the celebrations this summer! You'll by far be the one best dressed!

If you want help with any questions about size, fabric etc, please write them in the comment field and I'll do my best to give you my empirical experience!

See you soon!

Listen!

Everybody wants to rule the world.

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(white leather jacket: Dolce & Gabbana, dress: Lindex, shades: ray Ban and heels: Phillip Lim)

Casual but chic in cashmere

There's been a lot of talk about cashmere in this blog by me the last couple of years. But how can we not highlight one of the nicest materials there is in this world? A cashmere sweater is by far the most perfect of garments for both kids and grown ups, all seasons around, for it's remarkable ability to adapt to temperatures. It works hand in hand with the climate of the skin and the surrounding, it doesn't scratch like wool does on a naked epidermis and the feeling is always light and easy. The aesthetic part of cashmere just makes the picture perfect, the surface gives a impeccable look of exclusivity and elegance and it has always been like that.
With all of this said, it's also a material who need some extra love and care though cashmere is delicate and need to be washed in a very sensitive hand wash program or wool program in a separate washing bag, but most preferably taken to the dry cleaner. Every time you've used it, you should let it air in some fresh wind or just open in the bathroom, to keep its freshness.

I have the great opportunity to give ALL my readers 10 percent on ALL things from Soft Goat for 10 days if you use the code; Stinaauer 

Please click your way there and pamper yourself with some lovely cashmere! They ship all around the world! Last time I got these ones.

(cashmere sweater: Soft Goat, this one, pregnancy pants: H&M & bag: Balenciaga)

The little, black cashmere coat

I just love that I've found this little, black coat in cashmere from the Swedish brand Greta. As shown, on the post below, it works with exactly everything (on top of a dress or with trousers) and even though I have a lot of black coats in my closet - this one is neater, more simple and works perfect for those chilly spring and summer days and nights. I really, really love it! It's chic, classic and very usable!

(coat: Greta, here, pregnancy pants: H&M, blouse: Equipment, shoes: NoName & bag: Hermés Birkin)

My love turning older ...

What a weekend! Filled with the best of life! Family, surprises, good food, kids, nature, flowers and friends. I've said it before and i'll say it again and again. I feel so blessed being able to share our life between so many different "homes". It really puts life in a different dimension and I can't wait to spend some proper time in our fourth home in South of France this summer and later on, in our fifth home, at my parents country house which both are miles width from each other, but offer different kind of beauty and cosiness.
The whole purpose this time for the stay in Geneva, was my man's birthday. He though we would have a easy family dinner in peace and quite, but the day after we had arranged a surprise garden party for him as I wrote about before. We had invited friends from different places and cities, ordering the cake, fixing the decoration and M's parents had been cooking the food and prepared what I couldn't, being in Zürich.
So this is some pictures from the warm and lovely party, which turned out even better then we hoped for. The people are so wonderful and it was a laid back, fun, kid-friendly and just perfect environment and we even had luck with the weather which is so important when being outside.
M was so touched and so happy and humble, It was a joy to give him this day filled with some of the best of people. Later that night we gathered some friends and drove into the Geneva city to eat at the Pizza institution Da Paolo. They have the best pizza I've ever had and If you're around, you can't leave without going to this superb place and indulge yourself. When I drove home I was almost falling asleep in the car, and after this weekend I'm very tired but it was so worth it! Happy Birthday again my Love and THANK YOU everyone for helping, keeping the secret and for coming!!!

(black cashmere coat: Greta, here, dress: Balmain and later on, beautiful grey cashmere sweater: Soft Goat, here)