Chanel's New Muse

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

Two weeks ago and at 18, model Adut Akech became the second black woman to close Chanel's prestigious haute couture show. The new muse was personally chosen by Karl Lagerfeld to wear the wedding dress with which the show traditionally ends, a position that in the past has been held by others such as Cara Delevingne, Lindsey Wixon or Lily Cole.

This was far from being the first time for the South Sudan-born model, who has already paraded for Dior, Givenchy, Stella McCartney, Valentino and the greatest. In addition, she recently starred in her first cover for Vogue Italia and has just announced that she will also be the image of the highly anticipated Chanel campaign this fall. But her path to Olympus fashion was not the easiest.

Akech was born in a refugee camp near the Kenya-Uganda border and moved with his mother to Australia at age six. At 16 she signed her first contract with a modeling agency and the rest is history.

“There are no words to describe what this moment means to me. The beauty of having a dream is to see it come true. […] I can't believe I just made history by becoming Chanel's second couture girlfriend, this is one of the achievements I am most proud of!”She wrote alongside this image on her Instagram account..

This week, when communicating on her social networks the launch of the new Chanel campaign, the model has once again expressed her gratitude to the French firm accompanied by inspirational messages for those who, like her, dream of reaching very high in the industry of Fashion.

“Knowing that I can inspire someone is the best feeling that a human being can have. To the girls and boys who admire me, I want you to know that no matter who you are, where you come from or what you have, as long as you have a dream you can get it as long as you work hard, give it your all, stay dedicated and determined and, above all, everything, never give up because you are going to make that dream come true,”he writes.

… and is only 18 years old.