SHE's walked in some of the fashion world's biggest shows, and Marc Jacobs even named his best-selling Stam bag after her - but one of model Jessica Stam's fashion highlights is still a shoot for British Vogue with Jason Schmidt and Charlotte Stockdale in 2005.

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"We travelled to Alaska on a cruise ship for eight days and we got off in each small town along the way and took a helicopter to the top of a glacier," she told us. "It has to be the most adventurous shoot of my career thus far!"

Glaciers and Alaskan weather aside, with years of busy show seasons under her belt, Stam has some fail-safe commandments for surviving Fashion Week.

"Know that you don't have to go to every event and party," she told us. "Pick up a good book so that you have something do in the downtime between shows; and go shopping beforehand so that you have a few new-season looks."

"Drink plenty of water and get plenty of sleep," she advises. But, for surviving  the harsh make-up looks of the shows, her routine is less simple. "I only use water in the morning and at night I use a cleanser to get off all the make-up of the day. I also try to fit in a facial once a month and make sure it has micro dermabrasion to exfoliate."

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