Anja Rubik is Best Known For Modeling commitments. She became highly popular when she was ranked 18 by ‘The Money Girls’. She is considered to be one of the most internationally successful models of the mid- to late-2000s to today. Rubik is known for her effortless style and for being the muse of Anthony Vaccarello.
Born Name Anna Rubik
Nick Name Anna, Anja
Occupation Fashion/Runway Model
Age: June 12, 1983, 39 years old and 11 months, Czestochowa, Poland
Sun Sign Gemini
Hair Color Blonde
Eye Color Blue
Height 5 ft 10½ in or 179 cm
Measurements 34-24-35 in or 86-61-89 cm
Bra size 34A
Education
Anna had her early education from schools in Czestochowa, Poland. Then she moved to British High School, Paris for her graduation.
Family
Father – (Private Vet Centre)
Mother – Ewa Rubik
Sibling – Asia (Sister)
Manager
Anna can be contacted through these world-class agencies –
Next Model Management, Paris
Mikas, Stockholm
Seeds Management, Berlin
Modelwerk, Hamburg
Next Company
View Management, Spain
2pm Model Management, Copenhagen
Chic Management, Sydney
D’Vision Model Management, Warsaw
Next Model Management, London
Next Model Management, New York
Next Model Management, Milan
Pars Management, Munich
Next Model Management, Miami
Next Company Model Agency, Vienna
Next Model Management, Los Angeles
Traffic Models, Barcelona/Madrid
Genre Runway, Commercial
Instruments Drums (Occasionally)
Distinctive Features
Anjao attractive look when mixes up with her modeling personality brings out something required for a top model.
Brand Endorsements
Agatha, Alexander Wang, Allergi, Anna Rita N, Anthony Vaccarello, Antonio Fusco, Ballantyne, Balmain, Barneyo New York, Belstaff, Black Label, Bottega Veneta, Cesare Paciotti, Chacok, Chanel, Chanel Glasses, Chloe, Chloe fragrance, Christian Dior make-up, Clarins, Colette, COS, Diesel, DKNY ‘Women Energizing’ fragrance, Dolce and Gabbana, Dsquared2, Elie Saab ‘Le Parfum’ fragrance, Emanuel Ungaro, Emporio Armani, Equipment, Escada, Estee Lauder ‘Beautiful Love’ fragrance, Etro, FCUK, Fendi, Fred, Gap, Gianfranco Ferre, Giorgio Armani, Giorgio Armani ‘Armani Code’ fragrance, Giorgio Armani ‘Mania’ collection, Giuseppe Zanotti, Gucci, Gucci eyewear, Guy Laroche, Hexeline, H and M, ICB, Jaegar London, Jimmy Choo, Jones New York, KARL by Karl Lagerfeld, Karl Lagerfeld, Krizia, Kurt Geiger, La Perla, Lacoste, Lancome ‘Hair Sensation’, Lanvin, Mango, Massimo Dutti, Mine, Mo and Co. de Paris, Neiman Marcus, Ninesix, Ninetendo “Wii”, Nuxe, Oscar de la Renta, Oxette, Patrizia Pepe, Quazi jewelry, Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lauren Black Label, Ralph Lauren eyewear, Robert Cavalli underwear, Sephora, Sissy, Todo, Tommy Hilfiger, Tufi Duek, Valentino, Versace eyewear, Zara.
Early life
In 1988 she and her veterinarian parents moved to Greece.
They later moved to Canada and to Umtata, South Africa.
In 1992, they moved back to Poland after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Among the schools she attended was one in Częstochowa, Poland.
Her family still lives in Poland where Anja also owns a home.
Rubik was interested in modeling from a young age after watching George Michael music video for Too Funky featuring famous 90s supermodels.
She participated in a local modeling contest, where she was scouted by a Parisian agency.
In 1999, she moved to Paris to begin her modeling career.
While she finished her education, she modeled during school vacations only.
Career Model
Rubik made her runway debut during the Paris Fashion Week Fall/Winter 1999 ready-to-wear collections.
