Fashion, just like my temper, is a volatile industry. A mega-billion dollar industry with Anna Wintour as its dominatrix, its ins and outs are at the behest of its rather ephemeral, episodic seasons. Ditto for models. Their existence is somehow summed up based on Heidi Klum’s mantra (with her sleep-inducing delivery): One day you’re in, the next day you’re out. Charisma, exoticism, it factor – there is really no invariably definitive trait to being the Face of the Moment. But one thing is sure, though: someone always stands out from the rest.
Meet Arizona Muse.
The fascination starts with her rather peculiar name. An uninitiated's calculable reaction: “Did the state of Arizona declare its own muse?” Then her face veers your attention, an amalgam of Linda Evangelista and Natalia Vodianova. Androgynous yet soft. Her sharp and killer eyebrows even add to her growing enigma. And the cut of her hair couldn’t be cleverer! Unpretentiously short, it is quite a welcoming relief when everyone is donning the conventional long hair.
Now on her second venture on modeling (the great German photographer Peter Lindbergh couldn’t help but reckon: “It feels like she’s been around for quite a while. You’re not looking at her and saying, ‘Wow, that’s the new girl.’ You say, ‘Why don’t I know her?”), Arizona is rightfully vindicated. With so many shows she opened and closed, The Cut has hailed her as the Face of Fall 2011.
Oh, did I mention that she reads Gabriel Garcia Marquez? Talk about beauty with substance.
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