Aoki Lee Simmons, 21, and Vittorio Assaf, 64, Go Public With Beach PDA | TB4798M | 2024-04-06 23:08:01
Aoki Lee Simmons and restaurateur Vittorio Assaf debuted their romance by packing on the PDA during a trip to St. Barts.
Simmons, 21, and Assaf, 64, have been spotted on Tuesday, April 2, kissing on a stupendous seashore in the Caribbean, in line with photographs obtained by Page Six. The Serafina co-owner then took pictures of the mannequin as she posed within the sand earlier than they took a dip within the ocean together.
A supply confirmed the pair's relationship to People on Friday, April 5, saying they're "enjoying each others' firm."
Simmons shared photographs from her tropical journey by way of Instagram but conveniently left her new beau out of the snapshots.
Aoki is the youngest daughter of mannequin and mogul Kimora Lee Simmons, 48, and entrepreneur Russell Simmons, 66. Assaf, for his part, hails from Milan, Italy, and has been a staple in the New York restaurant world since cofounding Serafina Restaurant Group.
Aoki just lately hung out in Assaf's hometown, attending her first Milan Trend Week in February. She documented the experience by way of Instagram and walked the runway for Philipp Plein, Monse and extra.
Whereas Aoki started modeling at a young age by way of her mother's brands, Baby Phat and Simply Fab, she targeted on her profession full-time after graduating from Harvard College at age 20 in June 2023. She relocated to New York City and has spoken brazenly about her life path.
In August 2022, Aoki had a lengthy response to a fan who commented on one in every of her TikTok movies, "You're so articulate and obviously educated .. how come u chose modeling?"
Along with merely loving to model, she referred to as the career her "artistic ardour."
"Properly, one, models aren't uneducated and not articulate, but two, I feel what you're actually getting at is, 'Why am I going right into a subject that doesn't essentially require a degree or require an entire lot of e-book smarts when I have a variety of schooling?'" she stated by way of TikTok. "Properly, one, because I adore it, and I feel we should always normalize liking one thing. You don't should do what you're immediately good at."
Aoki stated she hopes "ladies aren't being requested this query" as time goes on.
"Like, not being asked, 'Why did you comply with your extra artistic passion although you're sensible?'" she continued. "I want to change the thought you can't be sensible and fairly, or you'll be able to't be sensible and luxuriate in your seems to be or take pleasure in a artistic, beauty- [and] fashion-based profession. You might be two sorts of people in a single individual."
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