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A star is born. Joined by her boy wonder brother Jaden, Willow Smith continues the Smith dynasty and takes to the stage in front of a small sea of diehard fans. In the absence of papa bear Will Smith, his protégées steal the limelight so much so I forget the link between them. Smith has a calmness about her with a badass attitude I’m just a little jealous of, “What I would say to all the young artists is trust your vision. People are going to try to push your vision aside.” Her stage presence is second to none as is her choice of outfit for the evening: a simple septum ring/ crop top combo: so effortless, so chic. Sensual and inspiring, the freestyling queen presents ‘feminism’ on a level I can accept. It’s hard to believe that at the tender age of 14 the singer has such awareness and an integrity you wouldn’t expect from a child of Hollywood. Her lyrics “How you feel is not my problem, I really don’t want you to go, but I don’t know how to stop it, go do what you have to do” are met with cheers and is the attitude women double her age would love to adopt.  Endorsing authenticity, Smith’s lyrics are mostly born through freestyle sessions in the studio these days, “I used to sit down and write lyrics but I realized there were other fun ways.” In an industry brimming with uber-sexualization, Willow has marketed herself cleverly and addresses issues she feels most passionate about, “What inspires me most is what’s happening in the world and what I think people need help with most at the moment is being themselves and trusting themselves and trusting that intuition.” An undeniable girl boss.

Jaden, Willow & Tea.

Willow wears black flower printed cotton jacket with embroidered pearls by Givenchy by Ricardo Tisci and gold earring models own.

Willow wears white cotton shirt by T by Wang, black wool and silk trousers by Christian Dior, black elastic suspenders by American Apparel and gold earrings model’s own. 

Words: Elinor Sigman.

Photographer: Thomas Whiteside

Entertainment Director & Producer: Erica Cornwall

Fashion Editor: Coquito Cassibba

Hair: Marcia Hamilton

Make-Up: Steven Aturo using Smashbox Cosmetics and Dermalogica Skincare

Photography assistance: Sven Anton

Fashion assistant: Marika Ames

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Willow wears white cotton shirt by T by Wang, black wool and silk trousers by Christian Dior, black elastic suspenders by American Apparel and gold earrings model’s own.

My palms are sweating at Roc Nation and I’ve got nowhere to wipe them. Glass, steel and leather surround me and my polyester trousers exacerbate the situation. The blasting AC proves I’m not hot, just nervous, which happens when I’ve got time. I was fine in that lax chair at the entrance, but my presence must have proved too pitiful for the public. Now I’m alone in a conference room, seated at an enormous pearl table. Stress overwhelms me as I draft a tweet. A guy in a suit comes into the room to speak on his phone. He winks at me and walks out. I press delete. Moments later, a man in fancy sweats walks in and is startled to see me. He leaves quickly, before I can beg him to stay. I review my notes. A blonde stops by to remind me that Willow is late. “Obama is in town and he’s causing traffic. You know how he is!” Do I ever! I go to the bathroom to gawk in the mirror and dry off my hands. The women roaming the halls are either in taut dresses with stilettos or baggy trousers and hoodies. I feel myself killing their vibe. I retreat to my room and re-write my notes, in better handwriting. The page gets soaked. The blonde pops back in to promise that “she’ll be in soon!”

An hour later, I’m taken down a white hallway through huge doors, which reveal a plush space you know shit goes down in. Warm air blows gently through vents, a soothing voice bounces between speakers, velvet couches frame an obscenely panoramic view of Manhattan and sunlight slaps precious bottles of golden liquor I don’t dare touch near a minor. Willow Smith opens her arms. Come here. We hug and she apologises for making me wait. I say, now that you can blame the president for something, you’re practically an adult. “I always feel like an adult,” she says, “since I’m always having revolutionary thoughts.” Her ideas are mature, but her idealism is proof of her youth, which is always noted; two adults sit in as chaperones. “We’ll jump on you if you ask anything unacceptable.” Fair enough.

 You know Willow is stunning on screen, but in person she’s flawless. I know writing stuff like that is not only cliché, but harmful. I’m aware that it promotes unrealistic standards, but she defies any standards I’ve ever been tortured by. Her eyes are fit for a tiger and her elongated limbs look capable of flying her through space. Appropriately, like some subculture superhero, she’s head-to-toe in black —ripped skintight jeans, a VFILES turtleneck, sneakers, and a long, leather coat. “I love this coat because it makes me feel like Spike from Buffy…” I know she’s been watching Buffy… because I follow her on Twitter. I also know that when she isn’t praising old shows, she’s spitting profundities.

