Kimora Lee Simmons (born
Kimora Lee Perkins on May 4, 1975
[Russell's hip-hip birthday gift (April 26, 2004) People. Accessed 2008-02-19.]) is an American
model,
author, the head of design for
Baby Phat, KLS, a new line called Fabulosity, and is occasionally an actress. Simmons' ancestry is African from her father and Japanese-Korean from her mother's side of the family. Simmons became CEO of Phat Fashions after her ex-husband
Russell Simmons stepped down.
Racial identity
"I consider myself to be one of the black women in fashion who made it", Kimora says.
"But black women don't look at me like that."
"A number of them
women probably think Russell should be married to a black woman (rather than
Afro-Asian)", Kimora says to Emil Wilbekin, the editorial director of Vibe magazine.
