Phoenix Exclusive - Get to Know a Hippie Chic Blogger Sonal Agrawal
Sonal Agrawal a mumbai based award winning fashion and travel blogger whose blogs are inspired by her travels and the cultures she comes across.Our editorial team had caught up with her and here we present the exclusive interview.
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What
made you to participate in Yamaha Mission XPD Show and how was your journey?
Sonal : One of the main reasons why I participated was
because it's a travel based show... And travel being one of my core passions,
it seemed like a great way to explore new places and experience local culture
like never before. My journey was absolutely amazing because apart from
learning and experiencing the local culture I also ended up forming some really
amazing and precious friendships (with my fellow contestants).
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I’m
sure there will be many challenges in your journey. Tell us how you faced it.
Sonal : I've done a lot of long
distance road trips in India in the past, and so the journey by itself wasn't
as challenging. However, there were a lot of experiences that the creative team
of the show had curated, which pushed me way out of my comfort zone. For
example, There was a challenge where we had to unload fresh fish at the Malvan
fishing port and sell it in the local market. I've always been that person
who's never touched raw fish and who's scared of looking at a dead fish's
eyes.. hahaha. So that was really challenging for me... but it helped me
overcome that fear. I think every experience through this journey only helped
me grow as a person and yes while there were challenges I guess my attitude
towards it all was to learn from it and grow, so I didn't let it bog me down.
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How
would you describe your personal style?
Sonal : Hippie chic.
Sonal : Hippie chic.
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What
was your drive behind becoming a blogger?
Sonal : I've always been very
inspired by culture, travel, mythology and stories of people I come across. I
wanted to tell these stories through the medium of my one true love, fashion
and styling.
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Who’s
your favorite blogger and why?
Sonal : Juliana Siriana
(@sincerelyjules) has to be my most favorite blogger because I love how real
and relatable she is and personally relate to the bohemian in her.
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According
to you what’s meaning of Fashion? And who is your favorite designer?
Sonal : Fashion according to me,
is to be able to take your own expressive style and turn it into a widely
accepted phenomenon.
My favorite designer has
to still be Alexander McQueen, even now. In India at the moment, I love Aneeth
Arora's Pero and a lot of young designers who are doing some fabulous work in
India in the sustainable and ethical fashion space.
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How
did your travel blogging journey begin?
Sonal : I've been traveling for
myself since forever. I lived in Italy for a year in 2009-2010, and that's when
I did my first solo trip around Europe. Traveling has been a passion which
keeps me going. Earlier I only travelled for myself, but once I started
blogging, I decided to record and blog these experiences for others too.
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What
advice you would love to give to the new bloggers out there?
Sonal : Be original. Create
content that is uniquely your own and which you love. Don't worry about what
people will like and what they won't. As long as you love what you're creating,
and as long as that's original, there will always be a set of people who will
love it.
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What’s
the next? Are you participating in another show or series?
Sonal : As of now I don't have
any commitments for another show, although I'm quite open to exploring
opportunities if they are interesting. Right now however, I am immediately
focussed on my own clothing label 'House of PinkPepperCorn' which will be ready
to launch soon.
Well all the very best to Sonal on her own label will surely chekout her collection meanwhile you guys can checkout her blog with the same name here pinkpeppercorn.in
Hmmm Nice to Know you Sonal :)
ReplyDeletewould love to Chekout her own clothing label expecting some fresh Designs hope it will be launched by november this year
ReplyDeleteThank you!!
DeleteHopefully, it shall be before November :)