Short interview with Sara Birds
N.: What is a normal day like for you? Apart from walking Bruno, do you follow any rituals or routines?
SB: Every day, rain or shine, Bruno asks me for breakfast at 6 and, when he has managed to keep me awake, he goes back to bed. I usually take advantage of the early morning to go for a run. When I get back, it's time for a shower, a walk together and breakfast on the balcony (unless it really is raining or snowing, then we move to the kitchen), then the peace ends and it's time to face work.
N.: Do you think about the life cycle of the clothes you buy?
SB: I try to be more and more responsible and to inform myself before buying anything, not only about the materials that make up the garment but also about the philosophy of the companies behind it. Thanks to Instagram, it is increasingly easier to discover small brands that produce responsibly.
N.: You live between Valencia and Doha, what are your favorite places to visit in both cities?
SB: For me, a perfect day in Valencia consists of getting up early to go shopping at the Mercat Central, having lunch at Ricard Camarena's Central Bar, strolling around the town hall square and buying flowers at one of the stalls there and then getting lost in the La Seu neighbourhood and ending up having a vermouth at Ostras Pedrín with my friends. Normally, that's when having plans stops making sense and everything turns out the way you least expect.
In Doha, having breakfast at the W hotel while I read quietly, walking along the Corniche to the Islamic art museum and lying down in the park at the end of the promenade overlooking the bay to continue reading a little more.
N.: What advice would you give yourself five (or ten) years ago?
SB: Get used to Qatar, the six months of that project you just started is indicative.
N.: What's the last thing you searched on Google?
SB: Best destinations for solo travel, now that there is time to plan trips calmly.
N.: Besides your passion for shoes… A “guilty pleasure” that you don’t feel guilty about…
SB: For a while now, I've felt guilty about very few things. Still, my most shameful pleasure, and the one I've tried to hide behind many pretentious indie playlists, is a playlist full of Luis Miguel rancheras (I'm so sorry).
N.: Something you think is underrated…
SB: Tranquility.
N.: And something that you think is overrated…
SB: The immediacy.
N.: Finally, how did you meet Naguisa?
SB: On Instagram. I remember seeing a girl from Barcelona wearing espadrilles with ribbons and automatically thinking “I need these.”