The Easy Route to Fame

Whilst flicking through my latest copy of Dazed, I was instantly wowed at the beauty of the feature shoot starring Lila Moss. Initially I had no idea who this girl was, or how a 16 year old had managed to be shot by Tim Walker and styled by Katy England, let alone make the front cover! From further reading and research I discovered the model is the daughter of the epic Kate Moss which got me thinking about the question, is it really fair for children of famous figures to get all these amazing opportunities just because of their name and background? Or should they work for it laboringly like other new models? This is a debate I have heard/seen a lot through social media networks surrounding models such as Kendall Jenner, Gigi and Bella Hadid and Kaia Gerber. All whose parents are famous, rich, or successful models themselves. I’ve seen voiced that many think it’s unfair for these models to swoop straight in and take the top spots on runways and shoots with very little work to get there (minus their money and a pretty face). Personally I do agree with this statement but also understand that just because these people were already associated with known people doesn’t mean they’re guaranteed stardom, hard work and their appearance will also come into the equation (they just have a bit extra help to get there!). Moving away from this debate though, I really prized this shoot due to the spectacular styling that reminded me straightaway of the movie 13 Going on 30 and the 80′s in general, one of my favourite periods of time because of the music, pop culture, movies and fashion.