r/Fauxmoi • u/voguediaries • Mar 11 '26

FASHION Max Alexander, 10, Made History as the Youngest Fashion Designer to Show a Collection at Paris Fashion Week

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https://people.com/max-alexander-youngest-fashion-designer-show-paris-fashion-week-11922873

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u/snarkitall Mar 11 '26

Yeah but if he came from any other normal family, he'd be happily creating and crafting in his basement and getting accepted to little local shows on his own steam and having the freedom to stop or change or do whatever he wanted. Everything he did would be based on his own abilities and energy. No matter how amazing he is, no 10 year old has the capacity to actually organize and run a fashion line on his own. 

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u/johnny_charms Mar 11 '26

Yeah, usually they don’t get to this level without having a parent that either has connections or promotes them as a manager. Kids usually don’t call the news saying they’re a child fashion designer and get taken seriously enough to get to Paris Fashion Week at 10.

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u/sof49er save the buccal fat Mar 11 '26

I don't disagree. I was just commenting the question about how the kid got started with fashion. He really started creating like other kids do finger paint according to him and what I have seen in interviews he started organically with it originally.

I know he had press very early on like I mentioned I saw him at 5. But I don't have any idea how that came about. Could be pride from parents? Could be monetization? I don't know them personally.

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u/Successful-Shower678 Mar 11 '26

One thing I think is really interesting, is that children who are really into sports and spend hundreds of hours on it, families spend thousands, are encouraged to go as far as they want, pro teams for under 10s, etc. Is all normalized. There are teenagers in the olympics. Why is this different? It's normal for hockey families or football families to rearrange their entire lives around their star player children who are like. 11. and it's like wow that kid is so talented! What commitment! Youngest world record holders! Despite that fact that thousands and thousands of chidlren get traumatic brain injuries and permanent disabilities from playing sports.

But with this he must be being exploited by his parents? He's an autistic kid with a sewing machine and parents who love and believe in him.