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"For eighteen-year-old rising model Lily McMenamy, a weekend trip requires a passport. \"I grew up between London with my mother and Paris with my father,\" she says. \"In London, I lived in the semi-suburbs and went to school, but as soon as the holidays came around, or even the weekends sometimes, I'd hop on the Eurostar and live a glitzy grown-up life in Paris!\" The daughter of trailblazing American model Kristen McMenamy and Hubert Boukobza, the former owner of French celeb hangout Les Bains, Lily had a binational childhood that was anything but traditional.\n\nToday, Lily is working as a model in Paris, following her mom's lead. \"I never really planned to model,\" she says. \"However, upon moving to Paris and contemplating possible jobs, I realized that fashion is a universe that has always intrigued me.\" This affinity comes naturally\u2014her mother has long been an example of individuality and, impressively, has achieved more than two decades of success in the business. Known for her strong, androgynous looks, Kristen McMenamy challenged conventional notions of beauty and shook up the industry, gaining fans like Karl Lagerfeld along the way. Attaining supermodel status in the nineties, she starred in several acclaimed editorials\u2014Lily's personal favorite is the \"Grunge and Glory\" shoot for Vogue in 1992, photographed by Steven Meisel\u2014and posed or strutted alongside fellow greats such as Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss. She can still be spotted on the Lanvin runway and in Vogue today. \"My mother has been a massive influence, now more than ever,\" Lily says. \"During the span of her career, she has been part of some of the most iconic images in fashion history. It's surreal to be looking at these legendary Lindbergh, Meisel, or Roversi photographs and saying 'Oh, hi, Mom!' \"\n\nIt's quite an act to follow, but Lily is off to an impressive start. Her runway debut was in Saint Laurent's spring show, an especially thrilling feat given she's a longtime fan of the label's new creative director, Hedi Slimane. \"When I heard that Hedi was appointed the designer, I was beyond excited to see his first collection . . . online!\" she says. \"If you had told me back then that I'd be walking in that very show, I would have scoffed in your face.\" Continuing her fantasy whirlwind, she ended the season with a stint on the Chanel catwalk. Though Lily's new to the territory professionally, she's no stranger to the volatility and whims of fashion. \"I've always held the way I dress in utmost importance and have been through many phases,\" she explains. \"When I was in my early teens, I'd strive to dress in the kookiest way possible. Then, when I hit seventeen, I decided to style myself as Winona Ryder in Beetlejuice. I dyed my hair black, wore liquid eyeliner every day, and only dressed in black. I'm still kind of in that phase, but it's mellowed out a little.\" Not surprisingly, she knows her fashion history. \"My favorite period was when Yohji Yamamoto and Rei Kawakubo arrived at Paris Fashion Week in the eighties and completely revolutionized the codes of the industry. I even wrote a dissertation about this when I was in high school,\" she says.\n\nWith the few spare moments she has nowadays, she explores her recently adopted city. \"I spend my free time at the Louvre and Mus\u00E9e d'Orsay and simply admiring the beautiful architecture,\" she says. \"After I've had enough of modeling, I plan to study the history of art and perhaps cinema.\" Her favorite film is the 1966 fashion classic Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?\u2014 which, appropriately, explores the adventures of a model working in Paris. Here's to art imitating life."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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