Doug Emhoff's Daughter Ella Talks Fashion Plans and Her Magazine Editor Boyfriend

From left: Sam Hine and Ella Emhoff.Photo: TheImageDirect

Vice PresidentKamala Harris' stepdaughter,Ella Emhoff, says in anew interview withVanity Fairthat she’s choosing fashion over law and a “big curly mane” over (what she calls) her mullet.

And that’s not all: Emhoff, 22, also confirmed that she’s dating Sam Hine, an editor atGQ, with whom she had been linked for months. The ideal date, she toldVanity Fair, was low-key — a bit of grocery shopping and a bit of cooking.

SinceEmhoff graduatedfrom Parson’s School of Design in May, she has fully immersed herself in the fashion world, both design andmodeling.

She toldVanity Fairfor the magazine’s September issue that her dad, Second GentlemanDoug Emhoff— she calls him Doug — still wants her to become an attorney, like him. But she has other things on her mind.

“My dad asks me very often, ‘So have you reconsidered law school?’ and I keep saying, ‘Doug, not happening,’ " Ella said. “‘I’m going to leave it to you and I will be the artist.’ "

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She is the younger child of Emhoff and his first wife, Kerstin Emhoff; their son, Cole, is 26 years old and an executive assistant atBrad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment.

The nation’s first second gentleman, a noted entertainment attorney who left his law firm after the election, has been teaching in Washington, D.C., and spotlighting causes including food insecurity. This week, he supported athletes as the leader of the U.S. delegation to the Summer Paralympics in Tokyo.

His kids have eschewed politics but Ella has embraced her fashion profile.

Ella Emhoff.Fashion Feed

She launched an limited collection of knitwear, with Batsheva Hay, in the spring, and toldVanity Fairthere are designs for an eponymous collection at some point.

“I am not really good at walking in heels,” she said.

(The White House declines to discuss her work, out of ethics concerns.)

Ella has also recently made a big decision on her personal style, she toldVanity Fair: “I am growing my hair out. Heard it here first. It had its moment, and I want to move on from the mullet. I’m ready for the big curly mane.”

source: people.com