Every decade or so, a new "it girl" arrives and rewrites the rules of modern femininity. Bella Hadid, who has arguably become the defining supermodel of the 2020s, has earned her accolades: there's her much-documented beauty and sartorial stylings, but what looms large is her fierce activism and vulnerability.
I spoke with Hadid ahead of her appointment as Prada Beauty's new ambassador. It had been a whirlwind few weeks for the 29-year-old: deep in Fashion Week preparations, she would go on to walk for Saint Laurent and make her Prada runway debut, wearing not one but four looks.
