--- title: Jaden Smith Wears a Skirt in Louis Vuitton Ad description: It's not the first time the teen actor and artist has worn a skirt canonical: https://time.com/4166100/louis-vuitton-jaden-smith-skirt-ad/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-04T16:31:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:02:23.457Z og:title: Jaden Smith Wears a Skirt in Louis Vuitton Ad og:description: It's not the first time the teen actor and artist has worn a skirt og:url: https://time.com/4166100/louis-vuitton-jaden-smith-skirt-ad/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jaden Smith Wears a Skirt in Louis Vuitton Ad twitter:description: It's not the first time the teen actor and artist has worn a skirt twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Jaden Smith Wears a Skirt in Louis Vuitton Ad ## Video: Rebekah Marine the Bionic Model Takes New York Fashion Week [Watch (HLS stream): Rebekah Marine the Bionic Model Takes New York Fashion Week](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Ty0U6VtI.m3u8) (2:48)  _Published 2015-09-16. Rebekah Marine isn’t entirely bionic, but she still calls herself The Bionic Model. And at this year’s New York Fashion Week, she sparked a serious conversation about “disabled” models when walking at the FTL Moda runway show._ by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Jan 4, 2016 4:31 PM UTC by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Jan 4, 2016 4:31 PM UTC Louis Vuitton is bending gender roles in its latest womenswear ad campaign by featuring [Jaden Smith](http://time.com/4087095/jaden-smith-interview/) in a skirt. Louis Vuitton creative director Nicolas Ghesquière shared an image from the fashion house’s latest campaign for spring/summer 2016 on Instagram Sunday. In it, Smith poses alongside three female models, wearing a leather motorcycle-style jacket over a fringe top and a pleated skirt. Actor and trans rights activist Laverne Cox praised the campaign via Instagram on Monday, using the tags #genderfluidity and #nobinary. [_Out Magazine_](http://www.out.com/truman-says/2015/6/01/jaden-smith-wears-dress-prom) points out this isn’t the first time Smith, a 17-year-old actor and artist, has bucked gender stereotypes with his dress. 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