New Polaroid

"Danish star with the androgynous look got her first tattoo at 16. Freja Beha Erichsen is one of the tops."

Credit goes to candlebougie at tFS for the nice find! I believe the image is pretty recent. It was uploaded to the MUSE magazine facebook page today, May 4th. It's definitely from this past season judging by the hair. Now that I think about it, it's probably a by product of show castings from this past season, so it's not necessarily a recent picture. It could be from Frebruary for all we know. I'm so obsessed with knowing how recent this polaroid is because I want to know if Freja is growing her hair out, or if she's going to cut it again. Yes, who knew I'd ever be this vigilant about hair length.

Anyway, the polaroid comes from John Pfeiffer Casting and I was able to dig up an old interview from 2005 with John where he mentions Freja.

MDC: Speaking of new girls, are there any that stand out this season?
JP: For me, Freja (with IMG); I’m living for Freja, she’s such a nice girl, too.

Freja seems to have that special something that puts casting directors under her spell. In case you didn't know, she is also one of casting agent James Scully's all-time favorite models.

The queen of cool. Probably one of the most-requested models of all my clients. She is the perfect old-school clothes-hanger with a little eighties androgyny thrown in.

With acclaim like this, I hope it means Freja will be around for another few years. I can't bear to see her fade away yet, as models are prone to do in the very fickle fashion industry.

Oh Woe Is Me!

I bet this is how we all feel about the lack of Freja news recently. When do campaign pictures begin leaking? Ugh. Maybe we'll get a new editorial soon? Too bad she's not going to the Met Ball on Monday. I know that Freja isn't the type to attend events like that, but you'd think that in all these years of being a well-known model some designer would have taken her. I'm looking at you Karl!

Image Credits: celebritycity

Vintage Freja

Check these pictures out! They're from the Ann Demeulemeester FW0506 show. This was Freja's first season on the international catwalk circuit so these pictures are fairly old. I think it's rather amazing that she seemingly has not aged since 2005.

I was so happy to come across these pictures because they document the one and only time that Freja has walked for Ann Demeulemeester, my all time favorite designer. Ann is Belgium and she's known for the dark, gothic, androgynous mood of her shows and designs. Her clothing is always covetable and beautiful, with perfectly executed tailoring, layers, draping, and asymmetrical details. She tends to favor a very specific look for her runways--think along the lines of heroin chic with a sexy ugly vibe, and I mean this in a good way--so girls like Freja rarely walk her shows. But this was back during Freja's debut season, and with her androgynous edge, I can understand why Ann grabbed her up for her show.

It's a pity that Freja hasn't walked for her again. That's something that I'd definitely like to see.

Image Credits: larage.com

Editorial - Madame Figaro

Madame Figaro Japan 4-20-2009
Ph: Ben Watts
(click for HQs)


We finally have HQs of Freja's recent feature in Madame Figaro. It's nothing ground breaking but nevertheless, it's nice to see some new pictures. Other than official confirmation about the Gucci and Chanel camapaigns, it's been very quite in terms of any Freja news. More specifically, I'm very anxious to see some new fashion editorials. I'm so curious to see how her hair will be styled now that it's a little bit longer. It definitely gives her a more versatile look, so the question is will stylists and photographers take advantage of this? Will we get to see the softer side of Freja? Or will she continue to be the go-to girl for tough, edgy and androgynous shoots? I hope we find out the answers to these questions very soon.

Image Credits: Scanned by tFS member PENG

Congrats Are In Order

Freja was nominated for a DANSK Fashion Award in the category of Danish Female Model of the Year! She was nominated along with Charlotte Høyer and Agnete Hegelund, but I think Freja is the clear favorite (although I admit that I'm a bit....ok, a lot, biased). Thank you to tFS member candlebougie for breaking the news!

This is only the second year for this fashion ceremony. The DANSK awards were started in 2008 to promote and honor the achievements of the Danish fashion industry. At last year's inaugural ceremony, Freja won in the same category and showed up in a black suit to pick up her award. I love how she stayed true to her personal style and eschewed the typical tight, mini-dress that most other models turn to for red carpet events.


From what I can gather browsing through the official site, a panel of judges determines the winners. Hopefully they aren't opposed to having repeat winners because Freja should clearly win again if the criteria is modeling work. She's had a ton of editorials in all the top magazines, a few covers, and decent campaigns for Karl Lagerfeld and Roberto Cavalli. No offense to them, but Charlotte and Agnete's work is no where near Freja's in terms of caliber and visibility.

Agnete Hegelund


Charlotte Høyer

If you can understand Danish, here is a cute interview from last year with Freja and Mathias (who won Danish Male Model of the Year) talking about the awards:


The ceremony is being held on May 20th, so keep your fingers crossed that Freja wins so we can get some new pictures of her! She also deserves to win so that's the real reason you should keep your fingers crossed.

Image Credits: nymag.com, Freja's thread at tFS

Where It All Started

It's no secret that Freja absolutely loves her home country of Denmark. Her ties there run very deep as most, if not all, of her family and friends live there. I think Freja still lives there as well. It's quite rare for a top working model not to live in either New York or Paris. In fact, the only other model I can think of who doesn't live in either of those two cities is Lakshmi Menon, and that's only because I just saw her Vogue editorial that was shot in her hometown of Goa, India.

I've never been to Denmark, but it seems like a great progressive place to live, albeit a little too cold for my tastes. Did you know that it was the first country in the world to legalize pornography and grant same-sex couples nearly all the rights of marriage? Denmark also ranks very high in income equality amongst its citizens. It is one of the most peaceful countries in the world, and its people are some of the happiest in the world based on health, welfare and education. And if you weren't already super jealous of the Danes, their country is also one of the least corrupt.

Denmark's capital of Copenhagen also has a very vibrant and budding fashion scene, complete with its own fashion week. The average person might not know that Copenhagen fashion week exists, but fashion insiders definitely do. Furthermore, this is the city where Freja's fashion career started. She was scouted on the streets by Denmark's biggest agency Unique, and the rest as they say, is history. In a nod to Cph Fashion Week and Denmark, I'm posting some old backstage and runway pictures that I came across from the website of photographer Michael Hermansen. I believe these are all from the SS07 season.

It's always nice to see some of Freja's older work, isn't it? I hope she finds the time to walk in Cph Fashion Week again. And maybe we'll finally get that third installment of The Copenhagen Experience from Mads Nørgaard? If I keep saying it enough, maybe it will happen just like the Chanel campaign.

Image Credits: michaelhermansen.dk

Parisian Chic

I am utterly obsessed with Isabel Marant. The clothing is just so effortlessly stylish and modern, and it perfectly expresses the essence of a city. My idealized vision of Paris includes tons of enviable women walking around in head to toe Marant, because a woman who wears Marant is the type of woman you want to be. She is a woman full of understated, elegant beauty that only grows stronger with familiarity.

I don't think I'm expressing myself very clearly, but it's hard to put into words something that is so dependent upon sight. So allow these pictures to show you what I mean. My favorite model backstage at one of my favorite brands:



Image Credits: fashionactive.com via tFS member love is the drug