With a focus on playful, upbeat energy and chic, graphic simplicity, Rianne Van Rompaey under the direction of Fabien Baron, and photographed by Steven Meisel, delivers all of those qualities and more for the latest SPRING-SUMMER 2021 Advertising Campaign from the grand looks of Milan Fashion Week! The Bisou, Contrast Black and White, Black Satin Cape, and Figures Coat Dress are all elegant enough to turn heads on the runway and simple enough to exude the modest of countenances. Rianne Van Rompaey made this campaign so fun. All her characters just scream an early 20th century silent film starlet like Lillian Gish, and being photographed by Steven Meisel himself, made this all the more fantastic and memorable!
Giedre Dukauskaite showcases Givenchy Beauty’s latest offering from their Prisme Libre Skin-Caring Glow Foundation. The formula emphasizes a lightweight foundation & hydrating skincare for an exceptional glow. The formula is also made of 97% of natural ingredients with a glowing complexion that last up to 12 hours and 24-hour hydration, ranging in 30 shades color from warm, cool, and neutral undertones.
Celebrating the Chinese New Year and focusing on “creativity” in the March 2021 edition of Vogue China, Kristina Grikaite puts on a lively showing like only she can as a big kid at heart, resembling colorful themes from The Little Rascals and Walt Disney with plenty of spirited gaudiness from Versace and Chanel! Photography by Roe Ethridge
Birgit Kos dazzles in the February 2021 US edition of Elle, elgantley strolling around the cobblestone streets of Seine, Paris, showing off the best designer pieces from the likes of Saint Laurent, Anthony Vaccarello, Hedi Slimane, Nomasei, Alexandre Vauthier, Louis Vuitton, Giorgio Armani, Max Mara, and Hermes. Photography by Nathaniel Goldberg
With all the flamboyance and creativity of David Bowie, coolness of Sid Vicious, and hardcore punk style of the Misfits, Marjan Jonkman has been an industry favorite and standout ever since she made her debut for Saint Laurent’s 2015 Spring Summer fashion show in Paris, where the runways would become her home away from home.
Before becoming an exclusive for Saint Laurant and top model, Marjan led a normal life with her loving family in Friesland: “I grew up in a small town in the north, Sint Nicolaasga in Friesland. I still enjoy being there, especially during busy periods around Fashion Weeks. I like to take long walks in the woods, and even leave my phone at home.”
Usually upbeat with a pep in her step, admittedly, Marjan was a bit of a problem child and was quite the opposite of what she is today. “I was quite a problem child, a lot of tantrums and often sad, I had intense mood swings and was quite closed.”
With a Rock n’ Roll spirit and a deep desire to leave her village in Sint Nicolaasga with some 3,300 inhabitants for something more, Marjan, who never wanted to be a model was scouted at the age of 18 years old on Instagram and saw an opportunity, cancelling her studies at the University of Groningen:
“At first I thought: what is that man [scout] talking about? I canceled my study and room in Groningen. Two weeks later I got on the plane. I am quite impulsive, I didn’t really expect anything from it, but saw it as a nice opportunity. I partied in New York for two months straight.”
I’m an alligator I’m a mama-papa coming for you I’m a space invader I’ll be a rock ‘n’ rollin’ bitch for you Keep your mouth shut You’re squawking like a pink monkey bird And I’m busting up my brains for the words
18, her agent away in Mexico, and still very much uninterested in modeling, Marjan’s start couldn’t have been more doomed, and to make matters worse, no one knew what to do with Marjan’s look and despite the alterations and haircuts, work just wasn’t going well.
Yet in Paris, a better market for edgier models, Marjan’s fortunes would begin to turn when Hedi Slimane, then creative director of Saint Laurent booked her exclusively for his show and also for the Saint Laurent campaign. Marjan would then have a Linda Evangelista transformation to her career when Hedi decided to have her hair and eyebrows bleached.
Keep your ‘lectric eye on me, babe Put your ray gun to my head Press your space face close to mine, love Freak out in a moonage daydream, oh yeah
Don’t fake it, baby Lay the real thing on me The church of man, love Is such a holy place to be Make me, baby Make me know you really care Make me jump into the air
After that, Marjan’s career began to take off majorly, walking for brands like Gucci, Max Mara, Trussardi, Lanvin, Miu Miu, Stella McCartney, Marc Jacobs, Prada, Versace, Jean Paul Gaultier, Fendi, while having some of her first commercial work for Adidas and Anteprima, and editorials Numero, Vogue and Interview Magazine.
