An American actress and model, Kidada Jones is best known as a fashion designer for The Walt Disney Company. There she has a line Kidada for Disney Couture. Today we present you some of the five interesting facts about Kidada Jones. Just stick with us.
Kidada Jones started her career by working as celebrity stylish for her Vibe magazine. The magazine was her father’s publication. She gained huge popularity when she styled Michael Jackson for the front page of the magazine Vibe. So let’s get into the topic which presents five facts about Kidada Jones.
Five Facts about Kidada Jones
Kidada Jones was born on 22 March 1974 in Los Angeles, California as Kidada Ann Jones. She is the elder daughter of Quincy Jones- composer and arranger and Peggy Lipton- actress. She attended Fashion Institute for Design and Merchandising but at the age of 19, she left in order to work with designer Tommy Hilfiger.
Kidada Jones- Worked as Tommy Hilfiger’s muse
When Kidada gained huge popularity when she styled Michale Jackson for the front page of Vibe in 1995, she was hired by the designer Tommy Hilfiger. He launched a successful ad which centered on Jones and a group of friends.
She worked as Tommy’s muse for eight years. As her fashion work included designing clothes for Snoop Dogg and during the period, she also appeared as a model in the fashion magazines like Vogue, Elle, and Harper’s Bazaar.
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Kidada Jones- Working with Walt Disney Company since 2005
Kidada has been working with Walt Disney Company since 2005. According to the report of W Magazine, it described Walt Disney Company as- a line of jewelry and clothing for adults sold at boutiques.
According to the Disney executive vice president of the consumer products, Jim Calhoun said that Kidada is not among those people who point out what’s cool. She has a very real hand in making the clothing products very cool.
Kidada Jones- Past affairs
Kidada was married to Jeffrey Nash in the year 2003 but unfortunately, the couple separated in 2006 and at present, they are like a good friend. She was previously linked with the famous American rapper as well as an actor LL Cool J for two years.
Kidada Jones’s Love of her life- Tupac Shakur
After LL Cool J, she was in a relationship with Tupac Shakur but they dated each other just for four months. They met each other at the nightclub and started dating. Although their relationship looked as they were soon going to be wife and husband but unfortunately they couldn’t spend much of their time together and broke up.
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But Kidada stills remembers her relationship with Tupac as said Tupac as the love of her life. She said: "He and I lived together for four months and then he was murdered in Las Vegas in 1996. It was the most horrible thing that ever happened to me”.
Kidada Jones- Daughter of Peggy Lipton
Yes, it’s true that Kida is the daughter of the composer Quincy Jones-father and actress Peggy Lipton – mother. Quincy Jones is also known as “Q” and has spent more than 6 decades in the world of entertainment.
Talking about her mother, Peggy Lipton, she is an American actress best known for her role as flower child Julie Barners in the television series The Mod Squad.