Meet the new style queens!
Zendaya, Willow Smith, and Kiernan Shipka have been slaying for a good long while now, but we’re just happy to see them getting the recognition they deserve!
The young Hollywood stars appear on the cover of W magazine looking fierce and confident beyond their years, and we are obviously here for it.
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Blue lips, platinum hair, safety-pinned dreads — the girls certainly don’t shy away from being their edgy and daring selves.
They wouldn’t be who they are if they did!
Besides giving us some pin-worthy pics, the teens also share their thoughts in the accompanying interview.
Read on for HIGHlights!
Zendaya on her custom Barbie: “After my Oscar moment, Mattel contacted us. They specifically wanted to make a Barbie that looked like me, in my exact outfit from the Oscars. I was so excited that Barbie wanted to diversify their brand. Now all little girls can have a Barbie that looks like them. My Barbie is in a box. I never let anyone touch her.”
Zendaya on the film that makes her cry: “Fruitvale Station. Coming out of Oakland, the story of Oscar Grant III, who was killed by a police officer, had a lot of resonance for me. And my mom taught at Fruitvale Elementary School. I remember his death. They had to shut my school down because of riots. I think it’s important for people to see that film.”
Zendaya on her movie crushes: “In the non-weirdest way possible, Johnny Depp! Leonardo DiCaprio! Idris Elba! I have talent crushes. My room used to be full of Michael Jackson posters. Now I have a poster from the musical The Band Wagon.”
Willow on her safety-pinned hair: “That was my idea. I was in my bathroom yesterday and saw some safety pins on the counter and was just like, ├óΓé¼╦£Let me stab a dread real quick.’ When I did it, I was, like, ├óΓé¼╦£Oh, this is dope.'”
Willow on her biggest style influence: “My mom. When she was on tour with Ozzfest, she was very raunchy. I loved watching her onstage.” “I think the first song that ever made an impres├é┬¡sion on me was my mom performing “Bleed All Over Me.” I would sing it over and over.”
Willow on seeing Bruce Springsteen cover Whip My Hair: “It was so freaking amazing! My parents were ecstatic! They woke me up and said, “Willow├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥this is the craziest thing.” I can’t believe such an iconic person liked my son. But I don’t sing it anymore. It’s not in my heart anymore.”
Kiernan on auditioning for Mad Men: “I was 6, and before any audition, I would get so excited. I was obsessed: I liked learning lines. That was fun for me. I remember my first day on set. I was supposed to run into the scene with a plastic bag over my head, and my mother on the show says something like, “Your clothes better not be on the floor.” No one seemed to worry about the potential safety hazard of a 6-year-old with a plastic bag over her head! That was probably a little bit of foreshadowing, the dark├é┬¡ness that was ahead for Sally.”
Kiernan on the show’s fashion: “Mad Men introduced me to the power of fashion. I realized that style could tell a story. In the last season, Sally wants to impress a boy, so she dresses up. In the scene, I had to smoke a cigarette├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥and I’m not a pro in the slightest. They used these herbal cigarettes, and during the first take, I smoked it backwards.”
Amazing!
Check out the girls’ editorials in the gallery (above)!
[Image via W Magazine.]
