Face of the Week #2: Mona Ali
What do you usually answer when people ask you where you come from?
This question for me is always so complicated, as I’m not fully sure of it myself. Where does anyone ever come from? Maybe from the gym or the groceries store. But if I’m going to be serious I usually say Norway, Sweden and Somalia
What’s your favourite area in London and why?
I would say Islington! It’s my home and probably where I first time felt like an adult.
How do your origins and places you’ve lived in influence your style?
Not labelling myself definitely gives me the freedom to wear what ever I want and I feel London helps me be who ever I want to be. I think tomorrow I would like to be Diana Ross in the 70′s.
Is it important to stand out? Does it just happen or is it on purpose?
I think it’s very important to stand out, you only have one life and maybe you want to be remembered for all the crazy lovely things you are! So why not embrace it?
If you could take a flight tomorrow to a place you’ve never been, what would you go for?
That’s a tough question, at this very moment I’m in a plane to Tønsberg, Norway to visit my family. However I would love to visit Indonesia!
Every time I see you, you got different hair style, what’s next?
Haha, I think it’s pretty crazy how someone can look so different just by changing their hairstyles. My goal was always to grow it, but as you can see I’m not doing a great job. I think growing my hair from a pixie will be a lot of fun! I’ve got plenty of ideas so stay tuned!
How do you feel about the ideal of ‘beauty’ represented in medias? I think we are moving forward with what the idea of what beauty means, as more people are speaking up about all the different issues. However I would love to see more cultural diversity in fashion (more Oriental, Asian and African).
Any girl crush of the moment?
Zoe Kravitz
What annoys you the most? Probably a lot of things that many other people would say annoy them, but I would be much less annoyed if people were more polite, selfless and smile a bit more often.
What would like to learn? How I would love to learn all the different dances of the world!
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JANUARY 2015 – EUROPE & PERU
3-5 Jan.: Hamburg, Germany
6-13 Jan.: London Collections: Men
15-21 Jan.: Peru, from Lima to Lake Titicaca
23-27 Jan.: Stockholm Fashion Week
28 Jan.: Paris
29-31 Jan.: Copenhagen Fashion Week
London, January 2015
Face of the Week #1: Juliane Diesner
Happy New Year Dear Readers from All Around The World!
To celebrate the 9th anniversary of FaceHunter, I’m introducing today a new rubric – that talks for itself: “Face of the Week”. On a weekly basis, I will introduce you to a special person, beyond images. A little Q&A will allow you to know more about her/him. I hope you will enjoy it. Bisous.
Let’s start with the obvious… what do you do?
I live in Hamburg and I am working for my own online fashion site ’Style Shiver’. It started more like a hobby back in 2010 but now I would call it my job and the good thing is: I still love it, I love what I do. This year I will finish my studies in German literature and media communication too.
What would be the soundtrack of the photos we took?
Unfortunately the weather was not the best, but so typical for Hamburg. So I think the perfect soundtrack will be Sail by Noosa – easy, straightforward and diverting.
Would you say there is a Hamburg style? How would you describe it? I know it’s very cliche but it’s true. The girls here love the more ‚preppy‘ style with pearl earrings and a monogrammed LV bag. Or the ‚uniform’ consisting of Ugg Boots and a Woolwich Parka. All not very creative. But of course there are enough exceptions and now the positive – what I generally like here is the more understatement way people are dressing. The people don’t need to show off their wealth like in Munich for example (if you ever walked down the ‚Maximilianstraße‘ you know what I mean). I really like this relaxed, unagitated more understatement spirit here in Hamburg. It’s not that simplicity-at-it’s-best like in Copenhagen but it’s on a good way.
On Instagram, you are fed up with people who… try to be someone else and when I miss authenticity. Oh and too much selfies. I make selfies too, but please not every second picture, nobody wants to see this.
Do you have any style icon?
No not really. But I like the style from Elin Kling (queen of classics and simplicity), Veronika Heilbrunner (queen of trend combinations) and Ece Sukan (queen of vintage).
What are you most afraid of? Every time I step into an airplane I’m afraid. But I want to travel the world so I accept this. It’s important that you fight against your fears. There is a nice quote from Jack Canfield, which I found some time ago: ‚Everything you want is on the other side of fear.‘ This is absolutely true and I try to live according to it.
Any favourite TV series? In the past: King of Queens and Mad Men. These days I like Downton Abbey pretty much and can’t wait for the next season.
What do you believe in? I believe in honesty and authenticity. I believe that you will archive your goals when you stay genuine. May be it will take longer but it will pay off in the end. And of course I believe in happiness and the simple rule: If you are happy, keep doing whatever you’re doing. If not, change something.
What’s the most crazy thing you’ve ever done? Puhh thats a tough question. In the first seconds when I thought about this question nothing came into my mind, so I was thinking‚ ‚Are you really that boring‘? But of course I did some crazy stuff when I was younger like getting a tattoo with 16 without a permission from my parents or climbing up my parents house at night to see my former boyfriend. And of course there are a few things I won’t tell ;)
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