Some terms are kinda complicated to translate to english (like colpo di scena, since it's an italian idiom) but I tried...
Anna Ewers: the interview with Vogue Italia's November 2023 coverstar
Anna Ewers is the fashion world's sweetheart. The face of some of the most beautiful and famous campaigns in recent years, she let us peek into her life off set made of nature, friends, a dog (Otto) and a bit of rock'n'roll.
She's defined as an anomaly, an exception. Everybody knows who she is, and yet no one really "knows" her. But she's beloved and there's no brand that didn't work with her. The proof: take a walk in the city. You'll see her plenty of times as the face of advertising campaigns. It's always her. Despite this, of Anna Ewers, little is knows because she wants it that way. Just think about her Instagram profile - with the exception of a few landscapes and her dog Otto - there's virtually only her.
A strategy that's nothing to do with ego. To this model, 30 years old since March 14, the merit is governing her life with simple mathematics: the more the career rises, the less the private life is exposed. Proving that fame and success are not interdependent. Who knows the struggle, the strictness, the titanic press. Well, that's probably not the case. In fact, when we asked her what word she uses the most, Anna replied: “Yes.” Plot twist. An openess to the world, to life, to the experience that emerges the more we speak to her. "I'm in a good moment, I'm good and I'm where I expected to be. Of course it's not always easy to find balance between work, family and nature."
Yes, without a doubt, nature is another one of Ewers' favourite words. On the other hand, she was born a few kilometers from the Black Forest (specifically in Freiburg, Germany) and lives in Switzerland, a country with high mountains and many, many woods. Anna has her own earthly component, made of connections and roots. "The most precious thing in my life is my mother, while the ones I'm proudest of are my friendships and how I was able to cultivate them overthe years." It's not a coincidence that the first money she earned, she spent it by going out to dinner. Anna admits, in fact, that relationships define iher, as well as travelling and films. Her favourite? The Shining by Stanley Kubrick. And since we're talking about books, she has no doubts: “Ranking on top is One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez.”
And it is precisely in Colombia, the birthplace of this writer, she began her career as a model. “I was doing small and fun things. Of that period,” she adds, “I miss being so young and reckless. I had no thought, no responsibility in the world.” Today, responsibility, care and attention have a specific weight. Since sunrise. “My day starts with a glass of water and lemon and a cup of coffee. Then I dedicate myself to 15 minutes of yoga or stretching. I always do it even when I have little time. And if I'm upset I try to drink as much water as possible, to rest and eat well. Being always on the road is not easy, but I avoid processed foods. Long story short: less sugar and more common sense.
A "regular" girl who feels “beautiful in good days, ugly in bad ones”. Ups and downs that are easy to empathize and that hav an exception: the small scar that Anna has on the upper lip. “A dog bit me when I was a child,” she says. And of this little imperfections he says: “I was ashamed for a long time, but now I like it a lot”. An ordinary girl we said, except for that statuesque physicality and the resemblance to Brigitte Bardot who any, and often, reminded her. But has this insistence ever bothered you? “It’s a great compliment to me, Brigitte Bardot is gorgeous.”
And in fact it is not only a question of similarity: with BB Anna also shares that “je ne sais quoi” made of looks, expression, pout. All this is usually emphasized by make-up, black and smudged on the eye, reminiscent of that of another icon, Kate Moss, Ewers' first celebrity crush. In everyday life, however, Anna wears just a little mascara and a beauty routine reduced to a minimum, consisting of two simple steps: cleansing and moisturizing. That's it. And so, naturally, we wanted to tell in this interview. As if she had just got up after a Nick Cave concert (her favorite). Good day Anna, it was a pleasure.
