Age: 17 Provenance: Katowice, Poland
How do you say hello where you?re from? ?Część? What is your coffee order? Caramel Frappuccino. What are three items you always keep in your purse? My cell phone, my notebook, and my iPad.
How were you discovered? I took part in a modeling competition in Poland. I did it just for fun, but it turned out to be one of the best decisions of my life. Most memorable modeling moment: Getting the Prada campaign?I was doing my math homework at home in Poland when I got a phone call with the confirmation. Favorite model of all time: Karen Elson.
How do you stay in shape? I swim and do yoga in my free time. If you weren?t modeling, what would be your dream job? Working on Wall Street. I?m learning about math and languages right now, so in the future, I want to study economics.
Describe your style in five words: Elegant, chic, comfy, simple, classic. Favorite designer: It?s very hard to say, but maybe Haider Ackermann, Balmain, Isabel Marant, Marc Jacobs, Chloé, Alexander Wang?to name a few! If you could trade closets with someone else, who would you choose? I would choose any woman who was painted by Gustav Klimt. What new addition to your wardrobe are you currently craving this season? Valentino flats. What item in your closet do you most cherish? Why? A silk Baltic dress that I got from my mother. She bought it in Malaysia?it is 26 years old.
What nail polish color are you wearing right now? Mushroom brown?since yesterday?s shoot. Beauty item you can?t live without: I don?t wear makeup very often, so for me it would be Clinique hydrating cream, Carmex lip balm, and a vial of my favorite perfume?Flowerbomb by Viktor & Rolf.
Zuzanna Bijoch in the January issue of Vogue
Photographed by David Sims, Vogue, January 2011
What songs are on repeat on your iPod right now? ?I?ve Just Seen a Face? by The Beatles and ?Falling Slowly? from the musical Once. What movie is at the top of your Netflix queue? Gran Torino by Clint Eastwood?and I can?t also wait to see J. Edgar. What?s on your Kindle/Nook/iBook shelf right now? The Angel?s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón. Name the television character with whom you most identify: Batman or Spider Man?someone who leads a double life.
One place you always visit when in New York: A sushi restaurant on Third Avenue and Ninth Street. Favorite destination you have traveled so far: San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Where would you like to go on your next vacation? Somewhere in Croatia.
What is the best advice (professional or personal) you?ve ever been given? ?Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.??Oscar Wilde. What quality is most attractive in a boyfriend or girlfriend? Intelligence and individualism. What quality do you most appreciate in a friend? Loyalty, consideration, and a sense of humor.
Subject you wish you could wax poetic about/something that fascinates you: The meaning of dreams. I didn?t know how much they can tell about us. What are your words to live by? The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.
