Invited to the Chanel show, the young Apple Martin caused a sensation in a total tweed look. A “child of” with an it girl career all mapped out.
The Chanel fashion shows are, by tradition, excellent times for spot the stars of tomorrow. The actress Lily Rose Depp for example made its first official release there, during the Métiers d’art Paris-Salzburg show in New York in 2015. On Tuesday January 24, 2023, the famous house on rue Cambon presented its spring-summer 2023 haute couture collection in Paris and invited a young woman, all leggy, with blonde hair and a familiar air. Her name : Apple Martin.
Born in London on May 14, 2004, the young girl’s parents are the actress and entrepreneur Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin, the leader of the group Coldplay. If for the moment his CV has only a few lines (an appearance in The Goop Labthe Netflix series about his mother’s business and rare participation in his father’s songs), his presence at Chanel launches her it girl career. For the occasion, the daughter of was dressed in a black and white tweed seta quilted leather handbag and jewelry, all branded with the famous double C.
The nepo babiesstars who annoy
Have you ever heard of the nepo babies ? This term, shortened from nepotism babiesdenotes star children. So far, nothing new: in France as elsewhere, the offspring of celebrities find it easy to make their way to the top of the bill. They can thank the dad-mom network, their social and cultural capital, the carefully cultivated interpersonality of schools in private parties, etc. However, since the end of 2022, social networks have become passionate about this theme. In question, a portrait of Lily-Rose Depp, daughter of Vanessa Paradis and Johnny Deppfor the magazine SHEin which the young girl explains that despite her illustrious ancestry, she had to work hard to find a place for herself in the world of modeling and cinema: “The internet is much more interested in your family than the people doing the casting. Maybe you have a foot in it, but it’s only a foot. There is still a lot of work to do after“.
A statement that angered the model Vittoria Ceretti : “I wonder if you would have survived the first five years of my career. Not just rejection, because I know you’ve been through it before and you can tell me your sad little story about it (even though at the end of the day you can always go cry on your dad’s couch at your villa in Malibu). But what about not having the means to pay for your return flight to go home to find your family? Waiting hours for a fitting or a casting just to see a nepo baby pass you by, from the heated seat of his Mercedes with his.his driver.ice and his.her friend.e/agent.e/assistant.e taking care of his.his mental health?“, she asks on Instagram.
It didn’t take more New YorkMagazine to unveil a cover devoted to nepo babies in December 2022. It featured eight babies in their birthplace cradles, sporting the adult heads of Zoe KravitzLily-Rose Depp or even dakota jackson. The title ? “She has her mother’s eyes. And his agent“. Apple Martin can now claim a place in this list of happy few.