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Of the countless ways Zoë Kravitz had an unconventional childhood, the most visible may well have been the extravagant wardrobes of her stylish friends. It’s hard enough being a teenager, let alone one whose parents (rock star Lenny Kravitz and actress Lisa Bonet) tend to run errands in leather pants and preternaturally large scarves.
“My parents were very young and dressed very crazy: see-through shirts, velvet pants and stuff,” Kravitz said. GQ back in 2022. “I had a fantasy of having a father who wore a button-down shirt.”
These days, Zoë Kravitz, now 35, has followed in her parents’ footsteps as a risk-taking fashion figure. But those memories, as she mentioned in a speech during her father’s Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony this week, they still haunt her.
“I have seen you change in the most beautiful ways. I’ve seen how you stay the same in the most important ways,” she said, standing next to his father. “I have seen your incredible dedication to your art. But most of all, I’ve seen through your shirts. According to my dad, if he doesn’t expose your nipples, it’s not a shirt.”
(See also: the Rick Owens leather sleeves and Margiela mesh top Lenny wore to the Grammys in February, which might as well have been an homage to the 2003 film’s laconically sexy guitarist Spider. School of Rock.)
As Lenny laughed beside her, Zoë continued. “Sure, it used to embarrass me when you picked me up from school when I was a kid, but I have to say, at this point, I respect it. You really nail it,” she admitted, before saying the comment: “Your relationship with the knit shirt is probably the longest and it works.” (The crowd howled at that last bit; sprinkling a little more salt, she added, “You two make each other better.”)
Luckily for Zoë, Lenny didn’t wear a sheer shirt to receive his star on the Walk of Fame, instead opting for a dark striped flared Saint Laurent suit with a half-buttoned silk blouse underneath. His daughter also wore Saint Laurent: a two-tone bodycon dress.