Selah Marley

simplylovely · Apr 19, 2019

“In the past year, the 18-year-old daughter of Lauryn Hill and Bob Marley’s son Rohan has joined a new wave of A-list offspring reshaping the industry in their image.” -Sunday Style Times

Selah Marley is the beautiful daughter of Lauryn Hill and granddaughter of Bob Marley.

At only 18 years old, Selah is proving herself as more than just another A-List offspring. In the past year, her fashion career has taken off tremendously. Selah was named the face of Beyoncé’s Ivy Park and starred in campaigns for both Miu Miu and Calvin Klein. She has also walked in Chanel’s fashion show and walked for Yeezy, twice.

In addition, Selah has shot editorials for Elle US, Love Magazine, CR Fashion Book, Vogue.com, i-D Magazine, Teen Vogue, V Magazine, Dazed Magazine and more. Selah has graced the cover of Sunday Style Times, Wonderland Magazine, Jalouse and Oyster Magazine.

Selah modelled in Yeezy’s SS17 presentation and the Rag and Bone Fall 17 campaign with Amber Valletta and Lottie Moss, shot by Glen Luchfor

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simplylovely · Apr 19, 2019

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simplylovely · Apr 19, 2019

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simplylovely · Apr 19, 2019

The name “Selah” is pronounced like the first two syllables of “C’est la vie,” though it’s not French. “It means ‘meditational pause,’ ” says Selah Marley, the 18-year-old model and daughter of musician Lauryn Hill and Rohan Marley (Bob’s son), referring to a Hebrew translation. And who wouldn’t benefit from more of those? “Hey, man, all you gotta do is ask!”

If this face looks familiar, it’s because Selah is the spitting image of her mother. In 1999, she was less than a year old when Hill took home five Grammys, including for best R&B album and album of the year, for The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. As a young teen, Selah wanted to model and did some test shoots, but Hill kept her in school. Then, last year, the floodgates opened and she took a leave of absence from N.Y.U. in March. “I got handed all of these amazing opportunities, especially travel opportunities. College takes serious dedication—you can’t just half-*** it. Honestly, I don’t think I was ready for that.”

Photograph by Jennifer Livingston; Dress by Alberta Feretti; Earrings by Rebecca de Ravenel; Shoes by Stuart Weitzman.
What she was ready for were Kanye West and Karl Lagerfeld, having appeared in the last two Yeezy shows and on Chanel’s catwalk at the Hôtel Ritz in Paris. (She’s also been in campaigns for Calvin Klein, Rag & Bone, and Ivy Park, Beyoncé’s activewear brand.)

Growing up next to her mother’s spotlight didn’t seem to prep her for meeting her fashion idols. “There’s only a few people, like Karl and Kanye, that will leave me legitimately star-struck,” she says. “I’m sure [Kanye] and my mom have met, but I’d never met him. The last show, my heart felt like it was about to fall out of my chest, but I just had to tell him, ‘Yo, honestly, you’re one of my biggest inspirations!’ ”

Hill’s her “best friend,” and her mother’s career advice has been simple: “Remain tactful.” But her greatest gift to a career in fashion? Genetics. “People have told me my whole life I look just like her. That’s great news because she still looks good. Not a wrinkle in sight!”