feature: karl lagerfeld and chanel name willow their latest brand ambassador

Less than six-months after signing with IMG, artist Willow Smith has been named a brand ambassador for Chanel. She joins ranks with Kristen Stewart, friend Lily-Rose Depp, Cara Delevingne and Julianne Moore. It’s unclear whether or not the ambassador role (sitting front row in head-to-toe Chanel) will translate into an official campaign. “Thank you Karl Lagerfeld and the entire team at Chanel for expanding the perceptions of ‘beauty’ by picking me to be the new Chanel ambassador,” Willow wrote under an Instagram post of herself and Unkle Karl at the Chanel show for Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2016/2017, this past Tuesday.

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