My grandmother had some beautiful Chanel pieces that she passed onto my mom who passed them down to me, like this navy Chanel blazer. "I'm really looking at up-and-coming designers, like Dion Lee - I wore one of his looks to New York Fashion Week and loved it. I'm obsessed with this.' Then, I wore an Elie Saab leopard pantsuit to the L'Oréal show I was hesitant about it at first, but once I put it on the day of, I felt so powerful. It just felt very feminine and chic to me. It was a spaghetti-strap dress, but it was long and formal. I just did a Valentino Narratives post with the brand in December, and the dress that they put me in, I was like, 'You're joking. "I also loved what I wore to the Valentino show. The Balmain dress was pink and pretty and fun, and I just loved it. As I move in the fashion world, I want to remain true to my age. It felt really elegant and classy, and really young at the same time, especially with how I did my hair and makeup. "I really loved everything I wore during Paris Fashion Week, too. I loved what I wore to the Balmain show - it was my first Paris Fashion Week show, and I wanted to start off with a bang. Zilber wore LVMH Prize winner Nensi Dojaka to the 2021 amfAR Gala in L.A. So when he puts me in Nensi Dojaka and Proenza Schouler, that's stepping into being a thought-leader in fashion, pulling pieces that aren't necessarily widely used on the red carpet and making statements with my fashion - but also keeping me incredibly elegant and composed, because he never wants to present me in a way that doesn't reflect my character or my politics. That's what makes us such a good team, that he understands that as I'm a thought-leader in the world of Gen Z, and fashion goes with that, and he wants me to be a trailblazer and a thought-leader in the world of fashion. He's truly so wonderful because he gets me. "I could talk endlessly about my stylist, Thomas Christos Kikis. It's about making sure that the people I align myself with reflect my values and beliefs. For me, it's about working with brands that have the same beliefs as me, that want to see society progress and move forward, evolve and change. I believe that the power of my voice is much more important than whatever brand deal I might be making. If you have to ask me to silence myself, I will not be working with you, because that's who I am. I generally don't work with brands that ask me to quiet down my voice during a promotion. So when I'm picking out an outfit for a specific opportunity, I tend to shy away from fur, because that doesn't align with my politics. "Everything I do has a socially-conscious twist to it. Elie Saab does the perfect blend of that timeless, elegant Audrey Hepburn-esque fashion. I'm part Lebanese, so wearing a designer that represents who I am in that sense was amazing. I've been wearing Elie Saab a lot recently - I wore Elie Saab to Cannes, in Paris for fashion week. "When I went to visit the White House Christmas decorations, I ended up wearing a beautiful black Elie Saab dress. It's a generational attachment to timeless fashion and then being a young person on the internet. You're constantly seeing trends, seeing influencers and fashion bloggers and celebrities wear all these incredibly cool pieces. Then the trendiness comes from being a young person on social media. She got a lot of beautiful pieces from her mother, which were handed down to her and then handed down to me. She's exactly who I am, in the sense of being someone who works super hard and is incredibly intelligent, but also loves fashion and beauty I think I kind of mimicked her style growing up and have made it my own. I also like to throw in trendy, fun colors and patterns, but I would say for the most part, it's timeless and elegant, with a twist of fun, trendy, young, of the time. I like timeless fashion - brands like Chanel, brands that will never go out of style, that have that classic, elegant, Audrey Hepburn-ish vibe to them. Photo: Victor Boyko/Getty Images for Balmain Amelie Zilber wearing a pink monogram Balmain blazer dress to the brand's Spring 2022 show during Paris Fashion Week.
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