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Catching Up With Carmen Maria Hillestad, The Oslo Beauty Who Traded Modeling for Music

Carmen Maria Hillestad
Photo: Signe Fuglesteg Luksengard
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Carmen Maria Hillestad
Narciso Rodriguez Fall 2001
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Carmen Maria Hillestad
Ann Demeulemeester Fall 2001
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Carmen Maria Hillestad
Marni Fall 2001
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Carmen Maria Hillestad
Dries Van Noten Fall 2001
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Carmen Maria Hillestad
Comme des Garçons Fall 2001
Christian Lacroix is Laird Borrelli-Persson’s fashion raison d’etre; the way he combined romance and historicism set her on the path she is following today. Borrelli-Persson studied literature at Boston College, spending her junior year abroad at Oxford, where she added some art history. After graduation she moved to New York to intern ... Read More