Jonas Funk

Jonas Funk is an international fashion and runaway model from London, England, United Kingdom. He has walked for dozens of shows in his two full seasons, including Coach, Balmain, Off-White, Marni, and Loewe, as well as Margaret Howell’s Spring 2019 show and the Maison Margiela couture show. Born in Chicago, Funk moved as a toddler with his family to London, where he grew up skating and playing basketball before being scouted a few years ago at the Reading Festival—what he calls “the most boring answer to that question ever.” He put the idea of modeling to the side until graduating from high school last summer, before kicking off his whirlwind year. He is now fully intent on seeing his new career through, even as he admits to having been “pretty damn clueless” about the fashion industry beforehand. Studies in marketing and psychology are down the line, but for the moment, “I’m just trying to be young and be happy,” he says. “This is such an amazing opportunity. I never thought something like this would ever happen. All of this to me is still a bit like, ‘How am I here and how am I doing this?’”