Comic world: Baby Phat Footwear

Thursday, 12 July 2012

Baby Phat Footwear

Model, fashion icon. Born Kimora Lee Perkins on May 4, 1975, in St. Louis, Missouri. Simmons was born to an African-American father, Vernon Whitlock, Jr., and Japanese mother Joanne Perkins. At the age of 11, Kimora Lee's mother enrolled her in a modeling class. Two years later, Kimora was awarded an exclusive modeling contract from Chanel. Newly 14, the teen moved to Paris to work under the famous Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld.After closing one of Karl Lagerfeld's haute couture shows as a child bride, Kimora Lee became a sensation within in the industry. Soon after, she forged a close friendship with fellow Chanel model Tyra Banks, and became a self-proclaimed muse of Lagerfeld. Kimora, along with three other models, were dubbed "the four Karlettes."