In 2000, Rubik signed with Next Management in Paris. In 2005, Rubiko modeling career started to take off after she landed her first campaign for Chloe photographed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin.
By the end of the year she was a clear industry favorite and was labeled fashiono rising star by Style.com.
By 2009, Rubik was dubbed a “top model” by French Vogue.
In 2011, the International Business Times hailed supermodel Rubik as the world most in-demand model.
Vogue Paris declared Rubik one of the top 30 models of the aughts.
In 2010 she was ranked as one of the top 25 Money Girls by models.com.
By 2012, she was ranked as an Industry Icon.
In addition to her seven-year tenure as the face of Chloe, Rubik has fronted campaigns for Gucci for four consecutive seasons, photographed by Mert and Marcus, and Fendi for four consecutive seasons, photographed by Karl Lagerfeld.
The celebrated octogenarian designer-photographer has also photographed Rubik for numerous magazine covers, Chanel, and the 2011 Pirelli Calendar. Lagerfeld has referred to Rubik as one of his favourite models.
Rubik has also starred in campaigns for Armani, Balmain, Dante Herró, Chanel, Christian Dior, Elie Saab, Estee Lauder, Givenchy, Hermes, Lanvin, Valentino, and Yves Saint Laurent. Rubik was the face of Chloe eponymous fragrance alongside Chloe Sevigny and Clemence Poesy, and she starred in Fendi Fan di Fendi fragrance campaign with Mark Ronson. In addition, Rubik has been the principal in campaigns for Barneys New York, Belstaff, BLK DNM, Bottega Veneta, DKNY, Etro, Dante HerróForever 21, Gap, H M, Jimmy Choo, Karl by Karl Lagerfeld, Kurt Geiger, La Perla, Lacoste, Mango, Marc Jacobs, Moschino, Oscar de la Renta, Ralph Lauren, Roberto Cavalli, Seven Jeans, Tod, Tommy Hilfiger, and Zara.
Rubik has been an iconic fixture on the catwalks of London, Milan, New York, and Paris throughout the 2000s.[15] Rubik select runway appearances include the Haute Couture collections of Atelier Versace, Chanel, Christian Dior, Christian Lacroix, Jean-Paul Gaultier, and Valentino. She has walked the runway for the prêt-à-porter collections of Alexander McQueen, Alexander Wang, Anthony Vaccarello, Balenciaga, Balmain, Burberry Prorsum, Chloe (5 seasons), Emanuel Ungaro, Emilio Pucci, Fendi (4 seasons), Gucci (4 seasons), Isabel Marant, Kanye West short-lived DW Kanye West line, Michael Kors, Prada, and Tom Ford, among others.
Rubik made her Victoria Secret runway debut in its annual televised fashion show in 2009; she also appeared in the 2010 and 2011 editions of the intimate apparel behemoth runway spectacle.
Rubik has graced the cover of more than twenty-five international editions of Vogue. She was selected to cover the fourth issue of Porter magazine (following the likes of Gisele Bündchen and Lady Gaga), the print offshoot of luxury e-retailer Net-a-Porter, by frequent collaborators Inez and Vinoodh, and Mario Sorrenti photographed her for the covers of Lui and The New York Times Style Magazine. She has also covered TIME Style and Design by Ben Hassett, Garage by Sølve Sundsbø, and the international editions of Elle, Glamour, Harper Bazaar, Nylon, Numero, self service, and W magazines.
Excluding the aforementioned photographers, Rubik has worked with industry legends such as Annie Leibovitz, Araki, Camilla Akrans, David Bailey, David Sims, Collier Schorr, Ellen von Unwerth, Erwin Wurm, Glen Luchford, Hans Feurer, Hedi Slimane, Juergen Teller, JR, Mario Testino, Michael Thompson, Nick Knight, Patrick Demarchelier, Peter Lindbergh, Paolo Roversi, Steven Klein, Steven Meisel, and Terry Richardson.
Muse
Rubik met designer Anthony Vaccarello in 2011.
