Arizona Muse

>> In its upcoming Americana-themed issue, V Magazine has dedicated an entire editorial to homegrown beauties like Karlie Kloss, Christie Brinkley, and Arizona Muse.

Called "American Idols," the collection of photos features some of the USA's biggest supermodels wearing pre-Fall clothing by some of its greatest designers. Brinkley dons a jacket and pants from Ralph Lauren while Dree Hemingway wears an Alexander Wang bodysuit on the opposite page. Carol Alt smolders in Michael Kors, and Elaine Irwin stands next to her in Donna Karan. But perhaps it's not how the models look as much as what they say about America that makes the spread so special.

"I've done it all," Brinkley says. "Worked at 31 Flavors, walked runways, been a rodeo queen, Broadway. Only in America!"


The Americana issue of V debuts on May 10. For now, take a peek at the spread in the gallery.

Photos by Sharif Hamza for V Magazine.

>> Arizona Muse says having son Nikko three years ago didn't disrupt her modeling career — in fact, she credits motherhood with turning her body into the unstoppable force that it is today.

"I remember during my first season feeling really well received as a model and a mother," she recently told The Daily Telegraph. "When people asked me things, they asked about being a mother; they weren't asking me about walking down a catwalk. They were real-life things. It was nice."

Since then, Muse's career has skyrocketed. She's appeared in campaigns for Yves Saint Laurent and Louis Vuitton and has walked runways for everyone from Dior to Prada. Muse said that having Nikko (who has already modeled in a J.Crew catalog) is a big part of her success. The model learned she was pregnant while working in New York, and — thinking her career was over — moved to Los Angeles to give birth to and raise Nikko. Later, she decided to move back to New York, where she says she was able to get bookings again fairly easily.

So how did Muse get back to fighting form so quickly? Click through to find out, and see some of her chicest off-duty looks.

>> Over the weekend, rumored girlfriends Freja Beha Erichsen and Arizona Muse were snapped doing a photo shoot outside the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles, wearing head-to-toe Chloe. Muse was sporting her newly chopped shag — "The thing that kind of started me was that bob — and I felt like it was time for a change," she told Into the Gloss of the new haircut — in what appears to be the upcoming Spring 2012 campaign shoot.

UPDATE:Chloe has confirmed that Erichsen and Muse are indeed the faces of the Chloe Spring 2012 ads. [@Chloe_fashion]

>> Arizona Muse and Freja Beha Erichsen inspired rumors of a romantic relationship during the couture shows last month, and over the past few months, they have been captured embracing by Terry Richardson and featured together in two different Karl Lagerfeld-lensed editorials. Now, they pair up again for Mario Testino and Vogue UK's September 2011 issue in a shoot inspired by the Dutch Masters which Alexandra Shulman says "earns its place among Vogue classics." Beha Erichsen also serves as the magazine's September 2011 cover girl.

For its latest lookbook, Madewell snapped up girl-of-the-moment, Arizona Muse, to show off its take on casual cool Summer dressing. We're not talking about the per usual cutoff shorties and tank combo; instead take your effortless ensembles to a new level with Madewell's array of off-white eyelet rompers, loose-cut chambray trousers, mesh tees, and floaty maxi skirts. Need for inspiration? Flip the slideshow to see more of Arizona working it in relaxed warm weather styles.

>> Arizona Muse brought her 2-year-old son Nikko along to a Vogue shoot a few months ago, and now he's popped up again alongside her in J.Crew's May 2011 catalogue. Also featured in the love-themed catalogue? Best friends Mirte Maas and Jacquelyn Jablonski, Cameron Russell and her dog Banjo, Behati Prinsloo and her boyfriend Jamie Strachan, and Tao Okamoto and her boyfriend Shingo.