Hello! Fashion Monthly – September 2019

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WORDS: JO BOUNDS PHOTOS: GORUN

WAY. Y U K A

TO/UNSPLASH. MALAYSIA.TRULY.ASIA/INSTAGRAM

The ultimate dream day in the life...

as imagined by the magazine

publisher and consultant

My Fashion Fantasy...

CAROLINE

ISSA

C

hief executive and fashion

director of Tank magazine

and creative agency,

Caroline Issa has the

business of style all wrapped

up. Along with heading up the

super-cool quarterly art and

architecture title, she has helped

create bespoke publications for

Prada and Levi’s and launched

online magazine becauselondon.

com. With her striking looks, thanks

to her Chinese, Lebanese and

Iranian heritage, she’s also a street

style star (and style icon to 199k

Instagram followers) and former

model. Always cool-hunting, she

recently curated a series of talks

for Eccleston Yards, a new creative

hub in London’s Belgravia, and says

her mission is to, “Embrace diverse

voices and showcase young talent”.

Now she’s bringing her personal

style to the people and has designed

a collection of summer dresses for

Next’s collaborative line, Label/

Mix. “I got to choose the prints

from an amazing archive and

brought in vintage dresses that I’ve

been collecting,” she says. “They let

me go crazy and allowed my vision

to shine through.”

On my dream morning I’d wake

up in Tokyo with my partner. I love

Japan – everything they do comes

with some sort of beautiful gesture.

There’s a place called the Palace

Hotel, which is one of my favourite

hotels in the world.

I’d eat a Japanese breakfast –

pickles, sushi, soba noodles. Some

people get turned off by a hot

Asian meal first thing, but I love

a Japanese breakfast.

Then I’d go to a Japanese steam

room – they’re beautiful. I don’t

wear a lot of make-up but I love

skincare routines, so I’d do a facial.

Tata Harper, the organic beauty

brand, has amazing masks. I also

adore Kjaer Weis Beautiful facial oil.

I’d walk around Tokyo, and

take the subway to Koenji where

all the vintage stores and little

weird independent shops are.

And I love Shibuya. I’d go crazy

in paper and stationery stores

• Japanese sticker tape, pens –
  Japanese stationery is the best.
  I’d be wearing one of my dresses
  from my Label/Mix collection.
  I live in dresses in the summer and
  I’ve designed them so you can run
  around in them but still look good.
  I’d probably be in sandals – Álvaro
  are my go-to. Zyne sandals are
  also a favourite – they’re made
  in Morocco by women’s co-ops,
  which do all of the raffia-work.
  Right now I’m obsessed with
  my huge Bottega Veneta woven
  intrecciato leather tote. It’s green and
  black and the perfect size, so I’d be
  carrying that. It’s really easy to shove
  everything in your life into it.
  Then I’d go to Singapore for lunch


• I’d have chicken rice at Newton
  Food Centre hawkers market. It’s
  a real Singaporean favourite. For
  dessert I’d have ice kachang – a
  tiered ice cake with jellies, beans,
  and lots of different colours. You
  get a spoon and just dig in – it’s
  a multi-sensory experience.
  After lunch I’d go to Bhutan.
  I’ve been there before and it’s a
  magical place. On my first trip
  I stayed at the Amankora resort
  and discovered my fear of heights
  climbing up to the Tiger’s Nest. It’s
  a cliff with an incredible Buddhist
  monastery at the top, nestled into
  the top of the mountain.
  For the evening I’d go to
  Amanpulo resort in the Philippines,
  about an hour south-west of Manila.
  It’s a magical, deserted little island
  with lodges on the beach and
  the most incredible sea. I’d be
  wearing a chiffon Dior dress for
  dinner on the beach.
  Then we’d go to sleep in one of
  the amazing little wooden lodges


• they’re on a white sandy beach
  with views of the transparent blue
  water. It’s very quiet – you feel like
  you’re on the edge of the earth.
  Mix/Caroline Issa is available at
  next.co.uk/label-mix

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FROM TOP

Caroline wearing

Mix/Caroline Issa;

Japan is her dream

destination; Christian

Dior chiffon is her

fashion fave; Zyne

sandals with raffia-

work decoration;

ice kachang in

Singapore; the new

season Bottega

Veneta intrecciato

leather tote

n

hfm FASHIONFANTASY

WORDS: JO BOUNDS PHOTOS: GORUN

WAY. Y U K A

TO/UNSPLASH. MALAYSIA.TRULY.ASIA/INSTAGRAM

The ultimate dream day in the life...

as imagined by the magazine

publisher and consultant

My Fashion Fantasy...

