Flair Magazine Gigi Hadid- you know her name because, well, it’s everywhere. Model, fashion icon, and Victoria’s Secret Angel, Gigi has become a very significant part of the fashion world and a highly esteemed model all at the young age of 21. The Dutch-Palestinian beauty was not only voted model of the year by the British fashion council in 2016, but was nominated twice for a teens choice award, and won the first annual Fashion Los Angeles award in 2015. From a young model rising to become a household name-this is All About Gigi Hadid.
Mixed race babies always grow into the most beautiful of swans, and Gigi was no exception. Born to the Dutch model and reality star Yolanda Hadid and Palestinian real estate developer Mohamed Hadid, it was no surprise that Gigi would grow up gorgeous. The beautiful couple also had Anwar and Bella Hadid. Bella is almost as famous and successful as sister Gigi, and their younger sibling Anwar is following in his successful sisters’ footsteps as he recently started a career in modelling as well. Originally modelling as an infant for Guess, Gigi’s modelling career was paused for a period so that she could focus on school. In 2012 however, she returned as the face of Guess while she was still enrolled in school but soon dropped out a year later so that she could completely devote herself to the world of fashion.
After dropping out of college, the young model signed to IMG models in 2013, and made the big move to New York City. She made her first debut walking the catwalk for Desigual at the 2014 New York Fashion week, and from then on, her popularity in the fashion industry began to grow. In the July of the same year, she appeared alongside Peter Schwarzenegger (Arnold’s Schwarzenegger’s son) in the Tom Ford Autumn/Winter eyewear ad, as well as other campaigns for the American label. By May 2015, Gigi had already walked the runway for all the big fashion designers including Marc Jacobs, Channel, Micheal Kors, Jean Paul Gaultier, and Max Mara.
In December of that year Gigi gained her Angel wings and joined the exclusive club of Victoria’s Secret models. In her debut appearance, the uprising model garnered a lot of buzz and attention from inside and outside the fashion media, fast becoming “the” most talked about models in the fashion scene. Being part of singer and songwriter Taylor Swift’s squad and girlfriend to ex-One Direction singer Zayn Malik definitely helped boost her popularity. She is also the best friend of model Kendall Jenner, the sister of the infamous reality star Kim Kardashian. By the end of 2016 Gigi had walked for Versace, Chanel, Elie Saab, Fendi, Marc Jacobs, Anna Sui, Miu Miu, Balmain, Diane Von Furstenberg, Isabel Marant, Giambattista Valli, and finally Tommy Hilfiger. Not only is she an ambassador for the brand, but also she collaborated with the brand on two capsule collections titled “TommyXGigi” which both sold out in record time.
By 2017, it’s hard to find anyone who doesn’t know who Gigi Hadid is. For the spring/summer 2017 season alone she has fronted campaigns for Fendi, Max Mara, Stuart Weitzman, and Tommy Hilfiger among others. The 21-year-old Gigi has such a spectacular resume behind her, and she’s only in the beginning stages of her career!
By: Nour Ibrahim
