Barcelona has wonderful places to offer to the world- places that only architecture and fashion wonderers have time and imagination to discover. On a sunny October afternoon Mi.Magazine met Anna Ponsa Lopez in one of her favorite venues in Barcelona: The Jaime Beriestain Concept Store.
Everyone who visited Barcelona knows that the city is designed and build by legendary architects and so interior design is part of every local’s life-philosophy. Every building, area and shop in Barcelona tells a story. The tone of Jaime Beriestain’s story is contemporary and decadent, lavished with hautè cuisine, low, spacious sofa-chairs, serious grey tones mixed with a glimmer of joyful Mediterranean tints. The interview took place at the Oasis of the restaurant turned interior design shop, hiding at the back of everything- a hub adorned in vivid yellows and an flora explosion.
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The architecture student and fashion blogger Anna appeared with two giant shopping bags- not in the normal glamorous state you’d imagine bloggers are when browsing their aspirational instagram photos- filled with clothes to return to various Barcelona show rooms. But Anna is not like any other blogger, which is why brands love to collaborate with her- she is one of a kind, www.missnobody.net, as her blog is called, she envisions fashion as unpretentious; a statement of one’s own identity, that she meticulously curates and shares with her followers. It is no wonder that brands and the world most known and respected publications like Vogue collaborate with Anna- she is a living encyclopedia of quality emerging brands, quirky urban establishments and creative contacts.
“If I there is a building or location I want to see, it doesn’t matter if it’s at the end of the world I will find my way to go and see it.” With such attitude Anna always finds and losses herself the best places in each city that she visits.
And who takes the amazing pictures for her blog and instagram? “Everyone!” she says “If you think that I have a photographer following around, that’s a mistake. I never hired a photographer in my life! I ask random people on the street to take photos of me and that is how I met the marketing director of Disneyland-when I visited the amusement park for a collaboration. Sometimes I take the photos myself with a tripod or sometimes my father takes photos of me”.
Anna is a truly inspiring fashion icon and the Jaime Beriestain Concept store was the ideal place to meet her. Bellow is a list of Anna’s list of Q&A on brands Anna loves, bloggers she aspires to work with and favorite places in Barcelona.
What did you wear for the interview?
The denim jacket oversize and jeans were Pull & Bear, The black jersey Rita Row, shoes United Nude (brand for which I am the brand ambassador in Spain), pendants from Pena Jewels (signed to represent their collection of rings this November). The bag is from Lunch Bag and the rings are from Other Stories and Gala González x Tous.
What are your favorite collaborations?
All of the collaboration you can see on my blog are collaborations I feel identified with. But some of my favourite are: United Nude, Dior Make Up, YSL, Lancome, Birchbox, Pull & Bear, Yerse, Zalando, Indola and generally collaborations that support young creators from different disciplines.
What are your favorite bloggers who will like to know and work with?
Patricia Manfield (once I made a video with her for Pollini and would love to work with her),
Park & Cube,
Linda Tol,
Rumi,
Eleonora Carissi
What are your Favorite Spanish bloggers?
MIRANDA MAKAROFF,
Ester Bellon and
GALA Conzalez
Which young designers are your favourite?
A selection can be found in the IVORI BARCELONA including its own brand,
Maria Roch, Victor von Schwarz, Juanma by El Cuco, Naguisa, Les Chausseurs, About Arianne, Andres Gallardo, Pena Jewels, Rita Row. Paloma Wool and many more. Now I’m also focusing on non Spanish brands but I’m starting little by little unveiling new ones in my blog.
What are your favourite places in Barcelona?
Barcelona has infinite places that I like to go frequently.
JAIME Beriestain
THE JAPANESE
BAR LOBO
Cafe Federal GOTIC
COMET
ART (TE)
TRAVEL & CAKE
FLAX & KALE
NOMAD CAFFE
(And many many more)
SHOPS:
BARCELONA IVORI
AMERICAN APPAREL
ABOUT ARIANNE
TRAIT STORE
CHANDALITO
NUOVUM
THE CENTRAL
MEDWINDS
MARIA ROCH
PPH BARCELONA
PINYA BCN (you must discover)
What are your favourite breakfast places?
HOFFMAN (croissants BEST IN BCN),
NOMAD CAFFE, COMET,
COSMOS,
FEDERAL CAFE TERESA’S Juicery.
TRAVEL & CAKE,
JAIME Beriestain,
LUZIA BARCELONA,
SURF HOUSE BARCELONA,
What are your favourite architects:
ARCHITECTS:
Le Corbusier, Alvar Aalto, Mies van der Rohe, SERT, CODERCH, Adolf Loos, Carlo Scarpa (MASTERS OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE)
Alvaro Siza, Herzog & Meuron, ARCHITECTURE G, Y PEREZ MUÑOZ JOSEP, OMA. NEVER COULD NOT FINISH THIS LIST
ARCHITECTURE IN BARCELONA: German Pavilion – Mies van der Rohe Miró Foundation // – // HOUSE CODERCH BLOC – GATCPAC // LIBRARY SANT ANTONI, JOAN OLIVER – RCR MACBA // – // CAN FRAMIS RICHARD MEIER – BAAS architecture.
What were your favourite shows from Milan fashion week?
MARNI, TOD’S, FENDI, JIL SANDER AND COSTUME NATIONAL
What are your favourite high end designers?
(I like the image they have, their campaigns and their designs), Marni, Loewe low JW Anderson (dying for one of their bags), Jacquemus, Saint Laurent, Del Pozo, The Row.
What are your favourite Spanish brands?
AILANTO, YERSE, Sita Murt, CORTANA, among many others
What are the names of creative friends and collaborators you like to mention?
IVORI NCB ABOUT ARIANNE, JUANMA BY THE CUCKOO, PENA JEWELS. Photographers HELP ME: JEAN LOZADA, Anna Roig, CONDE SILVIA Berta PFIRSICH, MARTA COTS.
What is the model Of camera you use to take photos?
DIGITAL PHOTOS: OLYMPUS PEN E.PL7. FOTS ANALOG: YASHICA T3 SUPER, FM1 and cameras Lomography Nikon.
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