IN THE MOOD FOR COFFEE WITH PARKER VAN NOORD

—Rendezvous at Café Flore, one July morning, with Parker van Noord — a prototype beauty almost a metre ninety tall, closer to twenty than twenty–something with hazelnut eyes and a chiselled frame honed by hours spent hammering wood during lockdown. The son of André van Noord, one of the few male supermodels with a career spanning three decades, is now the one setting fashion’s heart alight. The young Dutch model, who’s walked for Armani, Dolce & Gabbana, Bottega Veneta, Isabel Marant, Umit Benan and Jacquemus, and already has two covers to his name, is as laidback as they come, not to mention a personality and a look to die for. Seventies low–rise jeans, a sky–blue vintage Yves Saint Laurent shirt, military–style boots, close–cropped hair and “more” tattooed on his forearm, it’s a sex symbol Joe Dallesandro who slips comfortably into his seat at the