Elle Australia - 01.2019 - 02.2019

(John Hannent) #1
Thomson-Jonville is keeping
an eye out for a vintage
mirror and coffee table. “My
phone to-do list is literally ‘buy
furniture’, but I wanted to live
in the space and then start
buying things,” she says. “But
I have no time!” This year has
been full of change: along
with the new address, she left
her post atSelf Serviceafter
10 years to break out on her
own as a freelance
creative consultant.E

Prints by photographers
Juergen Teller and David
Sims hang on the walls, along
with iconic imagery by
Corinne Day (including the
endlessly Instagrammed
black-and-white portrait of
a young Kate Moss). Her
bookshelves are chock-full of
carefully curated back-issues
of magazines, and the
surfaces are artfully cluttered
with Byredo candles and
stacked Hermès boxes.

At weekends, Thomson-Jonville’s
pace slows significantly and she
seeks out family time, heading to
the Jardin des Tuileries, Parc
Monceau and other green
spaces. While she rarely has
time to cook (“I just can’t be
bothered,” she says, with
refreshing frankness), she clearly
relishes downtime at home when
she’s not travelling for photo
shoots or fashion weeks.

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