He dropped the Yves and kept the Saint Laurent, and debuted a spring collection that seemed to turn models into 1970s style icons. And the first new campaign by Hedi Slimane for the brand has that Dandy-meets-rock’n’roll vibe in volumes, starring Anja Rubik in all black and white outfits against an opulent, Parisien looking backdrop.

Change is good as a holiday, so they say, and to extend the maxim you might add that drastic change for a model is as good as a new career. Occasionally that change comes by way of body shape or age or styling. More often than not, it comes down to hair. Much like Anja Rubik or Freja Beha Erichsen suddenly rocketed into the spotlight…

Fast cars in dark underground car parks, their taillights motion blurs while the leading lady – Anja Rubik – is still and in focus. Patrizia Pepe’s fall 2012 campaign has the aura of Drive – only sans Ryan Gosling and violence. Anja’s outfits have the uncompromising glamour of fall / winter outfits that span day and night. Lace dresses, sequins, furs and the added mystery…

With big names attached, the second issue of 25 magazine is understandably receiving a lot of attention. There are the names behind the scenes, not the least of which is Anja Rubik who founded 25 magazine along with now-husband Sasha Knezevic. Then there are the names of those in front of the title’s lens, Abbey Lee Kershaw receiving all the attention. And it’s a pairing…

Were it not for the punchline at the end that finally furnishes this video with some semblance of a point (the punchline being “Go-go to the new Vogue.fr”) you’d wonder what relevance Wham! could possibly have to a relaunch of the Vogue Paris website. But there it is, a video of Emmanuelle Alt miming to Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go. Telling you to Go-Go…

Hedi Slimane’s trademark style of little (or no) colour and unfussy portraiture, while recognisable, doesn’t always jump off the page. But when it’s Anja Rubik that’s in front of Slimane’s lens it’s an electric partnership that always results in eye-catching images. This time the power-duo get together in a shoot for Vogue Japan’s March 2012 issue, and it’s the little things that count: Anja’s exaggerated…

Arizona Muse‘s bob was a game-changer. A defining feature. The magic carpet on which she shot to (fashion world) fame. That’s the power of a haircut in the modeling world, much like the short cropped hairstyles that set Anja Rubik and Freja Beha Erichsen apart from the pack in recent years. Muse’s chin-length waved bob gave her an air of Laure Bacall-like classic glamour: to…

Is a reinvention is on the cards for Sasha Pivovarova? It was about six years ago now that Sasha stepped onto the scene and into the shadow left by Gemma Ward. Or maybe it’s better put that at the time wide-eyed, unconventional beauty was trending a path paved largely by Gemma, and there, all of a sudden, was Sasha. Let’s not forget that models have…

Vogue Paris isn’t ready to farewell the ’70s just yet. Or, if they are, they’d prefer to do it with a bang not a whimper. Anja Rubik is the September issue’s hippie icon. Melanie Ward’s styling does its best to embrace every possible bohemian free-loving ’70s cliche in living memory, from cossack hats to suede fringing, high-waisted denim to all kinds of luxe fur coats.…

Anja Rubik has a knack for pulling off the damn near impossible. She made wearing a see-through practically non-existent skirt in broad daylight look like a stylish walk in the proverbial park. And her next feat: a dress that’s both gapingly open-weave and body consciously skin tight. Once again Anja paints over a revealing dress with the smooth brush of sophistication. And once again it’s…