'We're two parts of one thing... I know what he's thinking at all times': Willow Smith on her VERY close connection with big brother Jaden as she poses for Teen Vogue cover
- The 15-year-old daughter of Will and Jada Pinkett Smith stars on the cover of the May issue of the magazine
- She says that though she and brother Jaden, 17, aren't identical twins, it can feel like they are
- Willow also gushed about her love of science and plans to attend the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology one day
- She admitted she suffered insecurity after her song, Whip My Hair, got popular but has grown more confident
Willow Smith and her big brother Jaden are two years apart in age — oh, and the opposite sex — but the 15-year-old daughter of Will and Jada Pinkett Smith says it can still feel like they're the same person.
Covering the May issue of Teen Vogue, Willow opened up about her feelings about fashion, shared her dreams of going to MIT, and explained how incredibly close she is to her big brother .
'We’re like binary stars, like two parts of one thing. I know what he’s thinking at all times. And he knows what I’m thinking,' she told the magazine. 'We’re not identical twins, but it feels like that in a lot of ways.'
Cover girl: Willow Smith appears on the cover of the May issue of Teen People
But a bow on it with a tie neck blouse like Willow's
At the tender age of 15, Willow Smith has accomplished more than most people twice her age. Of course it helps that her parents are Will and Jada Pinkett Smith. But famous parents aside, Willow is a force to be reckoned with.
The spunky teen is the new brand ambassador for Chanel, the mighty Karl Lagerfeld has even taken her under his wing, so it's by no far stretch of the imagination that she wore the luxury French label on the cover of Teen Vogue.
Her look was pulled from the Spring 2016 runway and consisted of a metallic pink pussy bow blouse and a tweed jacket that was paired with a spiked choker and bold eye makeup for an edgy twist.
You won't find Chanel's current ready-to-wear pieces anywhere online, so browse through our alternative selection below if you want to emulate Willow's style. From Lanvin to Forever 21, all budgets are covered.
Samesies: The 15-year-old said that she and her 17-year-old brother Jaden are almost like identical twins
Connected: She said she always knows what he's thinking, and vice versa
As the teenagers are growing up and finding their own distinct personalities, it seems that they've still managed to become quite similar people, with plenty in common.
One thing they share is a love of fashion — and the privileged of being loved by the fashion world.
Willow is still quite proud of her big brother's Louis Vuitton womenswear campaign, in which the 17-year-old modeled a skirt by the designer brand.
And now she's gearing up for a campaign all her own, after Karl Lagerfeld announced earlier this month that she'd been named Chanel's newest' ambassadress'.
'Being a young African-American woman with dreads, it blows my mind that I’m a Chanel ambassador. Like, how am I a Chanel ambassador? It is so beautiful,' she said.
'I’m coming into a new part of my life that is completely unknown, and I’m jumping right in. All I can do from here is continue to shift paradigms and continue to push the envelope further and further. But I am doing it every day just by being myself.'
No boundaries: Her parents, Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, have let her freely experiment with her style and interests
Fashion favorite: In March, Karl Lagerfeld announced that Willow would be the new brand ambassador for Chanel
Model time: She said that it 'blows her mind' that she is an African American woman with dreads and is an ambassador for the brand (pictured at the Fall 2016 fashion show)
Despite her public persona, though, Willow wasn't always so confident. In fact, she suffered a bit of a self-esteem setback shortly after her first single, Whip My Hair, swept the internet in 2011, when she was just ten years old.
'After Whip My Hair and all the publicity, after going on tour in the U.K., after saying no to the Annie film, all of this crap was going on in my life, and I had to sit down and say, "Who are you? On a real note. Are you this or this?"
'During that time of figuring it out, I was lost and super insecure. But then I stopped trying to find myself in these other inanimate objects, people, and ideas. I realized it isn’t about finding yourself — it’s about creating yourself.'
Since then, the version of herself that's she's created is a boundary-pushing, fashion-experimenting, enigmatic interview-giving star, but also one that sees the importance of focusing on school work as much as what she'll wear to fashion week.
After sitting front row at the Chanel show in Paris in March, Willow came back stateside for a campus visit at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — her dream school, where she hopes to study science someday.
Self-esteem: She admitted that after Whip My Hair became popular, she started to feel insecure while she figured out who she was
Just a kid: She was just ten at the time, and said she took a long time afterward trying to find herself
Bright future: She loves science and math and hopes to attend MIT some day
Bringing up subjects like nanoscience, civil engineering, and microbiology — and how we need more women in those fields — Willow said she had a great time talking to female students and teachers at MIT because science is 'such a man's world', and she hopes that will change.
Though she didn't reveal what she plans to major in (and still has a few years to decide), she did divulge that she's a 'STEM freak' (STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) and is working to create songs out of mathematical equations.
Certainly, the teen is setting the example that it can be cool for girls to like math and science, and favoring those traditionally 'nerdy' subjects isn't mutually exclusive with liking fashion, make-up, or even celebrity culture.
'I have some cool shoes on and I wear crazy eyeliner, but it’s really all about emulating the colors you feel inside,' she said. 'A lot of clothes are cute, but after you buy the Yeezy shoes, after you get your hair done with a weave, you’re still the same person. I feel like more and more kids are starting to realize this.'
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