The T&C 50: Meet the Modern Swans of 2018
From their roles as art stars, entrepreneurs, wordsmiths, and forces of fashion, these 50 young women all earned a spot on our annual modern swan list.
Sasha Bikoff
One of the hottest interior designers before her 30th birthday, the New Yorker studied art in Paris.
Natural Habitat: Bemelmans Bar or Ditch Plains, her Montauk surf spot.
Bragging Rights: Her riotous staircase in the Kips Bay Decorator Show House went viral on Instagram.
Jessica Walsh
Design’s It girl, she became one of the founding partners of creative studio Sagmeister & Walsh at 25.
Natural Habitat: Holding court at Ladies, Wine & Design, an organization she founded that now has chapters in more than 180 cities.
Bragging Rights: Projects include a Jay Z and Barneys New York
collaboration, and New York Times Magazine covers; clients range from Levi’s and Snapchat to MoMA and MoCA.
Chloe Wise
The 27-year-old multidisciplinary artist covers sexuality and material consumption in her absurdist works and popular Instagram.
Natural Habitat: Her East Village studio.
Modern Debut: She first turned heads on the New York art scene with surrealist sculptures of designer handbags made of urethane pancakes and challah.
Tarka Russell
She’s the go-to dealer for young London, New York, and Silicon Valley.
Natural Habitat: Mayfair, where she works as an associate
director at the Timothy Taylor Gallery.
Bragging Rights: Has sold works by the likes of Alex Katz and Jean Dubuffet, among others.
Toyin Ojih Odutola
The Nigerian-born, New York–based artist had a banner year thanks to a solo show at the Whitney.
Natural Habitat: A-list parties around the world.
Modern Debut: Her big break came care of the TV series Empire, which prominently featured her work in its second season.
Alex Saks
The producer was behind the 2017 indie hit The Florida Project. Her next release, Wildlife, directed by Paul Dano, has big Oscar buzz.
Olivia Milch
One of Hollywood’s most in-demand scribes, she wrote and directed this year’s Dude and co-wrote and produced Ocean’s 8.
Anna Karlin
After starting her own art and design direction firm in 2011, she has since launched award-winning furniture and fine jewelry lines.
Natural Habitat: Her newly opened store front, gallery, and studio in New York’s Chinatown.
Bragging Rights: As an art director, she has clients including Fendi and Lululemon.
Bria Murphy
The 28-year-old daughter of Eddie and Nicole Murphy is an actress, model, and artist whose latest series of oversize paintings is on view at ArtUs, the gallery she co-founded.
Natural Habitat: Her Los Angeles studio.
Modern Debut: Her work appeared on the big screen in her father’s 2003 comedy Daddy Day Care.
Tyler Haney
The former high school jock raised $57 million from investors like Google Ventures and Gwyneth Paltrow for her fitness apparel brand, Outdoor Voices.
Natural Habitat: OV’s Austin HQ.
Bragging Rights: Advised by former J.Crew CEO Mickey Drexler, now chair of the OV board.
Camilla Marcus
The Wharton grad is behind West-bourne, a Soho cafe? that gives 1 percent of proceeds to the youth nonprofit the Door - and hires workers through it.
Natural Habitat: Eating her way through NYC and L.A. (her hometown).
Bragging Rights: Trained under Tom Colicchio and Danny Meyer.
Paige Bellissimo
The equestrian and dad Mark Bellissimo, a Wellington, FL, developer, created the Great Charity Challenge, a showjumping competition that raises money for local nonprofits.
Natural Habitat: Helping Dad transform Tryon, NC, into Wellington 2.0.
Bragging Rights: The GCC has given more than $10 million in grants.
Chloe Kernaghan & Krissy Jones
The founders of NYC’s Sky Ting Yoga recently opened their third location.
Natural Habitat: Doing asanas around the world, from Santa Monica to the Amalfi Coast.
Bragging Rights: Their private clients include a top secret list of celebrities, models, and designers.
Hailey Gates
The writer-actress hosts Viceland’s States of Undress, a series that probes social and political issues in the fashion industry.
Mallory Hagan
The Democratic House candidate in Alabama’s Third District faces an opponent who has held his seat since she was 14.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
The surprise Democratic primary winner from NYC, 28 could become the youngest woman ever elected to Congress.
Amanda Gorman
America’s first National Youth Poet Laureate is also a junior at Harvard and the founder of One Pen One Page, a youth literacy collective. Oh, and she’s plotting a 2036 presidential run.
Natural Habitats: Speaking at UN summits.
Bragging Rights: One of her poems was on display at New York’s Morgan Library.
Cleo Wade
As fashion’s conscience, the 29-year-old activist and artist uses her social media influence (400,00 followers and counting on Instagram) to advocate for justice reform, gender equality, and gun control.
Natural Habitat: The front row, and the front lines of the resistance.
Bragging Rights: A new book, Heart Talk: Poetic Wisdom for a Better Life.
Verena Von Pfetten
A former brand consultant, she co-founded Gossamer, a lifestyle
publication for millennial marijuana smokers that debuted April 20.
Natural Habitat: Pot-themed panels at the Wing, NYC’s women-only club.
Bragging Rights: The chic Columbia grad is a regular on style blogs.
Sally Rooney
Her debut novel, Conversations with Friends, was one of last year’s most lauded. Her next effort, Normal People, is among the most highly anticipated books coming out this fall.
Natural Habitat: Dublin.
Bragging Rights: She has been dubbed a “Salinger for the Snapchat generation.”
Alice Ho
The daughter of Chinese billionaire Stanley Ho inherited a knack
for numbers - she studies math and computer science at MIT.
Sofia Yeganeh
When not jetsetting with young royals, the Parsons student assists Lauren Santo Domingo at Moda Operandi.
