Having traveled at a very young age with her parents, Fala views the world with an open mind. Moving to the US with her family at age 15 might have been a traumatic experience for other teenagers but not her. "My father lived in Kansas because of his work there and I'd always visit him whenever I could," she explains.
By the time she reached university, she was fluent in English and had developed an interest in Japanese, so much that she joined an exchange program and lived in Japan for a summer. She recalls her stay there with fondness: "Learning to speak Japanese was one thing; speaking it all the time and living the Japanese life was another!" She describes the exchange program as "intensive", and credits her stay there for imbuing her with a love of Japanese food and even picking up a few culinary skills along the way.
Aside from improving her Japanese, Fala got her first taste of the fashion world by doing modeling work for a popular Japanese magazine. "Before, I really had no idea about Asian fashion," she says. "That modeling gig opened doors for me." Nowadays, she finds herself being more dressy and particular about the clothes she wears, especially for public appearances. "It used to be that fashion was just exclusively European - Paris or Milan," she explains. "But now, it's really on a global scale. Western designers are inspired by Japanese and Asian styles and vice versa."作者: falafan 时间: 2009-11-30 12:36:31