Fast Confession - Shopaholic Nicol on Stalking: They Followed me all the Way Home...

What do you lately spend your time on most of all?

Most of all I still function through social networks; not so much on Youtube now. Not that I wouldn´t wish to but I can't somehow force myself to do it, while it is a crucial thing that I should do the most. Lately I also spend my time as a presenter and doing music. 

How do your fans feel about it?

First I got the impression that they were complaining quite a lot, but I am still active on social networks, so that they cannot have a feeling that I lost touch with them. If I were to cut it off all of a sudden and stopped communicating with them, they would certainly feel worse about it.

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Do you enjoy presenting more at the moment?

I actually do not know. I am not the one who does only one thing. I like doing more than one thing at a given time, so I take it more as a supplement. Mixer is once a week and now there will be two more projects. If it is once in a while, I look forward to it. Every day I have something else on my agenda and I enjoy that.

What are the two planned projects?

These are presenting projects, one on Óčko, but unfortunately I cannot yet reveal what it is all about. It is another programme. And then later on on one internet platform.

Does it concern fashion?

Paradoxically neither one is about fashion. One is about music and the second is general - interviews with interesting people.

Are you not sorry about that?

Not all that much. I am not a fashion fanatic. I enjoy shopping etc, but I am not the type of person who would be completely oriented in fashion or crazy about the big fashion brands. I enjoy shopping in second hand shops and I enjoy it. I do not consider myself as a fashion guru and I never presented myself as one. Perhaps that was why people started to watch me. Because I present affordable fashion.

Where do you enjoy shopping the most?

Secon hand shops, TopShop and foreign shops, such as Asos.

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Which second hand shop do you like the most?

I like ve Zlatníkách and in Prague sometimes the Textil house.

What was the most luxurious piece you have ever bough in a second hand shop?

The good thing there is that usually small sizes are left over and I have plenty to choose from. The best of my pieces are from Levis and then I customise them. 

So you create fashion yourself?

Before the trend of holes on the knees came here, I made them myself, just watching Youtube videos.

One can tell that you simply like fashion. When you started shooting videos, did it occur to you that you will come as far as this?

Absolutely not. I actually I was brought to it by colleagues in my old job, they used to tell me to go and make a living from it. And I said that that was not possible. Then when I got an offer from Óčko, I went into it head first and suddenly it got underway. It was such a trend that one could even make a living out of it.

Was it a big surprise for you when you became famous and lost your privacy?

I have never been an introvert, so I did not mind. Until such time that it began to interfere in my life. That kind of being followed on every step was terrible, but I say that there is something about every kind of work.

What is your worst experience with stalking?

When people followed me from a metro station or the car all the way home and there they wanted to take a picture with me, so they knew where I live. Or they put various messages on my window. Well, it was really terrible. I was unnerved by that fact that they knew where I live and how near they are. 

Were you afraid?

I was afraid. But of one stalker in particular, one boy. He was working out, tatooed and so on. But lately it´s okay. 

How did you solve it?

By blocking him. It cannot be solved in any other way. People want attention. In the beginning I kept answering, because I felt that I can control it but then I stopped communicating. 

While we are on about your privacy. You don´t really want to talk about relationships. How long did it take before you decided that you will come clean about your relationship?

I never published any relationships and this time round I didn´t wish to either. But now I knew that it made sense and Kuba does not mind either. But it took about three or four months. 

Do the fans like him?

Yes, and because he is a publicly known person he is also okay with it. He is used to it. 

Do you think that he is the right one for you?

I don´t think about it like that. I am happy to be with him and at this moment I may think that he is the right one for me, but life has taught me that this can change from one day to another. 

Are you planning a family?

Not at all at the moment. I have just recently talked to one girl about it and when I heard the stories it did not encourage me. But I leave everything to go on naturally, so I leave it to chance. But I have it still fixed in my mind that first there should be a wedding and then children afterwards. But I don´t want to get married just yet. 

Your boyfriend is not pressing you...

No, not at all. After all we have just been together for a couple of months.

How do you manage time-wise, given that both of you are quite busy with your work?

The advantage for both of us is that we both have work without any firm working time. So we can combine it. It is time demanding at particular moments, but otherwise it is fine. 

Let us go back to fashion again. Which fashion label do you like the most?

I like a lot of brands, which I am cooperation with at the same time. From Czech brands I like Lukáš Macháček. Otherwise I like for example TopShop and foreign brands. I like buying thinks there because I like the feeling that nobody here will have the same thing. I have fun with it.

Do you therefore sometimes go abroad specifically to go shopping?

Not really, but when I am there, I take the opportunity to do it. 

What do you have about fashion?

I do not like ethnic style. But now in Thailand I´ve began to quite like it. I do not like vulgar styles, I don´t understand it. I like collars and cute things the best. 

How would you describe your style?

It is quite indescribable. I always get hold of some trend that I enjoy. And I do that with everything. In make-up, music, etc. I like crazy combinations and mainly comfort. 

Which Czech celebrity in your opinion does not have any style?

Kateřina Kristelová has style that I simply don´t like. She often wears ugly things and I simply do not like it. 

And who in turn does?

I like the style of Geislerová. She is just being herself, and is sexy, even when she is not revealing anything. Instead of some deep neckline she exposes her back and it looks incredibly alluring. I like also that she does not only wear designer clothing, but things from classic chains or second hand shops. 

Which world fashion designer do you like the most?

At the moment I really like Karl Lagerfeld, but unfortunately it is everywhere now. Sometimes I like things from Gucci, but unfortunately they are worn by everyone. 

Do you shop in Paris Street in Prague?

No, that is, yes, but just coffee in Nespresso. 

What you would you advise Czech women? How should they dress?

I find that they don´t much care about clothes or style. In Prague they do, of course, but otherwise not much. I understand that not everyone is interested, but they should be more courageous. Why hide yourself? Unfortunately they don´t know what suits them, but it is important to know what actually flatters you.

If you should choose another work, what would that be?

Recently I became enthusiastic about working with coffee. Well I would quite like to have a cafeteria and draw pictures on the coffee. It is a kind of work with a clear head. 

What about to work as a stylist, you are so close to fashion?

I was engaged as stylist for the band Slza and I enjoyed it, but only for a short time. I enjoy dressing girls rather than boys. It is not quite me.