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Ella Emhoffcontinues to make a name for herself in the fashion world, and tonight marks her buzziest moment to date.
The theme for the star-studded event this year — after acanceled 2020 Met Galaand a postponed May date — isIn America: A Lexicon of Fashion.
Gen Z superstarsTimothée Chalamet,Billie Eilish, Naomi Osaka andAmanda Gormanarehosting the biggest night in fashion,Vogueconfirmed in May. Honorary chairs for the evening will be Tom Ford, Adam Mosseri andVogueeditor-in-chief Anna Wintour.
Emoff’s high-profile appearance comes amid a whirlwind year for the 22-year-old. Since graduating from Parson’s School of Design in May, she has fully immersed herself in the fashion world, in both design andmodeling.
During a recorded conversation about NYFW with Proenza Schouler designers Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez, Emhoff said she “definitely lost a little sleep the night before” her runway debut,CNN Stylereported.
Emhoff also opened up about her career goals and what she hopes the future of fashion will look like.
“For a really long time when I was younger I wanted to be a designer. Then I took it a little more seriously, I started taking courses at Central Saint Martins over two summers,” she said referring to the London-based art school. “It definitely exposed me to the intensity of design school.”
“I want to see guys, girls, people, everyone wearing striped colorful pants or my dresses. I think that’d be great,” she added.
“I was pretty surprised when everything with IMG was happening because when I was younger, I never saw that as being part of my timeline. As someone who, like a lot of young girls out there, had self-confidence issues, it is intimidating and scary to go into this world that is hyper-focused on you and the body,” Emhoff told theNYT.
But she’s looking forward to being a part of the change occurring in the modeling industry that allows for more diversity and authenticity, whether she shows herself through what she calls her “funky haircut” or “weird tattoos.” (She has around 18 tattoos, many of which she “did herself during quarantine” adding that her parents “may not know” about all of them.)
“I pick and choose the times I want to show my style,” she told the outlet.
source: people.com
