Brillantes.

In her second life, Aline Borges decided to use flowers to express her art and creativity.  On the eve of her 40th birthday, she left Brazil, her home country, and made Switzerland her new home. She left behind a successful career in fashion, with one goal: to become the first artist in Switzerland to use flowers as a main tool. The Florist was born.  In Zurich, she revolutionises the pr...

✨ Hi everyone,  Just a little note here, because you might have realised, there will be no new episode of the podcast this week. But don't panic already, Brillantes is not over, far from that! But after eight intense weeks since the launch of the podcast, I just need some time. Some time to reflect, to review what I have been doing since the launch of this project that is so close to my hear...

When Larisa Topalo arrived in Zurich for love three years ago, with no network nor someone to go to, she decided to launch her own blog. A way to establish a name for herself in this foreign city, and to potentially find a job.  In her blog "Just moved to Switzerland", Larisa tells about her daily life as an expat, her discoveries, her joys but also her difficulties. And in a city as internat...

She has not finished her studies yet, but is already fighting on a daily basis to make her professional sector, tech, a more inclusive one. A place where women and men would fight on equal terms. Three years ago, Céline Nauer co-founded Code Excursion, a coding school by and for women, conceived as a community. There, she teaches women about programming, in a helpful, passionate and including way....

Raphaela Pichler is a photographer, artist, consultant, musician ... Certainly one of the most creative Zurich women I know.  Her signature? natural, benevolent portraits, with plays of light, delicacy and harmony. Raphaela works for fashion and advertising, but her speciality lies in portraying women. In 2019, she got nominated as the best photograph of the year for her biggest artist projec...

Il y a 4 ans, Philippine Delouvrier créait Escape & Co., une agence d’évènementiel et de communication, centrée autour des trois thèmes qui la font vibrer: la gastronomie, l’art et les voyages. Depuis, la parisienne habite Zurich, et crée des évènements de toutes sortes, dans presque toutes les capitales d’Europe. Qu’ils aient lieu à Milan, Barcelone, Genève, Paris, Londres ou Zurich, tous son...

Four years ago, Philippine Delouvrier founded in London Escape & Co., an event and communication agency, centred around the themes that drives her: gastronomy, art and travel. Since then, the Parisian lives in Zurich, and creates events of all kinds in almost all the capitals of Europe. Whether they take place in Milan, Barcelona, Geneva, Paris, London or Zurich, all are stamped with her good...

Sophia Singh, a professional Swiss make-up artist of Indian origin, has been working in all the big European capitals, lending her services to the most famous fashion shows and magazines.    In Zurich she constantly engages herself in new projects, including ads, shoots or magazines. Just one year ago, Sophia started her own business. The Beauty Kollective, her online shop dedicated to c...

Wies Bratby, my guest this week, is fighting every day for more female recognition in the workplace. Her choice of weapon? The art of negotiation.  For several years now, she has been helping women like you and me to gain recognition in the workplace and on the job market, whether it’s for a higher position or salary. The studies are telling: although women tend to be excellent negotiators fo...

Zineb Hattab is one of those women who have had the courage to make a radical career change. After having studied engineering for many years, she got stuck in a job which was too stable and secure for her taste. Zineb - Zizi, as eveyone calls her, left her job a software engineer to become a chef.  Fearless, convinced that hard work and determination would take her where she really wanted to...

For the first episode of Brillantes, I am welcoming Charlotte von Stotzingen.  Why? Well, first of all, because Charlotte is one of those personalities that naturally shine… These passionate and fascinating women, whose charisma is beyond dispute. But also because Charlotte von Stotzingen is an entrepreneur at heart. In just a few years, the young woman has managed to create a tailor-mad...

Welcome to Brillantes, the podcast with a French accent, which gives a voice to women who move the lines.  My name is Jeanne du Sartel and between Zurich, where I live, and Paris where I come from, my goal is to meet the sparkling, powerful, talented and inspiring women, with atypical backgrounds and beautiful projects, to understand what drives them and makes them move forward. Discussions t...