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Aoki Lee Simmons and restaurateur Vittorio Assaf debuted their romance by packing on the PDA throughout a visit to St. Barts.
Simmons, 21, and Assaf, 64, had been noticed on Tuesday, April 2, kissing on an exquisite seaside within the Caribbean, in keeping with images obtained by Web page Six. The Serafina co-owner then took images of the mannequin as she posed within the sand earlier than they took a dip within the ocean collectively.
A supply confirmed the pair’s relationship to Folks on Friday, April 5, saying they’re “having fun with every others’ firm.”
Simmons shared images from her tropical journey through Instagram however 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 half, hails from Milan, Italy, and has been a staple within the New York restaurant world since cofounding Serafina Restaurant Group.
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Aoki not too long ago hung out in Assaf’s hometown, attending her first Milan Trend Week in February. She documented the expertise through Instagram and walked the runway for Philipp Plein, Monse and extra.
Whereas Aoki started modeling at a younger age by her mom’s manufacturers, Child 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 Metropolis and has spoken overtly about her life path.
In August 2022, Aoki had a prolonged response to a fan who commented on one in every of her TikTok movies, “You’re so articulate and clearly educated .. how come u selected modeling?”
Along with merely loving to mannequin, she referred to as the profession her “artistic ardour.”
“Properly, one, fashions aren’t uneducated and never articulate, however two, I believe what you’re actually getting at is, ‘Why am I going right into a discipline that doesn’t essentially require a level or require an entire lot of e-book smarts when I’ve lots of schooling?’” she stated through TikTok. “Properly, one, as a result of I adore it, and I believe we must always normalize liking one thing. You don’t must do what you’re instantly good at.”
Aoki stated she hopes “girls aren’t being requested this query” as time goes on.
“Like, not being requested, ‘Why did you comply with your extra artistic ardour regardless that you’re good?’” she continued. “I wish to change the concept which you could’t be good and fairly, or you’ll be able to’t be good and luxuriate in your appears to be like or take pleasure in a artistic, beauty- [and] fashion-based profession. You may be two sorts of individuals in a single individual.”
