Marjan Jonkman

When Hedi Slimane books you for your first ever runway show, as happened for model Marjan Jonkman, 22, in February, it’s clear a meteoric ascent is imminent. Ever since, it’s been hard to pin down the Dutchwoman to one place for long – flitting between New York, London and her favourite hangout, Amsterdam. Being one of the most in-demand models (she walked

60 shows for AW), it can be hard to lay down roots. So Marjan and her housemate in New York, the emerging womenswear designer, Kimberley Jenneskens, have built a ‘memory wall’ in their apartment, where they can remind each other there is a home to come back to. ‘It’s a communal wall where we hang pictures and photographs and write each other messages like “I miss you.”’

A self-professed vegetable lover, salad obsessive and good-girl vegan, it’s easy to see why staying healthy is essential to Marjan. ‘I flew back to New York to have an agency meeting and then tomorrow night I fly to Milan. And then I come back to New York for two nights, then to London and then to Paris for couture.’

Here, she talks us through the pieces that ground her.