Ella Emhoff made her surprise New York Fashion Week runway debut Thursday, a month after captivating the couture crowd at step-mom Kamala Harris’ vice presidential inauguration.
Ella Emhoff, Surprise Inauguration Style Star, Has Signed With IMG Models
The Second Daughter joins poet laureate Amanda Gorman at the agency. Jan 28 2021, 4:31 pm EST
If Bernie Sanders was the unexpected meme to emerge from the U.S. presidential inauguration, then Ella Emhoff was the event s undisputed style star. One week after her stunning debut at the swearing in of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, 21-year-old Emhoff has been signed by IMG Models,
In the days following the inauguration, IMG also signed breakout poet laureate Amanda Gorman to its roster, which includes the Hadids, Karlie Kloss, and Hailey Bieber. Emhoff, the daughter of second gentleman Doug Emhoff and stepdaughter of VP Harris (or Momala ), is a senior at New York City s Parsons School of Design. At the esteemed institution, she s studying fine arts with an emphasis in textiles. Emhoff s place in the fashion world was solidified, however, with her choice of an embellished pla