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Kamala Harris' stepdaughter Ella Emhoff walks runway at Balenciaga couture show

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ByJacqueline Laurean Yates
Video byWill Linendoll
July 08, 2021, 4:21 PM

It's been half a century since Balenciaga has had a couture show, but now, the fashion house is back on the scene in a big way.

Along with the label's long-awaited return, onlookers marveled over seeing a familiar-yet-fresh model: Ella Emhoff.

The 22-year-old blooming runway star, who is also the stepdaughter of Vice President Kamala Harris, was spotted in what Balenciaga dubbed "Look #7," a long, black, double-breasted coat, along with an extravagant satin stole.

She also wore her signature round-framed glasses with her hair pulled back.

Ella Elmhoff models an outfit in a video titled, "Balenciaga 50th Couture Collection," uploaded to the Balenciaga channel on YouTube, July 7, 2021.
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Emhoff thanked Balenciaga in an Instagram post and also congratulated the house's artistic director Demna Gvasalia.

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Shortly after turning heads during this year's presidential inauguration for her stylish look, Emhoff snagged a deal with IMG Models, which is also the agency of supermodels such as Gisele Bündchen, Gigi Hadid, Joan Smalls, Ashley Graham and many others.

Emhoff made a New York Fashion Week debut in February panel discussion with Proenza Schouler.

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In a note posted to the show's website, Gvasalia elaborated on Balenciaga's 2021 haute couture show saying, "The re-launch of couture line will offer the highest creative and qualitative level of product to our customer, as well as complete my multi-layered vision for Balenciaga the brand, which ranges all the way up from streetwear into conceptual fashion and wardrobe and ultimately into one-of-a-kind, made-to-measure couture pieces."

Gvasalia also confirmed that this season's show was a tribute to the legacy of founder Cristóbal Balenciaga, who left the brand in the late 1960s.

Show attendees included rapper Kanye West, Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour and more.

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