Anja Rubik

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Modelinia Exclusive: Anja Rubik Dishes on Wedding Details!

After Anja Rubik and Sasha Knezevic thrilled onlookers with the most precious PDA New York City has ever seen, (more on the DKNY experience later) Modelina chatted with the real life couple about their impending nuptials!

The couple became engaged during the Christmas holidays in Vienna, and Anja immediately began planning their wedding day! “We’re getting married in July, so we’re in the middle of preparing everything,” she told Modelinia. “It’s a little stressful because we want it to be perfect but it’s going to be small - close friends and family in Europe.”

While Anja dished on the details, Sasha smiled at his beautiful fiancee before jokingly telling her to keep a few secrets. “Don’t tell too much!” he grinned. “Hopefully you get married only once, so it’s very exciting. There are a lot of decisions to make, so many little details, but it’s fun. It’s going to be intimate, family and friends.’

“Anja’s going to change three times,” Sasha joked. Though in reality, she won’t be changing three times, she is having a fairy tale wedding gown designed, especially for her! “I’m really excited because Peter Dundas from Pucci is doing my dress. I saw a few of his sketches already. And I work with Zanotti a lot, so they’re sending me a lot of shoes to pick from!”

Congrats Anja and Sasha!

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[tarsha]

Pics: The original ad from 1999 (left); the new ad for 2011 (right).

Nothing replicates the chemistry of a couple in love—you can practically see fireworks! So when DKNY launched its signature women and men's fragrances in 1999, they hired then-newlyweds (and ultra-gorge models) Esther Canadas and Mark Vanderloo to star in the campaign.

And this April, DKNY is doing it again. In addition to freshening up the look of the packaging, plus adding a new scent to the lineup (DKNY Women Energizing Eau de Toilette, $55, is a lighter, more citrus-y version of the original women's scent), another real-life model couple—Anja Rubik, from Poland, and Sasha Knezevic, born in Serbia—will star in the campaign.

In an exclusive interview, Cosmo reveals what this newly-engaged, smoking-hot twosome had to say about working together, plus their steamy secrets to keeping their relationship spontaneous and fresh (one involves Corn Flakes!

COSMO: Tell us how the two of you met.

Anja Rubik: It was on a modeling job in New Orleans about two and a half years ago. We definitely liked each other, but nothing happened. Then a few months later, we randomly bumped into each other on an NYC street and decided to grab a coffee. Our first official date was a week later in Central Park…

COSMO: Sasha, tell us the secret spot where you love to smell fragrance on Anja?

Sasha Knezvic: For me, it's definitely the back of the neck. I love to kiss her there.

(Check out the other places men love to inhale your scent here!

COSMO: You previously shot a GAP ad together. How was the DKNY project different?

AR: We were shooting on the streets of New York City, which is where we fell in love. Plus the city shut down Sixth Avenue for us—I mean, we were a block from Times Square, running through the streets, jumping in and out of cabs, even standing on top of cabs, kissing!

SK: We were actually a bit upset when it ended. I got to make-out with my girlfriend for hours—and get paid for it! That definitely doesn't happen every day.

COSMO: So tell us...have you ever made out in a cab in real life?

AR: Yes—all the time when we're on dates!

COSMO: New Yorkers use their cab time to catch up on phone calls, touchup their hair and makeup, answer emails. What do you do?

AR: I definitely make calls and email a lot. If I'm going to the airport, I apply lotion to my skin, so the flight doesn't dry me out. Sometimes I even change my clothes in a cab.

SK: Well I don't change clothes! But I definitely use the time to catch up on emails. My favorite thing to do, though, is look out the window and become mesmerized with the buildings and the city. I've lived in New York for about 4 years, and I still appreciate it.

COSMO: You obviously have crazy schedules and are constantly traveling. What are some ways you bond when you're together?

AR: Well we have this funny habit of eating Corn Flakes late at night! We'll go to dinner or catch a movie, then come home and eat cereal for dessert.

COSMO: Is distance ever a good thing for the two of you?

AR: Missing each other for two or three days can keep things fresh. But any longer than that, and you can start to feel detached.

SK: Yeah, sex is really good for reconnecting!

AR: Definitely. The closer you can get—fast—the closer you feel.

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[tarsha]

Anja Rubik and her fiancé Sasha in Times Square recreating their DKNY campaign!

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[carmen_kass]

These two always share too much information

 

[IAmLordZen]

^ awww don't hate them both..

i wish i was there though

 

[jiaqi]

These two always share too much information

because of the sex thing in the end

people are talking in the cover rumor thread that she may get the Agustc cover.nothing confirm yet.

fantastic news if true

 

[Niusity]

I wish I was there

 

[TeeVanity]

Met Anja today in New York & she signed my magazines so sweet! Sasha showed her me~

 

[kokobombon]

Was this posted? can´t remember, sorry if repost

Fendi SS2011



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[TeeVanity]

Meeting Anja

I met Anja in Times Square after her and Sasha recreated their DKNY campaign. I could tell the story a million times differently but I would just say right here it is one of my favorite moments in life. Thanks to Sasha for seeing me and showing her me , he's awesome. Well Anja and Sasha did give me a wave before when I screamed their name earlier.

 

[jiaqi]

^ you were so lucky! thanks for sharing the photo

 

[tarsha]

Preview of Anja's editorial from Vogue Japan June 2011





snapped by s'ngac

 

[DGH-774751]

perection !!!

 

[TeeVanity]

Your welcome jiaqi. ^ Love the preview from Vogue Japan.

 

[fashion_in_love]

Anja Rubik and Sasha in Times Square for DKNY perfum campaign

*She is AMAZING!



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[alonsoJonathan]

I met Anja in Times Square after her and Sasha recreated their DKNY campaign. I could tell the story a million times differently but I would just say right here it is one of my favorite moments in life. Thanks to Sasha for seeing me and showing her me , he's awesome. Well Anja and Sasha did give me a wave before when I screamed their name earlier.

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ohh so jealous! thanks for sharing with us!
her skin looks Gorgeous

 

[tarsha]

VOGUE PARIS MAY 2011

Pleine Lune
Anja Rubik by Mikael Jansson





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[alonsoJonathan]

ohh she looks amazing! she looks great in lanvin!
so different from her last VP ed.
thank you Tarsha

 

[atooomic]

that's so different indeed. i love it, it shows how versatile she can be.

 

[alonsoJonathan]

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