VICTOR DEMARCHELIER
Last night was a full night of events. Whilst Anna Wintour and Miuccia Prada enjoyed the Metropolitan Opera's Attila, and Todd Selby & Cole Haan celebrated "The Inspired Life" campaign, I jetted over to Clic Gallery for the opening reception of Victor Demarchelier's photo exhibit in Soho.
Typically, I hate it when celebrities reply, "It kind of just happened," when asked about their success.
But apparently Anja Rubik and her boyfriend, Sasha Knezevic, seem to
stick to their story. What began as a just-helping-out-a-friend
situation resulted in Sasha becoming the joint editor-in-chief of 25 Magazine, a
publication Sasha's friend recently purchased and wanted to re-launch.
Eventually they convinced supermodel Anja Rubik to play art director for the Vienna magazine, which is scheduled to launch quarterly in
February. Although she's in the midst of traveling, Anja types away content for the
publication, which will feature topics including food, travel, film and
art. While building a support group of editors between
New York and Vienna, the model duo have also planned a shoot with
Victor Demarchelier capturing Heidi Mount - a step towards the planned
six editorials, one of which will be a men's fashion spread. Considering Anja's
reputation and colleagues within the industry, I wonder which fellow model starlets will opt out of pay to come lend Anja a hand or two.
Check www.25magazine.com for more information.
While a handful of models are forthcoming about who they are dating, most like to keep things under raps and out of the limelight. Yet, in the May 2009 issue of Vogue, six models that you see gracing the glossy pages, runways and billboards on the daily are finally showing off more than just their assets: their boy toys. Pictured in the spread is model Doutzen Kroes and boyfriend DJ Ruckus, who met at a Vogue party in 2007 and have been a couple for over a year now.
Many models have significant others from meeting within the industry. Julia Stegner is with Steven Pan, Steven Meisel’s first assistant. Caroline Trentini and Victor Demarchelier first met while he was assisting father Patrick on a shoot with Caroline almost three years ago, while Arlenis Sosa Pena and fellow male model Rene Rodriguez met through their agent. Other models “showcased” are Chanel Iman with boyfriend rapper Tyga and Anna Maria Jagodzinska with econ grad student Duncan Winecoff. However they met and whomever is or is not in the limelight, it’s nice to see the counterparts of the every day household face.
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