Maya Hawke
The offspring of Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke started as a
Calvin Klein model and last year joined the family business.
Natural Habitat: Recently Atlanta, where she filmed Stranger Things.
Modern Debut: Dropped out of Juilliard to star in the remake of Little Women.
Letitia Wright
The Guyana-born Brit starred in the year’s biggest flicks: Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, and Ready Player One.
Natural Habitat: At church - she’s serious about her faith.
Modern Debut: The role in Broadway’s Eclipsed that garnered Lupita Nyong’o all those accolades? Wright originated it in London.
Jodie Comer
The British actress became famous this year playing a fashionable sociopathic assassin in Killing Eve.
Natural Habitat: Manchester, where she recently filmed a new
Morrissey biopic.
Bragging Rights: Her flawless skin has become an internet obsession.
Annie Starke
The animal rights activist and Stella McCartney model had an impressive big screen turn in The Wife this summer.
Natural Habitat: L.A. dog parks with Big, her Labrador.
Modern Debut: In The Wife, Starke plays a younger version of the character played by real-life mom Glenn Close.
Yara Shahidi
The 18-year-old actress stars in TV’s Black-ish and its spinoff,
Grown-ish.
Natural Habitat: Getting out the vote with Eighteen x ’18, her young voter initiative.
Bragging Rights: She heads to Harvard this fall and will balance schoolwork with acting.
Rachele Regini
The London-based art history student is muse to Dior artistic director Maria Grazia Chiuri (a.k.a. Mom).
Natasha Lau
The daughter of Shanghai socialite Lisa Xia is a Weibo powerhouse, Dolce & Gabbana model, and fashion management student at Parsons.
Lily Baker
Nina Griscom’s daughter works at travel company Indagare by day
and philanthropies (Save the Children, Teaching Matters) by night.
Sabina Socol
The Romanian-born journalist and street style influencer, who now calls France home, worked for L’Officiel before going freelance.
Natural Habitat: The vintage shops of Paris.
Bragging Rights: Bylines in fashion publications worldwide; a stylish 11th Arrondissement apartment.
Lourdes Leon
It would be easy to cash in on Mom’s celebrity, but Madonna’s 21-year-old daughter is busy finishing her degree at the University of Michigan.
Natural Habitat: In front of the camera - for fashion shoots or paparazzi.
Bragging Rights: Dated Timothe?e Chalamet in high school.
Caroline Daur
The German blogger and model, who has been featured on the covers of Grazia and Vogue Japan, is the face of a MAC lip gloss collection.
Natural Habitat: Instagram, inspiring envy in her 1.5 million followers.
Bragging Rights: She has walked in six Dolce & Gabbana shows.
Lori Harvey
The daughter of Steve Harvey is Pat McGrath’s new makeup muse.
Natural Habitat: Catwalking in Dolce & Gabbana’s show; with mom Marjorie and various other Harvey family members.
Bragging Rights: The 20-year-old recently graced the pages of Brazilian Vogue.
Lily Stewart
This model had the coup of the season when she was cast as a Goth in Alessandro Michele’s Gucci resort 2019 spectacle.
Natural Habitat: Runways, including Chanel and Louis Vuitton.
Bragging Rights: Her biggest Insta fan is actor dad D.W. Moffett, of Friday Night Lights fame.
Ava Phillippe
The 18-year-old made her modeling debut in Rodarte’s fall 2018
lookbook.
Natural Habitat: Twinning on the red carpet with mom Reese Witherspoon.
Bragging Rights: She made a splashy debut at last year’s 25th annual Bal des De?butantes in a gold Giambattista Valli Haute Couture gown.
Lily Webster
The daughter of South Carolina bigwig William Mendenhall Webster IV is a freshman at Washington and Lee.
Julia Garner
Although she’s still best known as an indie actress, the 24-year-old is a smash success as Ruth in Netflix’s Ozark series.
Simone Garcia Johnson
The Rock’s model daughter works with Global Girl Media, training young women in digital journalism.
Juliette Delafontaine
The Longchamp scion has apprenticed at various European luxury houses and now works for Chanel.
Fatima Farheen Mirza
The novelist, whose debut A Place for Us was the first book published by Sarah Jessica Parker's imprint, has won over fans and critics alike with her story about an immigrant family and what it means to be truly American.
Larsen Thompson
This talented teen has worked as a backup dancer for both Katy Perry and Pink and recently landed a modeling contract with Maybelline New York.
KiKi Layne
This Cincinnati-born actress is set to become one of the year's breakout stars thanks to a leading role in If Beale Street Could Talk, Barry Jenkins's follow-up to his Oscar-winning Moonlight. Next up, she'll be back on the big screen in an adaptation of Native Son.
Sistine Stallone
Since her first time as a T&C Swan, this supermodel has walked the runway for Chanel and shot campaigns for Dolce & Gabbana. Now, she's planning her next big move: studying communications at USC in the fall.
Gracie Lawrence
You might know Gracie Lawrence for her musical ability as part of the band Lawrence, which she formed with her older brother. This fall the group is releasing a second album, Living Room, and later this year Gracie will hit the small screen as well, starring in the upcoming TV drama $1.
Kelsey Asbille
This star took a break from attending Columbia University to star in Yellowstone, the hit series that premiered this summer on the Paramount Network.
Kit Keenan
This young entrepreneur and current college student followed in her designer mother's footsteps and set out to create her own clothing line, Keep It Together.
Destry Allyn
Steven Spielberg's daughter shed her famous last name in order to make strides of her own in the worlds of acting and modeling.
Sailor Brinkley-Cook
This model and philanthropically minded teenager has graced the pages of Sports Illustrated and currently attends Parsons School of Design.
These influencers, entrepreneurs, and up-and-comers made our annual list of worldly and accomplished young women.