Stereo Total’s Relax Baby Be Cool might be the song that always gets her dancing, but it could also double down as a personal mantra for our July Face, Franzi Frings. The Berlin-based model has walked for Alexander McQueen, Rick Owens and Loewe, but it’s this Capricorn’s serene creative spirit that has us all caught up.
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“My perfect day would be travelling with a VW Bulli - you can sleep wherever you want.”
Frings spent her formative years with her family in Düsseldorf, and was first scouted at an airport during her high school years - though it wasn’t until she’d finished her studies that she decided to pursue it professionally. “For [my family] it was really important to finish school first before I started with modelling. Of course that was a good decision, from thereon they supported me in everything.”
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“[My home is] Berlin; I’ve lived here for many years. The city is changing, as all the cool places do, but I feel peaceful and free here.”
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When Frings isn’t in front of the lens, she’s busy working behind it. Having juggled her modelling career with a degree in photography, she admits “it wasn’t easy to balance university (photography) and modelling at the same time,” but this hasn’t deterred her from continuing to channel her off-duty time into on projects that incorporate her artistic passions. “I’m really looking forward to having the project done that I’m recently working on, it involves photography and sculptures … [In the future I wish] for the freedom to do my art.”
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“I just found a little atelier where I go and paint and read and edit my photography. This is heaven for me to be surrounded by my books, paintings, photos and listen to the radio ...”
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PHOTOGRAPHY James Nelson
FASHION Anna Foster
MODEL Franzi @ The Hive Management
HAIR Peter Lux @ The Wall Group using Moroccanoil
MAKEUP Bunny Hazel Clarke using Bobbi Brown
PHOTOGRAPHER’S ASSISTANT David Wade
STYLIST’S ASSISTANTS Amy Ryall and Alexandra Vilcov