In just the few days since Kamala Harris announced her run for president, the ‘meme-ification’ of her campaign has quickly painted her as a quirky, ‘hip’ candidate for the Oval Office—one in tune with young voters both in terms of the issues and the vibe. And the kooky, all-too-cool creativity of her stepdaughter, 25-year-old Ella Emhoff, helps prove that, well, the coconut didn’t fall too far from the tree.
Ella—the daughter of Harris’ husband, second gentleman Doug Emhoff and his former wife, film producer Kerstin Emhoff—is a hustling multihyphenate, like so many of her generation: Fashion designer, model, “multidisciplinary artist” and yarn enthusiast. Though she was raised in California, she is now a graduate of the elite Parsons School of Design and affectionately known as “The First Daughter of Bushwick,” in a nod to the hipster-filled Brooklyn neighborhood she reportedly calls home.
The Gen-Z creative first burst into the public eye when she appeared at President Joe Biden’s inauguration in January 2021 dripped out in a sharply tailored and ornately bedazzled Miu Miu coat, alongside her older brother Cole, who works for a Los Angeles production company.
