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A lookback at Arizona Muse's 10 best runway moments

By Josefin Forsberg

Arizona Muse walks Ralph & Russo's autumn/winter 2016 show. Photo: Getty

Arizona Muse has been a firm fixture in the supermodel pantheon since opening and closing the Prada and Miu Miu spring/summer '11 shows. Now, over a decade on, Muse features on the pages of Vogue Scandinavia's Oct-Nov issue, discussing how her days in fashion led her to climate activism. To pay tribute to the beginnings of a powerful career, we revisit 10 of Muse's most memorable catwalk moments

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Prada spring/summer 2011. Photo: Vogue Runway

Prada spring/summer 2011

Sporting side-slicked hair and silver eyeshadow, muse opened the Prada spring/summer 2011 show wearing an eye-catching orange dress. It was this appearance that sent her into the supermodel stratosphere.

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Saint Laurent spring/summer 2011

Few models are ever bestowed the honour of closing a show, so when Muse had her second "closer" during her first season – walking on Saint Laurent's spring/summer 2011 catwalk – it was one for the memory books.

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Marc Jacobs spring/summer 2011

Yes, memorable runway moments come in the form of fabulous frocks and show-stealing sets, but sometimes it is the brand's choice of beauty look that stand out. Take Marc Jacobs' spring/summer '11 show, for example, which saw Muse bleach her eyebrows for the first time.

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Chanel spring/summer haute couture 2011

A frequent face in Chanel's model roster, it comes as no surprise that Muse's Haute Couture debut – wearing black and white tweed with sparkling sequin details – was on the French Maison's runway.

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Hermès autumn/winter 2013

Having dominated the runways throughout the early 2010s, Muse decided to step off the runway to focus on editorial work and campaigns. Her last appearance before the short hiatus saw the model wearing sleek tailoring on Hermès autumn/winter 2013 runway.

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Acne Studios' autumn/winter 2016

Three years later, Muse returned to the runway walking Swedish Acne Studios’ autumn/winter show. It was an appearance warmly welcomed by the fashion critics at the time, who noted that it was a joy to see Muse back in Paris.

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Ralph & Russo autumn/winter 2016

By the mid-2010s, Arizona Muse was becoming a household name and became a fixture in Ralph & Russo gowns both on and off the runway – for example when attending red carpets at the Cannes Film Festival and the Met Gala.

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Photo: Vogue Runway

Chanel autumn/winter 2017

Throughout Karl Lagerfeld's most theatrical era as the creative director of Chanel, Muse would walk the French Maison's shows. Here, she has just passed the iconic spaceship (which would later "take off") wearing a white coat and silver boots.

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Chanel spring/summer 2018

Another memorable Chanel appearance was the spring/summer '18 show, when Muse made a splash sporting the collections water-wicking plastic cape and boots.

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Photo: Vogue Runway

Prada autumn/winter 2022

What could be a more iconic moment than the last time we saw Muse on the runway? Walking in Miuccia Prada and Raf Simon’s spring/summer '22 show, we saw Muse wearing the season's signature singlet and see-through skirt under a heavy leather coat.