CAROLINE

ISSA

C

hief executive and fashion

director of Tank magazine

and creative agency,

Caroline Issa has the

business of style all wrapped

up. Along with heading up the

super-cool quarterly art and

architecture title, she has helped

create bespoke publications for

Prada and Levi’s and launched

online magazine becauselondon.

com. With her striking looks, thanks

to her Chinese, Lebanese and

Iranian heritage, she’s also a street

style star (and style icon to 199k

Instagram followers) and former

model. Always cool-hunting, she

recently curated a series of talks

for Eccleston Yards, a new creative

hub in London’s Belgravia, and says

her mission is to, “Embrace diverse

voices and showcase young talent”.

Now she’s bringing her personal

style to the people and has designed

a collection of summer dresses for

Next’s collaborative line, Label/

Mix. “I got to choose the prints

from an amazing archive and

brought in vintage dresses that I’ve

been collecting,” she says. “They let

me go crazy and allowed my vision

to shine through.”

On my dream morning I’d wake

up in Tokyo with my partner. I love

Japan – everything they do comes

with some sort of beautiful gesture.

There’s a place called the Palace

Hotel, which is one of my favourite

hotels in the world.

I’d eat a Japanese breakfast –

pickles, sushi, soba noodles. Some

people get turned off by a hot

Asian meal first thing, but I love

a Japanese breakfast.

Then I’d go to a Japanese steam

room – they’re beautiful. I don’t

wear a lot of make-up but I love

skincare routines, so I’d do a facial.

Tata Harper, the organic beauty

brand, has amazing masks. I also

adore Kjaer Weis Beautiful facial oil.

I’d walk around Tokyo, and

take the subway to Koenji where

all the vintage stores and little

weird independent shops are.

And I love Shibuya. I’d go crazy

in paper and stationery stores

• Japanese sticker tape, pens –
  Japanese stationery is the best.
  I’d be wearing one of my dresses
  from my Label/Mix collection.
  I live in dresses in the summer and
  I’ve designed them so you can run
  around in them but still look good.
  I’d probably be in sandals – Álvaro
  are my go-to. Zyne sandals are
  also a favourite – they’re made
  in Morocco by women’s co-ops,
  which do all of the raffia-work.
  Right now I’m obsessed with
  my huge Bottega Veneta woven
  intrecciato leather tote. It’s green and
  black and the perfect size, so I’d be
  carrying that. It’s really easy to shove
  everything in your life into it.
  Then I’d go to Singapore for lunch


• I’d have chicken rice at Newton
  Food Centre hawkers market. It’s
  a real Singaporean favourite. For
  dessert I’d have ice kachang – a
  tiered ice cake with jellies, beans,
  and lots of different colours. You
  get a spoon and just dig in – it’s
  a multi-sensory experience.
  After lunch I’d go to Bhutan.
  I’ve been there before and it’s a
  magical place. On my first trip
  I stayed at the Amankora resort
  and discovered my fear of heights
  climbing up to the Tiger’s Nest. It’s
  a cliff with an incredible Buddhist
  monastery at the top, nestled into
  the top of the mountain.
  For the evening I’d go to
  Amanpulo resort in the Philippines,
  about an hour south-west of Manila.
  It’s a magical, deserted little island
  with lodges on the beach and
  the most incredible sea. I’d be
  wearing a chiffon Dior dress for
  dinner on the beach.
  Then we’d go to sleep in one of
  the amazing little wooden lodges


• they’re on a white sandy beach
  with views of the transparent blue
  water. It’s very quiet – you feel like
  you’re on the edge of the earth.
  Mix/Caroline Issa is available at
  next.co.uk/label-mix

114 HELLOFASHION.COM

CLOCKWISE

FROM TOP

Caroline wearing

Mix/Caroline Issa;

Japan is her dream

destination; Christian

Dior chiffon is her

fashion fave; Zyne

sandals with raffia-

work decoration;

ice kachang in

Singapore; the new

season Bottega

Veneta intrecciato

leather tote

n