Kenya Kinski Jones comes from Hollywood royalty; her dad is record producer Quincy Jones, mom is German model/actress Nastassja Kinski and her half-sister is Rashida Jones. But now she’s making her own name for herself with her modeling career — and she just landed her first Nasty Gal campaign! Check out your first look at the campaign here.
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Jones has been modeling since high school, but waited to take on the profession full-time until after she finished college.
It’s the people and the work that goes behind fashion that piqued her interest. “I always had an interest in fashion and the creative process behind it. There’s so much that goes into that moment captured in a photograph — the whole crew contributing their talent, passion, and energy to create this one magical moment is so cool. So maybe somewhere all along I knew it was something I was going to get into.”
She’s walked in Chanel’s Metiers D’art fashion show (which she calls “dream come true”) and modeled for Stella McCartney fragrance and swim campaigns, which was one of her favorite collaborations thanks to her shared interests with McCartney.
“She’s always been a major idol to me and I deeply value our relationship,” she says about the designer. “She is truly the pioneer of conscious high fashion. Stella is making a change in the world for animals and the environment which the rest of the fashion world is now following and taking note of. It’s very exciting and beautiful. I very much look up to her and would love to work with her and learn from her in that way behind the scenes.”
Having been an animal lover her whole life (she had eight dogs, five cats and two horses growing up), Jones is very involved with animal rights and environmental conservation issues.
“My mom is a huge animal lover. She taught me a lot through the treatment of animals — having compassion, patience, and a gentleness,” she says. “So animals were a central part of my growth during childhood. When I was 8 years old, I became a vegetarian. Animals are so pure and I think we as humans very much take advantage of their vulnerability which says a lot about us a species. To be their voice and protection has always been a calling and I to work towards someday having an organization and sanctuary farm of my own for animals rescued from slaughterhouses.”
source: people.com
