Does Diane von Furstenberg Get Her Zing From Ginger?

JUST FOR KICKS: When Diane von Furstenberg swept by way of Brussels earlier this 12 months for an exhibition at its Vogue & Lace Museum, she supplied guests to her interview suite a bracing glass of Gimber.

Seems the natural and alcohol-free ginger focus is Belgian, like von Furstenberg, and a collaboration was within the works.

“I’m an enormous fan of ginger so I wished to attempt Gimber,” von Furstenberg stated, noting she met the founders whereas she was on the town for the exhibition opening and different festivities. “I liked it so we designed the label.”

Her sleeve design provides a cheerful, designer contact with the extremely recognizable prints discovered on her signature wrap clothes, an integral aspect of the Brussels retrospective.

The bottles launched lately on Gimber.com and at superb meals and idea shops in Belgium, the Netherlands and France.

Dimitri Oosterlynck and Sylvie Schollier based Gimber 5 years in the past of their kitchen in Tubize, keen to supply an alternate in a world the place there are social pressures to assemble round alcohol.

“I really like ginger as a result of it’s a root,” von Furstenberg enthused. “It’s pungent, provocative and wholesome. I personally like to drink it with sizzling water…additionally with chilly sparking water.”

Gimber characterised the “shocking collaboration as the results of a gathering between two robust ladies with the identical constructive mindset. Sylvie and Diane share the identical ambition to make a distinction, every in her personal area.”

“Her unparalleled vitality is really spectacular,” Schollier stated of von Furstenberg. “Nevertheless, it’s her sharpness, resourcefulness and kindness that set her aside from the remainder.”

Requested about her indefatigable nature, the designer mused: “My vitality? Undecided the place I get it. Love for all times? Honoring life?”