Harvesting sunshine for Saanenland

Seeing the SolSarine Solar Power Project as a Regional Asset

Harvesting sunshine for Saanenland

Seeing the SolSarine Solar Power Project as a Regional Asset

From Orient to Occident: Countess Setsuko Klossowska de Rola

What the artist is always looking for is the mode of existence in which soul and body are one and indivisible: in which the outward is expressive of the inward: in which form reveals.

From Orient to Occident: Countess Setsuko Klossowska de Rola

What the artist is always looking for is the mode of existence in which soul and body are one and indivisible: in which the outward is expressive of the inward: in which form reveals.

Sandro and his grandfather in the workshop back in the 90s | Photograph: Family photo

Master Builder

Sandro Reuteler is fourth-generation managing director of Arnold Reuteler Holzbau AG in Grund. Sandro carved time out of his busy schedule to meet with GstaadLife and talk tradition, technology and the importance of sustainability.
Sandro and his grandfather in the workshop back in the 90s | Photograph: Family photo

Master Builder

Sandro Reuteler is fourth-generation managing director of Arnold Reuteler Holzbau AG in Grund. Sandro carved time out of his busy schedule to meet with GstaadLife and talk tradition, technology and the importance of sustainability.

My husband Jan Michalski (1953-2002) © Michalski Family Archives

Vera Michalski-Hoffmann: to whom much is given, much is expected

During WWII, my paternal grandmother Maja Hoffmann Sacher (1896-1989) rented Chalet Aellen in Saanen. Immediately beforehand in August 1939, her second husband, Paul Sacher (1906– 1999), himself a conductor and music patron, commissioned Béla Bartók (1881–1945) to write his Divertimento ...
My husband Jan Michalski (1953-2002) © Michalski Family Archives

Vera Michalski-Hoffmann: to whom much is given, much is expected

During WWII, my paternal grandmother Maja Hoffmann Sacher (1896-1989) rented Chalet Aellen in Saanen. Immediately beforehand in August 1939, her second husband, Paul Sacher (1906– 1999), himself a conductor and music patron, commissioned Béla Bartók (1881–1945) to write his Divertimento ...

Lunch in the region with Peter Dolmans and Giancarlo Giammetti | Photograph: Courtesy Valentino Garavani e Giancarlo Giammetti

Valentino - Brains, Beauty & Breeding

The legendary fashion designer and master couturier founded his eponymous fashion house in Rome in the late 1950s with his long-time business partner Giancarlo Giammetti. And has since established an illustrious career often associated with his signature colour, “Valentino Red”. In 1998, ...
Lunch in the region with Peter Dolmans and Giancarlo Giammetti | Photograph: Courtesy Valentino Garavani e Giancarlo Giammetti

Valentino - Brains, Beauty & Breeding

The legendary fashion designer and master couturier founded his eponymous fashion house in Rome in the late 1950s with his long-time business partner Giancarlo Giammetti. And has since established an illustrious career often associated with his signature colour, “Valentino Red”. In 1998, ...

Photograph: Philippe Saharoff

Anne Rosat & the art in Hermès

From paper-cutting or découpages to textiles In 1937, a century after the French luxury house Hermès was founded, Robert Dumas, Émile Hermès’ sonin-law, designed the first scarf using woodblocks.
Photograph: Philippe Saharoff

Anne Rosat & the art in Hermès

From paper-cutting or découpages to textiles In 1937, a century after the French luxury house Hermès was founded, Robert Dumas, Émile Hermès’ sonin-law, designed the first scarf using woodblocks.

Swiss autioneer Bernard Piguet

THE COMMERCE OF ART & THE ART OF COMMERCE

Swiss autioneer Bernard Piguet

THE COMMERCE OF ART & THE ART OF COMMERCE

Stylish success

Antonella Curioni moved to Gstaad in 1997 and set up her own boutique ten years later. The business has grown and strengthened beyond its initial focus on cashmere, proving that independent fashion can compete against the biggest brands. GstaadLife met with Antonella to talk fashion, design ...

Stylish success

Antonella Curioni moved to Gstaad in 1997 and set up her own boutique ten years later. The business has grown and strengthened beyond its initial focus on cashmere, proving that independent fashion can compete against the biggest brands. GstaadLife met with Antonella to talk fashion, design ...

Master runner

Charlotte Cotton is an international championship runner. Born in London, she lives in Spain, represents Belgium and spends large parts of each year in the Saanenland. Charlotte carved time out of her packed training and racing schedule to talk to GstaadLife.

