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Jaden Smith is covering the August 2016 issue of Nylon magazine, and in between the pages, the model/actor is opening up on his love for fashion, individuality, and why he wears skirts.
The 17 year old reveals that he has clearly heard the criticism from people who feel him dressing in skirts is emasculating, and not a good representation of black young boys, but he says, he couldn’t care less what you think.
“You just have to believe in yourself, you know,” Smith says when asked where he draws his confidence from and what advice he’d give to anyone struggling with low self-esteem or bullying. “The world is going to keep bashing me for whatever I do, and I’m going to keep not caring. I’m going to keep doing the same things—I’m going to keep doing more things. I’m going to take most of the blows for my fellow MSFTS. So, you know, in five years when a kid goes to school wearing a skirt, he won’t get beat up and kids won’t get mad at him. It just doesn’t matter. I’m taking the brunt of it so that later on, my kids and the next generations of kids will all think that certain things are normal that weren’t expected before my time.”
Louis Vuitton creative director Nicolas Ghesquière, who cast Smith to appear in his spring/summer ’16 women’s campaign earlier this year also spoke on Jaden’s individuality and how that aided him in selecting the 17 year old to be the face of the women’s line.
“He represents a generation that has assimilated the codes of true freedom, one that is free of manifestos and questions about gender,” Ghesquière said of Smith’s inclusion upon the campaign’s release. “Wearing a skirt comes as naturally to him as it would to a woman who, long ago, granted herself permission to wear a man’s trench or a tuxedo. Jaden Smith conveys something very interesting about the integration of a global wardrobe. He’s found an instinctive balance that makes his extraordinary attitude a new norm. That really inspired me in the creative process for this collection.”
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