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Leonie van Muyden und Pas- cal Dubler ist es wichtig, dass die verkauften Produkte fair produziert wurden. It’s important for Leonie and Pascal to know that the products they sell are fairly produced.

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Engelberg natives Leonie van Muyden and Pascal Dubler have turned their passion for textile printing into their own business. Their shop Bermuda on Dorfstrasse sells more than just fairly produced printed bags and clothing – it takes customers on a small journey of discov- ery to a shopping paradise that promises a sackful of surprises. It a ll began with a tote bag: “I was looking ever ywhere for a cool new bag, but to no avail,” says Leonie. She then decided to print her own pat tern on a bag herself. Her

goods; so their tex tiles carr y the Fair Wear label and their eclec tic range of accessories, knives and teas are mostly sustainable Swiss produc ts. “We shou ld give nature the priority it deser ves. We on ly have one planet so we have to look af ter it,” says Leonie. “It shou ld ac tu- a lly be standard for consumers to demand this level of qua lity,” adds Pasca l. It ’s impor tant for both Leonie and Pasca l to be completely behind the produc ts they sell, which is why many of their sustainably produced Swiss accessories and gadgets come f rom young, in-

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DI Y creations proved popu- lar, and she began making pieces for her colleagues. Her boy f riend Pasca l got in on the ac tion – af ter completing their apprenticeships, the two spor ts shop assistants

novative people like them- selves. And their produc t range is a lways expanding. “We want even our regu lar customers to keep f inding something new,” says Leonie. But tex tile printing is still

“We only have one planet so we have to look after it.”

decided to sell their indiv idua lly printed pieces to a wider public. Leonie’s parents owned the sma ll building at Dor fstrasse 18, which was per fec t for what they had in mind. The f irst two f loors are retail space, and the young couple live in the apar tment above. In order to minimise the risks involved with new star t-ups, they both a lso have par t-time jobs on the side. But they dedicate a lmost a ll of their f ree time to the shop. “It ’s like a hobby for us. We enjoy ever y thing that comes with running the business,” says Leonie. The couple have a straightforward approach to business: “We just want to have a good time!” And when you see them in ac tion, you can tell that ’s not just a cliché but a rea l passion. “Even though we share a sma ll apar tment and run the shop together, we don’ t get on each other’s ner ves. We’ve known each other for many years and we’re on the same waveleng th,” says Pasca l. When it comes to Bermuda, they agree that they shou ld on ly sell fairly produced

their core business – within a day, they can take an order and print their own pat tern or a design brought a long by a customer, such as a child ’s drawing. The shop used to bring in a main ly young crowd, but shoppers of a ll ages star ted dropping by when the couple expanded the produc t range. Leonie and Pasca l want their shop to at trac t more people to Dor f- strasse. “One day in winter we gave out f ree mu lled wine outside the shop,” they explain. “We promise we’ ll do something similar and equa lly spontaneous this summer!” In shor t, Leonie and Pasca l are not just ar tistic and eco- conscious, they are a lso f u ll of bright ideas.

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