Looking at her spread in this year’s Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition, it’s difficult to discern model Anne V.’s affection for denim. From what it appears, the 19-year-old Russian is happiest half-clad in a bikini bottom and strappy high-heel sandals.

But the truth is, Anne is most at ease in jeans. “I wear them everyday,” says the luminous blonde who looks Scandinavian, but speaks with a slight Spy-Who-Loved-Me accent. “Mostly dark blue ones, because they make you look tall and skinny. I’d like to get some light ones, but I can’t find a good pair that holds my ass tight.”  Gotta love this girl.

On the day that she came and hung out at our offices, she was a vision of nonchalant chic in Lucky Brand jeans. They were dark and stretchy, tucked into a pair of knee-high riding boots and paired with a black Gap tank top. “These old things?” she remarked. “I got them like four years ago when I first came to New York. My modeling agency took me shopping to get some normal clothes. In Russia, all you wear is, like, red pants and a white shirt – weird stuff.”

Now well-versed in the language of American fashion, she prefers the Swedish denim labels -- like Acne. “I first saw them on a shoot with Steven Meisel,”  she recalls. “Black Hex’s. I loved them immediately. I wear them pretty much all the time.”

Then there’s Nudie, which, as of a couple weeks ago -- when we gave her a pair of murky grey Slim Kim’s to try out -- is now her favorite. “The material is so nice -- they feel so comfortable,” she cooed on the phone at the time, having just returned from Las Vegas. “And they’re not too low. Nothing hangs out when you go to dinner, or hangs over after you eat. You know how you have to open a button? None of that.”

Check our latest feature film with Anne V. in Nudie Jeans on our home page.

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Lucky jeans, luckybrandjeans.com

Acne, acnejeans.com

Nudie, nudiejeans.com