The girl who went from a water polo tournament to Fashion Week, powered by curiosity, speed, and a refusal to become boring
Welcome to A Day With…, Vanity Teen’s new editorial series dedicated to the personalities shaping fashion’s next generation. More than a traditional model profile, the column offers an intimate snapshot of the people behind the images—their obsessions, contradictions, dreams, playlists, and the unexpected details that make them unforgettable.
Now in its second chapter, the series continues to build its own rhythm—an evolving archive of voices that exist firmly in the present while constantly projecting themselves into another future.
We spend a day with Anjali Kambham, the California-born model represented by The French Management, whose story reads like a sequence of accidental moments that somehow feel perfectly designed: discovered barefoot in a swimsuit at a Whole Foods after a water polo tournament, she went from studying Computer Science at UC Berkeley to being thrown directly into the whirlwind of New York Fashion Week.
Anjali belongs to a new generation of talents who move effortlessly between intellect, instinct, and individuality. One moment she’s talking about searching for the truth, the next she’s racing through life aboard her beloved ’91 Miata or Honda CB300F. Equal parts internet-era icon, fashion outsider, and free spirit, she embodies a refreshing kind of authenticity that can’t be manufactured.
For this chapter, Vanity Teen collaborates with Seconde Paris, the emerging Paris-based label that quietly became one of our standout discoveries during the latest Fall/Winter Women’s Fashion Week. Already featured in an exclusive conversation with us (read it HERE), the brand continues to define a new language of contemporary dressing—one that sits between nostalgia and disruption, precision and instinct. Its presence here feels less like a collaboration and more like a shared frequency with the world of A Day With….
From Britney Spears’ legendary 2001 VMA performance to late-night existential questions, from Hollywood creep-core references to California sunlight, welcome to a day inside Anjali Kambham’s world—where every answer feels like the beginning of another future.
Name:
Anjali Kambham
Age:
23
Height:
5 ft 11 in
Agency:
Instagram:
Hometown:
Bay Area, California
What’s the best thing about your hometown/country?
it’s california??… enough said <3
How discovered:
I was first scouted at a whole foods in los angeles right after a water polo tournament. barefoot, in a swimsuit & towel, in the produce section.
What was your first modeling job?
Oscar de la Renta / Pre-Spring show in Lake Tahoe
What were you doing before modeling?
Studying Computer Science at UC Berkeley
What would you be doing if you weren’t modeling?
Searching for the truth
Favorite modeling experience so far?
Moving to NYC having never been before & being thrown straight into Fashion Week
Favorite things you like doing in your spare time:
Speeding. I drive a ’91 Miata & ride a Honda CB300F, both of which I absolutely adore.
What are you listening to at the moment?
Jordan Belfort
Favorite movie/TV show:
Creep
Favorite fragrance or beauty product:
Victoria’s Secret Velvet Petals
Currently, you’re obsessed with/about:
Always obsessed with Britney Spears’ performance of “I’m a Slave 4 U” at the 2001 VMAs
Place you would love to visit:
My dear friend Nia, wherever she may be
If you were an animal, which one would you be?
Raccoon
A letter to your future self:
Dear Future Me,
I hope you’re still driving too fast, asking too many questions, and accidentally ending up exactly where you’re supposed to be. I hope you never traded curiosity for certainty. Did you ever find the truth, or did you realize the search was the point all along? Please tell me Britney is still relevant, the Miata is still alive, and you haven’t become boring. If you have, go buy something reckless and call Nia. Whatever happens, stay weird, stay kind, and keep following the things that make absolutely no sense to anyone else.
See you soon, Anjali
CREDITS
Photographer: Christian De Luca
Stylist: Luca Imbimbo.
Casting Director: Olivier Duperrin
Make-Up Artist: Jasmine Bouguermouh
Hair Stylist: Tsuyoshi Tamai at by_janekate
Fashion Assistant: Sonay
All Looks by Seconda Paris