Who Was the Topless Teenage Model at Fashion Week?

On Thursday night 18-year-old Lily McMenamy made social media tidal waves when she strutted down the runway at Marc Jacobs wearing nothing but shorts and heels, covering her breasts with one fishnet-gloved arm. According to the website Fashionista, nearly everyone in the room snapped a photo with their phones.

Luckily for Lily (and for Marc Jacobs), her parents aren’t likely to file charges. Her mother is super-model Kristen McMenamy, and her step-dad is fashion photographer Miles Aldridge. For this fashion family, walking down the runway practically buck-naked is just another day at the office.

Shortly after signing with Next Agency in October 2012, she walked Hedi Selimane’s debut for Yves Saint Laurent, “in front of the most intimidating front row ever,” according to Elle UK, and the very next day she walked Chanel.

Undoubtedly Lily’s famous mom had something to do with her major debut last year. Kristen McMenamy was one of the 90s biggest supermodels and has managed to continue her career with her now signature long gray hair.

Obviously, the fashion genes run in the family. In an interview with Into the Gloss, Lily revealed that when she was younger her mother taught her how to catwalk . . . in Prada stiletto’s, of course.

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