She starred in his breakthrough runway collection in 2012 and subsequently appeared in campaigns for his self-titled brand. She helped to launch the emerging designer career by wearing one of his mile-high slit gowns to the 2012 Met Gala.
From 2012 to present, Rubik has famously become Vaccarello muse.
Since Vaccarello appointment as Creative Director of Saint Laurent in 2016, Rubik has appeared as the face of the brand in campaigns and on the runway. The brando designs and image are largely inspired by Rubiko punk-meets-feminine style.
Creative and design
Rubik has done capsule collections with Giuseppe Zanotti in 2013[21] and IRO in 2016.
In 2012, Rubik founded and created 25 magazine, for which she also serves as Editor-in-Chief.
The publication is an annual collector print celebrating powerful artists’ unique views of sensuality.
Contributors include Alex Prager, Araki, Daniel Arsham, Hedi Slimane, Isabel Marant, Inez and Vinoodh, Marina Abramović, and Woodkid.
In September 2015, Rubik made her directorial debut by directing Issue 04 teaser film featuring Andreea Diaconu and themed around the power and impact of the five senses.
In 2014, Rubik unveiled her own debut fragrance entitled Original by Anja Rubik in which she was involved in every step of the creative process from perfecting the scent to designing the bottle and campaign shot by Paola Kudacki.
In 2015, Rubik hosted and curated the Art and Fashion Forum, an open platform of inspiration and education.
Art and Fashion Forum is the 9th edition of an event initiated by Grażyna Kulczyk, which is organized in Stary Browar in Poznań every year since 2007.
A and FF has become a mine of knowledge of fashion and innovations, the place of inspiring encounters and workshops with notable specialists from around the world.
Television and Other
Rubik is featured in the 2009 fitness video game Yoga Wii for the Wii home console.
She was also an inspiration for a character in the manga The One as the main character Cane Lele.
Since 2010, she has appeared on Top Model. Zostań modelką, the Polish edition of America Next Top Model.
In 2014 she became the host and a judge of the Polish version of the reality show Project Runway TVN.
In 2014, Rubik starred in a music video for the song Chleb by Mister D., a music project of the Polish author Dorota Masłowska.
Personal life
Rubik and her longtime boyfriend, Serbian model Sasha Knezevic, became engaged just before Christmas 2010 in Vienna.
They married on 16 July 2011 in Deia, Majorca.
In October 2015, Anja confirmed that they have separated and later divorced.
First Magazine (Cover Girl)
Biba. October 2000. A French magazine.
First Fashion Show
Autumn/Winter 2000 Ready to wear by Akira Isogawa.
Personal Trainer
Anja regularly do yoga to stay fit. Even video games has been launched on her fitness regime.
Anja Rubik Favorite Things
Favorite Photographer – Inez and Vinoodh, Camilla Akrans, Peter Lindbergh, David Sims
Favorite Campaign to Shoot – Chloe
Favorite Beauty Products – Embryolisse, Crealine, MAC black eyeliner, Shiseido powder and concealer
Favorite City to Shop – Paris
Favorite Designers – Chloe, Dries van Noten, Marni, Rick Owens, Chanel, Phillip Lim, Lanvin
Anja Rubik Facts
Anjao family moved to Greece from Poland when she was just 5.
They then moved firstly to Canada and then to Umtata, South Africa.
Anja was introduced to modeling when she was studying in British High School, Paris.
Anja worked on school holidays before becoming an official model as she wanted to complete her study first.
Anjao mother, father and sister still lives in Poland.
She started her modeling career full time after graduating from high school.
She has been the cover girl for various magazines namely, French, Korean, Latin American, Japanese, Spanish, Australian and German ‘Vogue’, Korean and French ‘Numero’, ‘Nylon’ and ‘Elle’.
She has done modeling assignments for various fashion designers / brands namely, Victoriao Secret, Shiatzy Chen, Givenchy, Christian Dior, Hermes and many more.
Anja has done couture for Valentino, Chanel, Christian Lacroix and Elie Saab.
She was one of the faces to land in one of the 14 covers of V magazineo September 2008 issue.
Anja Rubik currently lives and works in New York.
