Kimora Lee Simmons: EcoFabulosity
“Hollywood’s hardest-working mother” with her children Ming, Aoki and Kenzo. Photo: KLS.com
Businesswoman, author, producer, television personality, Tony award winner and—oh, yeah—supermodel, Kimora Lee Simmons is, according to Forbes’ magazine, one of the top 10 “hardest working mothers in Hollywood.” Top 10 environmentalists? Not so much. Although she donates ample time and money to philanthropic charities and seems to have given up on fur—she now describes herself as “friends with PETA”—Kimora’s not making Planet Green’s top ten list any time soon.
The girl travels by Rolls, not Prius.
But an episode of The Style Network’s top-rated show “Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane,” in which the former muse of Karl Lagerfeld created a fundraiser for Dress for Success—one of EcoStiletto’s favorite out-of-the-box, non-eco focused incarnations of the “reduce, reuse, recycle” philosophy (they’re our partner the Green Girls Night Out at Kimpton Hotels 2011 Tour) got me thinking. Just like she’s predicted fashion and lifestyle trends (and then built an empire around them), could Kimora’s view of eco-consciousness—in which it’s just another facet of a bigger and constantly changing picture, rather than a be-all, end-all philosophy of a dyed-in-the-organic-wool sustainabully—be the future of green? Part Two of Four.
Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff: What does living an eco-friendly life mean to you and what do you do to achieve it?
Kimora Lee Simmons: To me, it means doing whatever you can. Go green whenever it’s possible. Make the choice that sustains us all. Turn off the lights, turn off the water and recycle. That’s fabulosity.
RLS: Forbes magazine called you one of “the hardest-working mothers in Hollywood.” Did becoming a mother change your awareness of sustainability?
KLS: Yes, that was an honor. I do work very hard for my family, fans and all supporters . As mothers, we can make important choices—as consumers and as people raising our children to make eco-friendly decisions in their own lives.
RLS: As a model and television personality, your day job involves a lot of chemical makeup. Do you ever use natural beauty products?
KLS: I use beauty products with natural ingredients because it’s better for my skin and my body. In fact, my new skincare line, Shinto Clinicals, uses natural ingredients like wakame kelp, mushroom and pearl powders.
Kimora Lee Simmons for Shinto Clinicals. Photo: ShintoClinical.com
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