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How Zaya Wade is already a Gen Z fashion icon at only 15: 8 luxury brands that Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union’s daughter has rocked, from her Miu Miu runway debut to Louis Vuitton, Prada and Burberry

Zaya Wade is a fashion icon in the making. Photo: @zayawade/Instagram
Zaya Wade is a fashion icon in the making. Photo: @zayawade/Instagram

  • Is Zaya Wade the next nepo baby to watch? She made her runway debut at the Miu Miu autumn/winter 2023 show at Paris Fashion Week – the transgender teen legally changed her name last month, too
  • But her runway appearance comes as no surprise: Wade likes to wear casual and luxury pieces as seen on her Instagram, donning outfits from Valentino, Rodarte and Siedrés, to Alaïa and Tibi

Is Zaya Wade joining the ranks of successful nepo baby fashion models and “It” girls?

The 15-year-old rising fashion model made her first runway appearance at the Miu Miu autumn/winter 2023 ready to wear show at Paris Fashion Week in March, strutting in a brown-green mini jumper dress with a matching jacket. She walked in pointed-toe kitten heels and modelled a brown handbag, too.

 
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Parents Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union beamed as they watched their daughter hit the runway. In a joint Instagram post, they shared a video of Zaya walking and wrote, “She’s arrived.”

Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union are proud parents to transgender daughter Zaya Wade, who’s biological mum is Siohvaughn Funches. Photo: @gabunion/Instagram
Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union are proud parents to transgender daughter Zaya Wade, who’s biological mum is Siohvaughn Funches. Photo: @gabunion/Instagram
The fashion-forward couple has supported Zaya since she came out as transgender in 2020. She officially legally changed her name just last month, according to People.

But before her modelling debut, Zaya has always loved fashion, wearing a diverse range of outfits. Here are eight labels she’s worn lately that prove she is fashion’s next rising star.

1. Rodarte

Zaya Wade at her winter formal in January. Photo: @zayawade/Instagram
Zaya Wade at her winter formal in January. Photo: @zayawade/Instagram

For her winter formal in late January, Wade wore an ivory sequin Rodarte column dress with a flower appliqué on the neckline and detachable tulle sleeves. She topped the look with a pearl choker and kitten-heel sandals from Dolce Vita.

2. Siedrés

Zaya Wade has proven herself as a natural style chameleon. Photo: @zayawade/Instagram
Zaya Wade has proven herself as a natural style chameleon. Photo: @zayawade/Instagram

Wade bloomed in a Siedrés ensemble consisting of a black floral polo neck top and a white-and-black colour-block skirt with the same matching pattern.

Turkish brand Siedrés is favoured by Hailey Bieber and Emily Ratajkowski, per Vogue. Bieber wore the brand’s mosaic Mult party pants while holidaying with Kendall Jenner in Cabo San Lucas. Ratajkowski was decked in a matching Dylan tie-front vest and Mult trousers with her son in New York in mid-June 2021.