Yet as the ELLE Beauty Team thought guiltily of the toothpaste-stained pair of joggers that make up our own behind closed doors loungewear, Freja Beha Erichsen the 25 year-old model from Denmark took time out from the Maybelline calendar shoot and joined us for a vegetable juice on the rooftop terrace of New Yorks Pier 59 Studios to reveal her secrets to surviving the fashion circus.
The bad news is that the slim, skinny black jean-ed legs that go on forever are not kept in shape with a blood, sweat and tears exercise regimen. Less of a Pilates devotee or treadmill pounder, shell don the old Rick Owens shorts and do a few stretches in the comfort of her own Brooklyn or Denmark home. Im not into any particular style but friends have taught me some yoga poses that I do to chill out after a long flight, she says in that sleepy Danish lilt that makes us go a little bit gooey inside.
Shes also a stickler for vitamin D and calcium supplements and eats organic most of the time. I love a good steak - and you cant beat the Eggs Benedict and coffee in NY model hangouts, Café Gitane and Blue Bottle. Having a trusty pot of chocolate mousse topped with fresh berries is never far from her clutches when she needs a quick boost during the whirlwind shooting schedule shes been on for , , H&M and now Maybelline since she was scouted seven years ago.
Now if only chocolate mousse, coffee and the odd cobra stretch could make us look like that.