NEW YORK − New York Fashion Week stretched into its fourth day, with extra celebrity cameos on (and off) the runway.
Vivian Wilson, the eldest daughter of tech founder and Trump acolyte-turned-foe Elon Musk, strutted down the runway on the Chris Habana present on Monday, Sept. 15, after making her runway debut over the weekend for clothier Alex Bittar’s spring/summer time 2026 assortment.
Clad in a chain-mail costume with sheer stripes and waist-length hair, Wilson’s look in the course of the Chris Habana present was greeted with raucous applause. The 21-year-old mannequin walked slower than the opposite fashions, choosing a stilted gait in her white patent-leather pumps.
The day after Wilson walked the Alex Bittar runway, she strutted her manner down clothier Prabal Gurung’s runway on Sept. 13.
Wilson has been an outspoken critic of her father lately. That she is a transgender lady solely serves to sharpen her critiques, as Musk has develop into a distinguished determine within the “manosphere,” the place he typically derides transgender individuals.
“He is a pathetic man-child. Why would I really feel terrified of him? Ohhh, he has a lot energy. Nah, nah, nah. … Why ought to I be terrified of this man?” Wilson stated of her father in a March interview with Teen Vogue.
Wilson’s runway stroll widens the area occupied by the ladies of Musk’s household in excessive trend. His mom, Maye Musk, 77, can also be a mannequin and walked the Juzui runway in the course of the fall/winter version of New York Trend Week in February.
Musk wasn’t the one movie star on Habana’s runway.
Famed mannequin Connie Fleming, also referred to as “Connie Lady,” additionally appeared, as did supermodel Irina Panateva. Swedish singer-songwriter Cobrah additionally sported a few of Habana’s designs, as did rapper JT from the hip-hop duo Metropolis Women.
Placed on by Pornhub, Habana’s assortment leaned into components of BDSM and performed with proportions. “The entire assortment is de facto about restraint and growth,” Habana advised USA TODAY in an interview earlier than the present.
“It is a metaphor for the way I run the enterprise,” Habana added, describing the problem of balancing humility and pleasure within the trend trade.