“The people who make commercials promoting good health are the same people making Cheetos.”  ^{Oct 13.}

“Being a leader in the 1970s is unlike anything a kid of the 21st Century will ever experience in a lifetime.” ^{Oct 7.}

“The most beautiful thing about life could very easily be perceived as the most unfortunate.” ^{Sep 23.}

     Where does a 14-year-old get this stuff? Does she find it in Marxist novels? Hypnotise it out of her parents? “I think a lot. That’s the main thing I do in my life. Twitter is the way I can tell the world exactly how I feel.” She’s been showing the world her potential since her acting debut in I Am Legend in 2007. Her music career followed in 2010 with the vibrant hit single, “I Whip My Hair”. She was the youngest artist to be signed to Jay Z’s Roc Nation label and has since been dropping dreamy singles like “5”, featuring her brother, Jaden. Meanwhile, millions anticipate her next move.

I had control over a magazine’s Facebook page for a day and could barely handle the pressure. When I ask how she can resist the urge to troll her 3.8M followers, she asks, “What’s trolling?” When she was younger she wasn’t allowed on Social Media, so now she’s careful. “When I was nine I would have written things like, ‘Life sucks!’ That didn’t fly.” When she turned teen, she was set free online and landed her first Instagram scandal. Her friend Moisés Arias posted an artistic photograph of himself on a bed with her. Though they were clothed and clearly platonic, the fact that she was 13 and he was 20 sent people through the roof. Sadly, their negativity was directed at Smith and her family. Her parents (Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, duh) were investigated by child services in Los Angeles County. They were cleared of any suspicions, obviously, and handled it well, insisting that the public is perverted for assuming anything was wrong with their daughter’s behaviour. Still, horrible comments lurk under her interviews, implying her attire and conduct is inappropriate. Somehow, the fact that such comments are wildly inappropriate themselves is lost on these people. The world has it in for girls, especially girls in the spotlight.

Willow wears white cotton shirt by T by Wang, black wool and silk trousers by Christian Dior, black elastic suspenders by American Apparel and gold earrings model’s own.

Willow once regretted her fame. She longed to know what it’s like to go to a bookstore without having to call security. Luckily, she’s learning to love it. “When you’re famous, you have more of a voice to change the world. And that’s all I could ever ask for.”

“Girls and boys are put in boxes when they’re born.” ^{Aug 8.}

 An icon for androgynous fashion, she’s outspoken about gender issues. “Parents tell boys to go out and get dirty, climb trees and make mud pies, while girls have to stay in and play with dolls. And often it’s not the girls’ choice.” She explained, after reading Gender Neutral Parenting. She’s named after her father and her brother is named after their mother (did you ever catch that?). That’s just a tiny glimpse at how well they’re being raised. Having such a progressive, supportive and loving family can guide a girl through what can be a troubling time. Studies have shown that while young girls mostly feel good about themselves, their self-esteem plummets at puberty. “I think that the reason why girls’ confidence falls during adolescence is because of [popular] music. It’s all about boobs and butts. That’s what they’re growing! They’re realising that that’s all they have to identify themselves with, and it mostly has negative connotations. So when they think of themselves and what’s happening to them, it automatically, subconsciously makes them realise that rappers [and other men] are disrespecting them.”

“Women are systematically exploited by the system.” ^{Aug 5.}

“I just went to see Gloria Steinem and bell hooks,” she says. “It was an amazing experience. To see women that powerful on a stage, speaking their truth, is wow!” The unfortunate thing is that we still need to have those discussions at all. And a lot of pop stars and actresses fear owning up to the F Word. “People think ‘feminist’ means ‘man hater’. When I first got introduced to feminism, I was introduced to the idea of equality of the sexes.” The world desperately needs someone like Willow to share such ideas through her art; the only question is when more will arrive. She’s taking her time. She notoriously pulled out of the remake of Annie just because her instincts told her to. She says she has enough songs to release an album but doesn’t like them enough. That kind of honesty and intuition is rare. My peers and I are rushing to accomplish our goals and have a constant, overwhelming sense of FOMO. It’s a wonder someone can be so patient in the age of over-sharing. “I believe that everything that has ever happened was meant to. If you’re somewhere but want to be somewhere else, you’re not experiencing where you are now. Each song I put out is about where I am and need to be. I take it step by step.” And that way she’ll end up with quality work. “My goal is to spread the message of consciousness shift and paradigm shift. We need to come to a point in the world where everything is running off of love. That’s what I’m trying to get to, that’s what I want to do with my music.”