In just her first year in 2015, Marjan walked in up to 70 shows, opening for Rochas, Missoni, MSGM, Emanuel Ungaro, and closing for Marc Jacobs. Yet, the following year in 2016 would be even grandeur as she walked for Chanel, Moschino, Dior, Puma, Vera Wang, Michael Kors, Simone Rocha, Guccie, Fendi, Philosophy, and Isabel Marant to name a few. By the end of 2016, Marjan walked over 100 shows, cementing herself as main fixture on the runways.
“Hedi Slimane is my favorite designer and he always will be. He is the one who launched my career. Besides, I really love his style, at least as much as I love him as a person.”
Marjan would have one of her most successful years commercially in 2016, doing work for Topshop, Marc Jacobs, Lanvin Eyewear, Dsquared, Net-A-Porter, and Roberto Cavalli. Marjan. Marjan would also land her first fashion magazine cover for Vogue Me China for their December 2016 issue, photographed by Zeng Wu.
Matching her down-to-earth Dutch, Frisian nature and big heart, Marjan became an ambassador for SOS Children’s Villages, an independent, non-profit, non-governmental, organization providing humanitarian and developmental assistance to children in need. “I have such a nice life and I want to give something back. The family is central to the organization and family is also the most important for me.
“Playing with all those children and helping in the SOS families with peeling potatoes and cutting bananas. Four-year-olds could do better and laughed at me. They also called me ‘mzungu’ all the time. white! My hair was an attraction.”
Today, Marjan Jonkman is one of the most sought-after top models in the industry with hundreds of fashion shows under her belt, dozens of fashion editorials, magazine covers, and campaigns! “I always had the feeling that I had to leave Sint Nicolaasga, a village with 3300 inhabitants. My modeling turned out well for me. I found my way.”
Keep your ‘lectric eye on me, babe Put your ray gun to my head Press your space face close to mine, love Freak out in a moonage daydream, oh yeah
I think Marjan is such an exciting and unique model. I love her bleached eyebrows, hair, and killer bangs. There’s something about her that screams David Bowie to me. I guess it’s because she’s so flamboyant and eccentric. On fashion forums, she’s critiqued by some for not being versatile enough on the runways.
But I love Marjan’s walk. She has more of a glide to me, poised and self controlled. She makes fashion and Haute Couture so fun. Haute Couture usually looks silly to me, but when Marjan wears it, it makes sense and looks pretty cool. She’s a rockstar in what she wears and she brings so much punk spirit to fashion that the runway becomes her rock stage.
“It’s so, so, so important [talking about what fashion means to her]. Not only because I work in it myself, but also because you can express yourself through clothes and emphasize all sides of yourself.”
When Marjan isn’t doing fashion, she’s riding horses, going on long walks as she’s an exercise addict and vegan, and she loves her family and boyfriend above all else, that along with her Dutch upbringing, keeps her grounded in an industry where it’s hard not to feel like a superstar: I give everything on a set, it is sometimes tough but you don’t hear me moaning. I am well paid for it. Besides, I do not take this life for granted.”
Much like Rianne van Rompaey, Marjan is a larger than life personality and creative. She’s such a likable person with a big heart and bubbly personality. Her looks reminds me so much of the Ziggy Stardust persona, Sex Pistols, and Misfits. Like more and more top models in the industry, she’s so relatable and talented, that I just admire her work and what she does creatively.
From Hunky Dory to an out of this world punk inspired model, Marjan Jonkman is the type of model and person, I can’t help but adore. She’s terrestrial and extraterrestrial at the same time, uncanny and quite unparalleled. As Bowie was to music, so is Marjan to fashion. A Superlove that inspires the spread of humor and love, yet otherworldly, a moonage daydream, Marjan Jonkman.
Freak out (Freak out, freak out, freak out, freak out…) Far out (Far out, far out, far out, far out…) In out (In out, in out, in out, in out…)
In Constance Jablonski’s first trip ever to Madrid, she graces the cover and pages of Harper’s Bazaar February 2021 issue in an extravagant display of Madrid inspired fashion with plenty of sombrero and roses! Constance is decked out in some of the latest pieces by HERMÈS, ISABEL MARANT, BVLGARI, Chloe, Prada, Fendi, Christian Louboutin, Chanel, Miu Miu, etc. The title “A Red Idyll” is more than appropriate as there’s plenty of passionate reds throughout to emphasis all of the romance of Spain in February. In the article on Harper’s Bazaar, Constance revisits her amazing career, while marveling at how the fashion industry has changed as well as her with it.
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