THE MIXOLOGIST
The first rule of personal style? There are no rules.
BEAUTY AND A GEEK
Lotte Van Noort’s Instagram bio reads “Model & technology freak.” If you were to paint separate portraits of these two descriptors, they would likely look very different. But in Van Noort’s big baby-blue eyes—the kind that get you signed with major international modelling agencies— it’s pretty simple to be both.
When I ask what fuels her enthusiasm for technology, Van Noort draws a comparison to magic. “We can make things fly,” she says. “We have access to all the information in the entire world from a small device in the back of our pocket, and there are medical tools that save thousands of lives. So much is possible that we never thought would ever be reality.”
Sometimes she’s posing in front of a camera in Chanel; sometimes she is fulfilling her role as chancellor for the Institute of Exponential Sciences, a think tank that manages a vast network of scientists and people interested in science. They seem like separate worlds, but the Dutch model insists they’re connected. “Through modelling, I hope I can inspire people and show them that technology is not boring or just for nerds—it’s the foundation of modern society,” she says. “I want to show people that being beautiful and being smart don’t have to be two separate things.”