Willow believes in meditation and limitless happiness, and knows it’s important to laugh. She cracked the world up with a viral Vine poking fun at her brother’s conspiracy theories. “My brother and I have such a good relationship because we aren’t forced to be with each other all the time. Most siblings have to hang out and their parents are like, ‘You’ve got to love each other!’ And they’re like, ‘Dang, I don’t feel like it!’ Jaden and I have had our separate lives. We do our own thing, we don’t question each other. We connect on a friend level.” They also respect each other as artists. “There are things that he’s done that the world has never heard. I’m on the edge of my seat waiting to see how they will react.”

 “I have many things to learn, and conditionings to understand.” ^{Aug 21.}

Willow wears black wool jacket, white cotton shirt, green wool skirt all by MM6 by Maison Martin Margiela.

What does she hope to hold onto as she grows? “I feel like, when you grow up, it’s the conditionings, the things people teach you that hold you back. Like, ‘I’ve got to be serious now! I’ve got to pay taxes!’ Without those conditionings, you can be free and be yourself. That’s what will carry me through my life. I’m here to change the world and be a servant to the great divine and I’ll carry that path. My life is meditation, crystals, self-improvement and art.”

It’s good to have a desired path, but it’s also important to accept transition, which transcends hairstyles. “Flexibility with yourself and with your looks shows self-confidence,” she says. “You’re willing to paint on your canvas with whatever comes from within you. I love doing whatever with my hair to shock the world. People have such eyes on my family that when you do something out of this world, it’s such a big deal, and I like that!” For the record, her hair is short and blonde as I write this, though it most likely won’t be by the time you read it.

Her and Jaden have stressed how school isn’t as important as living life. I always felt that way so I always skipped school, but is it possible to balance both? “It’s gotten to the point where the youth needs to realise their power. With realising their power comes realising what’s not good for them and realising which rules aren’t letting them grow. For kids who are in school and trying to understand themselves and their spirituality, it’s difficult. I went to school for one year and I was like, ‘now I understand.’”

Like most teens, Willow spends the time she isn’t planning revolutions on Tumblr. She even checks up on her fans. “I visit their blogs and read everything they write to me. They make art for me and I enjoy it so much! I love being connected to them.” Her Tumblr’s “About Me” reads, “I think of myself as an extension of source energy –– always gathering information, spreading love and being free.” The adults clear their throats and my time is up. We hug and she tells me something generous and I believe it. With many young artists or “stars-in-the-making”, you can predict what will come of them, or at least make assumptions about what they hope to become. With Willow, you have no freaking clue. Even when you stare into those emoji eyes, you can only guess she’ll surprise us all.

“Guess I was born to make mistakes. But, I’m not scared to pave the way.” ^{(An Erykah Badu quote), Aug 29.}

Oh, I almost forgot. Of course I asked if she ever uses her dad’s famous song against him.  “About a week ago I told my mum, ‘Parents just don’t understand’ and I wished my dad could have been there. It was the first time I had ever said it, which is surprising.”

Willow wears black silk trousers by T by Wang, white vintage t-shirt from The Archives of Brian Porcell, 9k gold and pearl anatomic earring by Delfina Delettrez.

Willow wears black flower printed cotton jacket with embroidered pearls by Givenchy by Ricardo Tisci and gold earring models own.

Willow wears black jumpsuit by Saint Laurent by Hedi Slimane, 9k gold and anatomic earring by Delfina Delettrez and 18k black gold ring by Repossi.

Words: Tea Hacic- Vlahovic

Photographer: Thomas Whiteside

Fashion Editor: Coquito Cassibba

Hair: Marcia Hamilton

Make-Up: Steven Aturo using Smashbox Cosmetics and Dermalogica Skincare

Photography assistance: Sven Anton

Fashion assistant: Marika Ames

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