Tommy Hilfiger Says Gigi Hadid Could Help Increase the Love Between America and the Middle East

Lauren Sharkey
Model Gigi Hadid and designer Tommy Hilfiger walk the runway at the #TOMMYNOW Women’s Fashion Show during New York Fashion Week in September. This year, Hilfiger will take his NYFW show to California. (Photo: Getty Images)
Model Gigi Hadid and designer Tommy Hilfiger walk the runway at the #TOMMYNOW Women’s Fashion Show during New York Fashion Week in September. This year, Hilfiger will take his NYFW show to California. (Photo: Getty Images)

Tommy Hilfiger is clearly smitten with Gigi Hadid. And who can blame him? For two seasons in a row, products from his eponymous brand with the model’s seal of approval have sold out before even hitting the runway.

I think the beautiful thing about there being international Vogue's is that, as a fashion community, we are able to celebrate, and share with the world, different cultures. Being half-Palestinian, it means the world to me to be on the first-ever cover(s) of @voguearabia, and I hope that this magazine will show another layer of the fashion industry's desire to continue to accept, celebrate, and incorporate all people & customs and make everyone feel like they have fashion images and moments they can relate to… & learn and grow in doing so. ❤ Thank you @deenathe1st for your vision and for having me on this cover… by the incredible @inezandvinoodh – so much love.

A post shared by Gigi Hadid (@gigihadid) on Mar 1, 2017 at 9:11am PST

In fact, the designer is so fully enamored with the 21-year-old model that he thinks she could be the key to peace between the United States and the Middle East. When asked by TMZ what he thinks about Hadid’s new cover of Vogue Arabia he called it “incredible.” While Hilfiger noted that the editorial might not help his company, he noted that it could “melt relations or increase the love between [the] Middle East and America.” He added, “Gigi’s the conduit.”

There’s no word from Hadid yet on whether she supports this incredibly bold statement.

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