TV INTERVIEW WITH ANELA BERAR
"OXYGEN"

Maja: Is extravagance your permanent commitment and wherefore high fashion?
Anela: Glamour, grunge and r`n`r are the styles I`m interested in. As well as many others. I don`t stick to one particular style. I allow myself to be carried by the current.
Maja: When did you start to think about fashion?
Anela: As a little girl, I saw some fashion shows of Jean Paul Gaultier, Vivienne Westwood and Dolce & Gabbana. That`s how everything got started.
Maja: What do you think of style?
Anela: Style is important in man`s life since it`s something perceived from the outside, but without some energy inside, without personality, style doesn`t exist at all.
Maja: What`s the origin of fashion and why does man seem to need fashion in his life?
Anela: People have their own ideas about this issue. I think of it in the following way: the very question arises, why did people begin to dress? Because they were cold, of course, but where did that cold come from? The turning point was the one when Eve bit the apple and Adam did the same, and then what happened? Man came to know of the evil, he become aware of good and evil. Along with this, he got the feeling of shame. This is how the wish to cover the body began to exist. This is how we started. At that time fashion was necessity. Now it`s art.
Maja: Is talent important?
Anela: Yes, but the most important thing is to be sure in what you do, to have faith in it, to love it, and, of course, to work hard.
Maja: Music, as a part of any fashion show.
Anela: Music is very important for me. I can`t create without music. It inspires me, listening to the music I get visions for my creation. Underworld, Massive Attack, David Bowie, Depeche Mode, Bjork fit perfectly in fashion shows. I`m not interested in music that contains shallow emotion.
Maja: I`ve been told that you like moving pictures. Can you tell me something about it?
Anela: It is the kind of art that fascinates me. Only these good films, I mean, such as "Bitter Moon", "Twin Peaks", "Once Upon A Time In America", "Lollita". Roman Polansky and David Lynch have the ability to depict emotion, so truly in distinction from many others.
Maja: How about an arrogant confidence as a result of success ?
Anela: There are different ways in which you can succeed in this world, but only one way is the real one. The greatest thing of all is to sacrifice oneself for love. However, hypocritical sharpness is appreciated here. This is the way you usually succeed nowadays.
Maja: What do you think of the glory of this world?
Anela: What worth one can have even if he wins over the whole world if he loses himself or does some harm to himself...
Maja: What`s your opinion of love and passion?
Anela: Passion can seduce and you might think it`s the very thing you need. However, passion is ephemeral while love is eternal. As well as body without soul is dead body, so it is love without deeds dead love.
Maja: Some message for the end.
Anela: Eternity does exist.