Mind, body, soul… and Alex Consani!
Alex wears coat PRADA
51 sentences about the model of the moment, for the autumn cover of THE FACE.
Style
Photography: Oliver Hadlee Pearch
Styling: Ursina Gysi
Taken from the autumn 25 issue of THE FACE. Get your copy here.
From Petaluma, California all the way to Manhattan, New York, via one 2021 runway debut for Tom Ford, followed by enough runway appearances to make your eyes water, Alex Consani’s been on the cover of all the good magazines. Not least this one last year (so nice we had to do it twice). She’s queen of the viral TikTok gag, has a massive personality, 10 million followers and even more likes. Spontaneous, confident, kind, only 22. She’s Alex Consani and she is THE FACE (again, always, forever).
1. Alex’s birthday is on 23rd July.
2. Alex’s middle name is “Monette”.
3. Alex’s favourite item of clothing is her giant Alaïa hat.
4. Alex loves any type of food with cheese in it.
5. Alex’s most essential household appliance is her TV.
6. Alex’s most essential part of her beauty routine is getting enough sleep.
7. Alex’s favourite musician of all time is Stevie Wonder.
8. Alex thinks about her own mortality when she’s in the shower.
9. Alex can’t remember the last time she said “grace” before a meal.
10. Alex has been in love before, but she isn’t in love right now.
11. Alex has, thankfully, never been arrested.
12. Alex reckons the meaning of life is to live unapologetically and have no regrets.
13. Alex’s favourite person is everyone she’s ever met.
14. Alex’s least favourite people are the negative Nancies.
15. Alex has a scar on her face from when her brother threw a toy car at her as a child.
16. Alex once stayed awake for four days.
17. Alex’s first crush was Zac Efron in High School Musical.
18. Alex journals as soon as she wakes up in the morning.
19. Alex doesn’t have a stamp collection because she’s only 22 years old.
20. Alex does bike and Pilates to keep fit but, like, barely.
21. Alex wishes she had Leonardo da Vinci’s phone number.
22. Alex feels happy when she looks at flowers.
23. Alex is really good at keeping secrets.
24. Alex says her parents are the most hilarious people she knows.
25. Alex takes care of her teeth and has no fillings.
26. Alex used to do astronomy as a hobby and so thinks about outer space a lot.
27. Alex doesn’t believe in God.
28. Alex thinks that to be unspeakably wealthy is a sin, but that it always kind of depends on what you do with your money.
29. Alex’s favourite vegetable is asparagus.
30. Alex doesn’t own a goldfish.
31. Alex has never stepped on a jellyfish.
32. Alex has never been bitten by a shark.
33. Alex’s four favourite four-letter words are “dick”, “girl”, “mama” and “cash”.
34. Alex would keep a Birkin in her pouch if she were a kangaroo.
35. Alex’s Chinese takeaway order is chicken fried rice.
36. Alex’s favourite film of all time is Gaspar Noé’s Climax [2018].
37. Alex’s phone screensaver is black because she’s a mystery.
38. Alex has a finsta that she uses to send Reels to her friends.
39. Alex thinks that three drinks is too many.
40. Alex’s ultimate hangover cure is sleep.
41. Alex most recently bought a flight to Ibiza.
42. Alex’s biggest fear is giving a fuck.
43. Alex’s biography would be called Should Have Could Have Would Have.
44. Alex’s least favourite food texture is porridge.
45. Alex would most like to do an escape room with Albert Einstein.
46. Alex’s favourite excuse for being late is that she “had another meeting before this one”.
47. Alex’s last three Google searches were: “baby shower ideas”, “Adele Jamaica meme” and “Waldorf school”.
48. Alex doesn’t smoke.
49. Alex’s favourite piece of art is the Mona Lisa.
50. Alex wants us to remember we should all be nicer to each other.
51. Alex has lied at least once over the course of this interview.
Alex wears jacket VALENTINO, top MARNI, skirt AUGUST BARRON, shoes SERGIO ROSSI X HODAKOVA and tights stylist’s own
Alex wears dress and gloves SCAR KENNEDY, shoes BALENCIAGA and tights stylist’s own
Alex wears hat SANDRA DOREY
Jacket McQUEEN and hat SANDRA DOREY
Cape ANDREAS KRONTHALER FOR VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, shorts LOEWE and shoes BALENCIAGA
Top and brooch MIU MIU
Dress HODAKOVA, trousers ROLY WALMSLEY and shoes SERGIO ROSSI X HODAKOVA
Top and brooch MIU MIU
Jacket McQUEEN, skirt DSQUARED2 X VAQUERA, skirt (worn underneath) UNDERCOVER and hat SANDRA DOREY
Jacket, top, skirt and brooches MIU MIU, shoes BALENCIAGA and tights and socks stylist’s own
Jacket, skirt, chaps and boots RICK OWENS
Dress and scarf NEIL BARNBY OF DESIGNER WAIR, leggings ATSUKO KUDO and shoes DIESEL
Coat PRADA
Coat SCHIAPARELLI, dress SCAR KENNEDY, shoes RICK OWENS and hat SANDRA DOREY
Top, trousers, belt and bag DIESEL and shoes BALENCIAGA
CREDITS
HAIR Anthony Turner at Jolly Collective MAKEUP Thom Walker at Art + Commerce MANICURIST Yuika Yonehara at Haco Management CASTING DIRECTOR Julia Lange at Art Partner PRODUCTION Partner Films EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Cara Gillies PRODUCER India Lee PRODUCTION MANAGER Oli Falcon PRODUCTION COORDINATOR Lucia Padin PHOTOGRAPHER’S ASSISTANTS Albi Gualtieri, Abena Appiah and Thomas Lombard STYLIST’S ASSISTANTS Miguel Urbina Tan and Marilena Angelides HAIR ASSISTANT John Allan MAKE-UP ASSISTANT Martha Inoue
