Willow Smith, the 15-year-old daughter of the
US actor Will Smith, was named Tuesday as an ambassador for French fashion
house Chanel.
The actress and singer, who made her screen debut at seven in the 2007
film
“I Am Legend” which starred her father, was on the Paris front row Tuesday
to
see Chanel’s autumn-winter catwalk show with her mother actress Jada Pinkett
Smith.
She posed for the cameras in a black and silver mesh-effect Chanel
catsuit
before the show outside the Grand Palais in the French capital.
She is the luxury brand’s youngest “trendsetter”, following Hollywood
star
Johnny Depp’s 16-year-old daughter Lily-Rose who was named a Chanel
ambassador
in July.
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Chanel’s designer Karl Lagerfeld said last year that he had taken
Violette
d’Urso, the 15-year-old daughter of his former inspiration Ines de la
Fressange, as his latest “muse”.After Tuesday’s catwalk show the 82-year-old fashion legend reappeared to
take his bow holding the hand of his seven-year-old godson Hudson Kroenig —
son of the model Brad Kroenig — whose coat echoed the collection.Chanel said Willow Smith had been wearing their clothes for “public
appearances since 2013 and her first encounter with Karl Lagerfeld was in
2014
when he photographed her for the American magazine V.”Smith recorded her first album at the age of 10 and supported singer
Justin
Bieber the following year on a part of his European tour.
Her rapper and actor brother Jaden Smith appeared in a skirt earlier this
year in a photoshoot to promote the Louis Vuitton spring-summer collection.Paris fashion week has been more diverse than ever in terms of age and
race
of those on the catwalk, despite a row over rapper Kanye West’s favourite
designer Demna Gvasalia only casting white models for his two shows.
(AFP)