Beyoncé’s Nephew Julez Smith Gets His Hair Prepped Backstage With Colm Dillane Before Walking KidSuper’s Runway at Paris Fashion Week
Julez Smith, the son of Solange Knowles and nephew of Beyoncé, walked the runway on Saturday in Paris. The model made an appearance at KidSuper‘s show for fall 2025, which showcased designer Colm Dillane’s collaboration with Bape.
Smith modeled a plaid jacket consisting of varying brown swatches in a drip pattern, along with a pair of two-tone trousers with button snaps along the sides. The look was part of the show, titled “From a Place I Have Never Been,” which blended fashion and performance art with help from artist Daniel Wurtzel.
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The fall 2025 collection for KidSuper consisted of a mix of outerwear, tops, bottoms, hats, sneakers, clogs, accessories and more that drew on Dillane’s longtime interest in Bape. “I was always inspired by Bape and even the Bape camo, which is super, super iconic,” the designer told WWD of the collection. “I had made my slight version with eyes and faces. So when we got the chance to literally blend them together, it was really cool, because it looks like a perfect blend of our designs.”
The collection, which marks the first elevated Bape Collective collection, arrives in stores and online this spring and will be priced from $150 to $600.
Last June Smith made his Paris Fashion Week debut, walking the runway during the Bluemarble spring 2025 show. Smith modeled a metallic look in the show consisting of a rhinestone-dotted jumpsuit and a pair of silver shoes.
Since then Smith has walked the runway for Jil Sander’s spring 2025 show during Milan Fashion Week. In September he modeled a cream satin top with floral appliqués and baggy cargo trousers for the brand. He also walked the runway at Off-White’s New York Fashion Week show for spring 2025.
Smith made his runway model debut last February at the Luar fall 2024 fashion show in New York, in front of his mom Solange, his aunt Beyoncé, and his grandma, Tina Knowles.
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