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

By Laird Borrelli-Persson
Carmen Maria Hillestad
Carmen Maria HillestadPhoto: Signe Fuglesteg Luksengard
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    Narciso Rodriguez Fall 2001

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    Ann Demeulemeester Fall 2001

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    Marni Fall 2001

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    Dries Van Noten Fall 2001

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    Comme des Garçons Fall 2001

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    Louis Vuitton Fall 2001

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    Ann Demeulemeester Spring 2002

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    Alexander McQueen Spring 2002

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    Viktor & Rolf Spring 2002

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    Luella Spring 2002

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    Anne Valerie Hash Spring 2003

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    Gaultier Paris Couture Spring 2003

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    Christian Dior Couture Spring 2003

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    Givenchy Couture Spring 2003

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    Helmut Lang Spring 2003

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    Gaultier Paris Couture Fall 2003

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    Anne Valerie Hash Fall 2003

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    Helmut Lang Fall 2003

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    Gaultier Paris Couture Spring 2004

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    Christian Dior Haute Couture Spring 2004

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