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SPACE TRAVELER: Helena Christensen’s fame isn’t just global — it’s galactic. “I got a call from outer space today,” said
Christensen at the Tommy Hilfiger flagship in Milan. “I couldn’t believe it. I was at the hairdresser’s and my phone rang. It was my friend
Charles [Simonyi] calling from a space station.” While software billionaire-cum-space tourist Simonyi continues to tour the stratosphere, Christensen is focusing on more down-to-earth matters. The model and photographer dropped into town to help promote Hilfiger’s limited edition bag, profits of which will go to nonprofit organization Breast Health International. The bag will retail for 349 euros, or $452, half of which will be donated to the organization, along with proceeds from an auction of some of Christensen’s photography and works from
Tommy Hilfiger’s private art collection. Fresh from snapping the world’s tallest tower, the Burj Dubai, for the Burj Dubai Opus book due out in the fall, Christensen said she had been commissioned by the publisher for another book on Ferrari. “When we got to the top, the sheik said, ‘I did this for my mom,’ and I thought, What have I done lately for my mom?” To wit, she is heading to India this month with Elle U.K. for the White Ribbon Alliance, which combats maternal mortality.