Supermodel Adut Akech on the Legacy of Being a Refugee | BoF VOICES
The Business of Fashion Podcast
The Business of Fashion
4.6 • 770 Ratings
🗓️ 29 March 2019
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
From living in a Kenyan refugee camp to travelling the globe as an international top model, the industry’s name to watch reveals her journey.
To watch Adut's conversation with Tim Blanks at VOICES 2018 click here.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Imran Ahmed, founder and CEO of the Business of Fashion. |
| 0:07.4 | This week I have a very special conversation to share of a wonderful, inspiring young woman named |
| 0:13.0 | Adut Acage. |
| 0:14.6 | Adud was born during a journey to the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya. |
| 0:18.7 | Having spent her earliest days as a refugee, Adute and her family |
| 0:22.2 | eventually emigrated to Adelaide, Australia, where she enrolled as a student. But Adud always dreamed |
| 0:27.8 | of being model. And fast forward to 2016, she was cast as a global exclusive for Anthony Vaccarello's |
| 0:34.9 | debut San Laurent show, and her international modeling career was launched. |
| 0:39.4 | Adute has since featured in campaigns for Chanel, Mosquino, and Valentino, and in December, |
| 0:45.4 | she was on the cover of both British and Australian Vogue. |
| 0:48.9 | At the BOF 500 Gala in New York this past September, I had the pleasure of sitting with Adut and hearing her |
| 0:54.8 | inspiring personal story firsthand. Adut came to Oxfordshire for Voices 2018, directly from Tokyo, |
| 1:02.7 | where she closed the Valentino Show. She sat down with our editor at large, Tim Blanks, to talk to us |
| 1:08.8 | about why she will always be a refugee. |
| 1:13.6 | I did, just before we talk, I wanted to say that one of fashion's most seductive synchronicities is that between model and moment. |
| 1:24.6 | I think of Twiggy or Virushka or Linda Vangelista or Linda Evangelista or Kate Moss, |
| 1:31.7 | where the model defines the moment so perfectly that she becomes something more. I think this is |
| 1:38.6 | Adut's moment for sure. But it's so interesting to be with her |
| 1:46.3 | and to be participating in a talk that she has called, |
| 1:53.6 | I will always be a refugee. |
| 1:56.3 | And obviously that is an irresistible point to start our talk. So, Adud, why will you always be a refugee? |
| 2:05.2 | Okay, well, could I first start off by saying good afternoon, everyone? |
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