13 questions with… Arizona Muse

‘What I love about travel is that it can open your eyes,’ says New Mexico-raised Arizona Muse, who has always been alert to what’s going on in the world. Having been the face of some of the highest profile fashion brands, she is now a compelling voice for environmental activism (Muse just launched Dirt, a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting biodynamic farming all over the world). She began modelling in her teens, and after more than a decade of catwalks, front covers and ad campaigns for labels such as Prada and Yves Saint Laurent, she’s moving from London to Ibiza with her husband and two children to put her energy into regenerative farming.

Here, Muse shares her tips on how to be a more conscious consumer and how she sees travel as a force for good. As a consultant for Caroline Sciamma-Massenet’s fashion label Skiim Paris, she helped it become sustainable in just one season, and she talks us through the merits of bioplastics and ethical leather. What’s on Muse’s travel hit list? Spending time at the recently renovated Bishop’s Lodge in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and dog-sledding in Scandinavia…

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