hai Yasmin

When we first came across Yasmin el Yassini (@opheliathanatos), we felt more like we were looking up at a painting in the National Portrait Gallery; milky skin, pre-raphaelite waves and dark eyes, inviting us inside a portal to a distant past. Couple this with Yasmin's penchant for antique fashion (she runs an online vintage store) and her mission to celebrate the human body in its many forms, and it will come as no big surprise that Yasmin has managed to, like a great portrait, mesmerise whoever sets eyes on her, through her great beauty but also, her obvious, intoxicating female strength! Hai Society, we had to introduce you to her!

Read on for an insight into Yasmin's magical mind as she goes for a frolic in her Maud Skirt and Hai x Reqins Ballerina Pumps.

Hi ... or should we say Hai!

Hai

What do you do?

I’m a model ,actress , vintage /antique collector and seller and I practice transcendental meditation.

Where do you call home?

The Universe

What/where/who inspires you?

I’m inspired by nature and the nature of my own mind.

What was your favourite game to play as a child?

Dressing up and being a different character doing theatre plays with my sister we would literally do a set up and make our own tickets(:

If you were an ice cream flavour what would you be?

Vegan pistachio and chocolate ice cream and apricot sorbet.

A song that you could listen to on repeat and never get tired of?

Watermusic 1 and 2 by William basinski

Who are your style icons in life?

It’s difficult if I have a play in the theatre and my own wardrobe is more theatrical than the costume. But actually I just love structure and material and I love to get inspired from paintings and surroundings.

Favourite restaurant in the world?

My kitchen

Who's your favourite artist/photographer at the moment?

Michaela stark, Steph Wilson, sylph, ellen rogers, Harley weir naming a few

What’s your most treasured possession?

My antique jewels

If you had to eat one breakfast food for the rest of your life, what would it be?

Sourdough bread with hummus and my self-made shredded carrots with el ras hanout and other spices and tofu scramble 

Favourite vintage/second-hand store in the world?

eBay , my local charity shops, Venus vintage ;) (Yasmin's store!)

What are your hopes and dreams for 2022?

More access to Transcendental Meditation for more people. I’m more than sure that this would solve some of the mass problems we've been dealing with right now.

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Hi ... or should we say Hai!

Hai

What do you do?

I’m a model ,actress , vintage /antique collector and seller and I practice transcendental meditation.

Where do you call home?

The Universe

What/where/who inspires you?

I’m inspired by nature and the nature of my own mind.

What was your favourite game to play as a child?

Dressing up and being a different character doing theatre plays with my sister we would literally do a set up and make our own tickets(:

If you were an ice cream flavour what would you be?

Vegan pistachio and chocolate ice cream and apricot sorbet.

A song that you could listen to on repeat and never get tired of?

Watermusic 1 and 2 by William basinski

Who are your style icons in life?

It’s difficult if I have a play in the theatre and my own wardrobe is more theatrical than the costume. But actually I just love structure and material and I love to get inspired from paintings and surroundings.

Favourite restaurant in the world?

My kitchen

Who's your favourite artist/photographer at the moment?

Michaela stark, Steph Wilson, sylph, ellen rogers, Harley weir naming a few

What’s your most treasured possession?

My antique jewels

If you had to eat one breakfast food for the rest of your life, what would it be?

Sourdough bread with hummus and my self-made shredded carrots with el ras hanout and other spices and tofu scramble 

Favourite vintage/second-hand store in the world?

eBay , my local charity shops, Venus vintage ;) (Yasmin's store!)

What are your hopes and dreams for 2022?

More access to Transcendental Meditation for more people. I’m more than sure that this would solve some of the mass problems we've been dealing with right now.

@opheliathanatos