Rianne Van Rompaey is fashion's dream girl

When Rianne Van Rompaey was 17, and her agent asked her what her dreams were, she didn't hesitate: a magazine cover, a Hollywood movie. "And maybe after that," she recalled responding, "I'll open a restaurant." Although her response had a hint of teenage naïveté, the Dutch model, now 26, has ticked magazine covers off her list and is working the Hollywood part, taking acting classes and looking for the right one. project.

Dress, Free People, $98.

Dress, $3,190, gloves, $770, Fendi.

When I meet her at her agency in Amsterdam, you'll never be able to tell from her understated attitude that she's from The couture show of Chanel. In her home base, she is fortunately far from the fashion industry bubble. ("Dutch people, bless them," she jokes. "I'm in my pajamas on my bike every day.") After almost nine years in the industry, "I've relaxed," she tells me. . "I realized that my body doesn't have to look a certain way and my face doesn't have to look a certain way. I don't have to be perfect. It made me enjoy it even more more."

Dress, Gucci, $5,500. Earring, Lazypoint.

That hasn't always been the case. At 18, she was handpicked by Nicolas Ghesquière to parade her highly anticipated first show for Louis Vuitton. "I went from being this high school kid to being at the top of the industry in a day, basically," she recalled. "It's an amazing and bizarre way to start your adult life." After feeling somewhat out of place at first, she now loves how she manages to stretch her acting...