Effortless and chic, we are in love with the style of Alexa Chung. She looks gorgeous in this mini dress, perfect for the spring that we are all waiting for. In the city or by the coast… spring days have never been so feminine!

Get the look:

The Swan Blooms Dress or the Up Country Dress are the perfect little floral dresses. We combine them with a necklace from Coralie de Seynes, our favorite bag from La Petite mendigote and a pair of Best Mountain sandals. Which dress is your pick?

Let me introduce myself:
I am Recha, a fashion addict from Switzerland, working as a fashion blogger/model/stylist next to studying communications at university. A good healthy mix I’d say! I am super excited to be the new resident Stylist for Quiksilver Women in Europe. I will be styling outfits, sharing inspirations and giving you some insights into my everyday life, by telling you some of my stories.

Recha by Timo Jarvinen

Recha wearing the Tiki Tile skirt - Photo by Timo Jarvinen

For my first post I thought I’d share this casual easy wearing look with you. Highwaist skirts combined with cropped tops are this summer’s must have. I am wearing this super cute TIKI TILE SKIRT with the black DOVER CARDIGAN. If your wardrobe is missing a cropped top, just pull out an old singlet and crop it yourself! It’s not warm enough here in Switzerland unfortunately, therefore I added some blue tights to keep cosy.

Photo by Timo Jarvinen

Have a wonderful day,

Recha.

So …i decided whilst on stage to do a very spontaneous cover of Lana Del Reys Wonderful tune….Video games…. I’d never done it before…or really practiced it…but i thought…. if i dont do it…i’ll never know if its gonna work or not… so heres what came out my mouth 

Stephanie Gilmore began her Commonwealth Bank Beachley Classic campaign superbly easily winning her opening round heat today at Dee Why.

Thursday April 19 2012 Caption: Stephanie Gilmore exiting a nice barrell behind Niki Van Dijk at Dee Why Point. Gilmore posted an impressive heat score of 17.75 out of 20 to defeat Niki Van Dijk (AUS) and Sarah Mason (NZ). 1st goes to round three while 2nd and 3rd go to elimination round two. About the Commonwealth Bank Beachley Classic at Dee Why Point, Sydney - It’s the fourth stop of seven events on the elite Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Championship Tour which decides the world champion for 2012. The current World Champion is Carissa Moore (Hawaii) Defending event champion is also Carissa Moore (Hawaii) The number one seed is Stephanie Gilmore (Australia) Image Credit: © ASP/Robertson

More info - www.beachleyclassic.com

Guess who we spotted wearing Quiksilver?  Gossip Girl star Michelle Trachtenberg!  While attending the Burton Snowboards Coachella Pool Party and BBQ at the Ace Hotel in Palm Springs during the 2012 Coachella Music Festival, Michelle Trachtenberg was seen wearing the Quiksilver Tiki Tile Maxi. We love how she classically paired it with a denim jacket and some bold sunglasses.

The TIKI TILE Maxi is available in our retail store and find the TIKI TILE mini dress now on our e store.

The 51st Bells Beach Classic 2012 arrived in our sleepy town of Torquay. In what was suppose to be the beginning of frosty Winter mornings and biting cold winds, instead the sun decided to grace our rugged southern coast with one last time!

We made the treck along the cliffs and bush to walk out into a firing Winki & Bells, feeling the buzz of the Easter weekend crowds to cheer on our Steph Gilmore.

The word was out that our ‘perfect 10 wave’ ambassador Steph was going to be in store Saturday afternoon. Soon enough the crowds gathered and the line was out the door. Steph, with her larger than life smile making everyone stoked to be apart of the Quiksilver Women’s Family.

One more season, San Francisco based artist Serena Mitnik Miller delights us with her beautifully crafted prints. Water based aquarels inspired by the ocean bring a breath of fresh air, this time in the form of a zig zag block applied onto bikinis. We are in love!

Quiksilver woman ambassador Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), 24, has won the TSB Bank NZ Surf Festival in clean three foot (1.5 meters) surf over Carissa Moore (HAW) at Taranaki, New Zealand last night.

Stop No. 3 of 7 on the 2012 ASP Women’s World Championship Tour, the TSB Bank NZ Surf Festival offers vital points in the race for the ASP Women’s World Title. This year the event scored the best waves and also witnessed the biggest performances in its three year history, with classic waves on offer for the duration of the competition.

Gilmore, four-time ASP Women’s World Champion and current ASP Women’s World No. 1, finished 9th at the TSB Bank New Zealand Surf Festival both in 2011 and 2010, but today took top honours in an exciting Final. Gilmore and Moore were extremely evenly matched opponents, with both surfers trading excellent scores, going back and forth, finishing the 35 minute duel separated by only 0.70.

“This is by far the best start to a season I’ve had in my career,” Gilmore said. “To have three Finals straight off the bat, I’m kind of tripping out. It’s really cool. That was a really close Final, I’m sure it could have gone either way.”

Next ASP Women’s World Tour stop will take place in Dee Why in Australia from April 18th to April 23rd.

FINAL RESULTS:

1: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 15.76

2: Carissa Moore (HAW) 15.06

We love it when art can make it out of galleries and museums and it comes to live in the form of items we use every day… If you’re looking for that extra special piece to add to your closet, check this summer’s T-shirt collection featuring Serena Mitnik Miller water colour prints.

Shop the Swirl waves tee, the Myraid tank, the Calm seas tank or the Sunset tank.

More about Serena: http://www.serenamitnikmiller.com/