First generation American of Italian and Czech parentage.
Has worked in fashion as a "fit model" helping designers construct their garments in NY, LA, Shanghai, and Hong Kong for such brands as Marc Jacobs, Vera Wang, The Gap, J. Crew, and Madewell.
Grew up mostly in the college towns of Fargo, ND and State College, PA but also in Rome Italy, and Prague Czech Republic.
A first-generation American, Lukas is the child of a political refugee (who escaped communist Czechoslovakia) and an immigrant from Rome, Italy. Lukas' grandfather is the late artist Jan Lukas, a revered figure in early Czech photography and filmmaking whose work is represented in MoMA's permanent collection.