Master runner

Charlotte Cotton is an international championship runner. Born in London, she lives in Spain, represents Belgium and spends large parts of each year in the Saanenland. Charlotte carved time out of her packed training and racing schedule to talk to GstaadLife.

Virtuoso visionary - Interview with Renaud Capuçon

Renaud Capuçon is a world-renowned violinist and artistic director of the International Menuhin Music Academy (IMMA), the resident orchestra of Le Rosey based at its Rolle campus.

The Menuhin Academy Soloists will perform at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival on the 14th of August, for ...

Virtuoso visionary - Interview with Renaud Capuçon

Renaud Capuçon is a world-renowned violinist and artistic director of the International Menuhin Music Academy (IMMA), the resident orchestra of Le Rosey based at its Rolle campus.

The Menuhin Academy Soloists will perform at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival on the 14th of August, for ...

Family values

Marc Stebler knows a thing or two about watches. He is a fourth-generation Stebler-Iff, a family with a long watchmaking and jewellery industry tradition. Following the family’s acquisition of Villiger Gstaad in 2019, Marc now heads up the boutique, renamed Stebler Gstaad.

Family values

Marc Stebler knows a thing or two about watches. He is a fourth-generation Stebler-Iff, a family with a long watchmaking and jewellery industry tradition. Following the family’s acquisition of Villiger Gstaad in 2019, Marc now heads up the boutique, renamed Stebler Gstaad.

Style icon

Twenty years ago Caroline Freymond moved to Gstaad and established Menus Plaisirs – part gallery, part shop – right at the start of the art scene in the region.

Style icon

Twenty years ago Caroline Freymond moved to Gstaad and established Menus Plaisirs – part gallery, part shop – right at the start of the art scene in the region.

Modern adventurer

Garrett Fisher has set himself a lofty goal: to photograph every non-polar glacier across the globe.

Modern adventurer

Garrett Fisher has set himself a lofty goal: to photograph every non-polar glacier across the globe.

Portfolio Garett Fisher

Garrett Fisher is on a mission. He recently finished documenting every glacier in the Alps. With Fisher’s ambition, however, there is no time for a break. The ultimate goal: document as many non-polar glaciers as possible.

Portfolio Garett Fisher

Garrett Fisher is on a mission. He recently finished documenting every glacier in the Alps. With Fisher’s ambition, however, there is no time for a break. The ultimate goal: document as many non-polar glaciers as possible.

Mountain inclusivity

Catherine Cosby is a force of nature.

Mountain inclusivity

Catherine Cosby is a force of nature.

New perspectives

The Untere Zwitzeregg high up in the Saanenland (altitude 1,700 metres) has been worked by Ueli Bach’s family since 1958. Last year the over 100-year-old mountain farm was completely demolished and rebuilt to modern specifications.

New perspectives

The Untere Zwitzeregg high up in the Saanenland (altitude 1,700 metres) has been worked by Ueli Bach’s family since 1958. Last year the over 100-year-old mountain farm was completely demolished and rebuilt to modern specifications.

Chocolate Heaven: Interview with Lukas Wenger

Lukas Wenger from Gsteig loves Swiss chocolate. So much, in fact, he has plans afoot to launch Swiss Chocolate World, an adventure park focused on, you guessed it: Swiss chocolate.

Chocolate Heaven: Interview with Lukas Wenger

Lukas Wenger from Gsteig loves Swiss chocolate. So much, in fact, he has plans afoot to launch Swiss Chocolate World, an adventure park focused on, you guessed it: Swiss chocolate.

Mindful nature

Melanie Uhkötter is on a mission. As co-founder of the Friends of Saanenwald association, she is committed to enhancing the physical and mental health of people through a deep connection with nature.

Mindful nature

Melanie Uhkötter is on a mission. As co-founder of the Friends of Saanenwald association, she is committed to enhancing the physical and mental health of people through a deep connection with nature.

Family values: Antonia Crespi and Elizabeth Aisher Crespi

Antonia Crespi and Elizabeth Aisher Crespi are the mother-daughter team behind Tarmak22, the dazzling art exhibition space at Gstaad Airport.

Family values: Antonia Crespi and Elizabeth Aisher Crespi

Antonia Crespi and Elizabeth Aisher Crespi are the mother-daughter team behind Tarmak22, the dazzling art exhibition space at Gstaad Airport.

Silver service

December 2020 signalled the end of an era for the Hotel Christiania. After over forty years’ service to generations of guests, Isabelle and Nagy Geadah-Nopper sold the business and retired.

Silver service

December 2020 signalled the end of an era for the Hotel Christiania. After over forty years’ service to generations of guests, Isabelle and Nagy Geadah-Nopper sold the business and retired.

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