Hypebeast Feature: Essentials – In4mation | Hypebeast

Elska Sandor – Womens Head Designer

Coffee & Cigarettes
These items are definitely not essential to my well being, and while I am certainly not the healthiest of people, they are vices I thoroughly enjoy on a daily basis. The nicotine addiction I hope to kick sooner than later, but what a sublime combination those two are. I also got to use a still from the Jim Jarmusch movie of the same name, so I could throw in some culture and not just be seen as a total heathen dirtbag wastoid.

Technology
Have you ever been a huge nerd and done that How Addicted to Mac Are You test, hmmm probably not. I grew up with an Apple II computer in my house in the 80′s and currently have a frighteningly high amount of Apple products in my home that I use on a daily basis. I am not trying to big up myself here, its sadly just another addiction, this one being the joy and bane of my existence (yes, I do indeed have many issues). Last week my laptop died (because of corrupted backup software) and I had to do a total reinstall, so this screen shot is just about the saddest image ever; I spent about 2 days re-backing up all my files on both an external hard drive, to our server and on to disks just to be sure.

Vegemite
We are happy little Vegemite’s, as bright as bright can be. We all enjoy our Vegemite for breakfast, lunch and tea. Every Aussie will know what I’m talking about here. As pictured my jar of goodness just ran out and sent me in to a panic. I’ll probably start going through withdrawal if I don’t get some more soon. Hook ups anyone? I’ll be your best mate.

Ohana
After 14 years in NY, my true friends here are without a doubt my family; I have spent many birthday and holiday celebration’s without my biological family and feel blessed to have such a great group of people in my life. But I am also Aunty E to about 30 small humans across the globe; including three special darling godchildren. So this is in honor of them because on a daily basis we should remind ourselves of what’s really important and because, well, you know the deal, the children are our future.

Sense of Humor
I wasn’t quite sure what image I would put here for sense of humor; which I would consider the most important daily and lifelong necessity. It keeps me sane, it keeps me from stressing, it keeps me sharp and on point, it keeps me from taking myself too seriously and it can magically cross those pesky cultural, religious, age and language barriers. It’s hard to think of an image that encapsulates all that importance. Instead, please to enjoy my favorite multi purpose tool (they’re toothpicks! they’re breath fresheners! they’re stop-smoking-so-much oral distractions!) the almighty Australian Tea Tree Chewing Sticks.