Deba Hekmat on Becoming a Gucci Girl, David Sims, and Carving Your Opportunities | Fashion Forensics

For model and actress Deba Hekmat, fighting to make your own opportunities has been essential. Scouted into modelling at age 16, she came into the industry with a level-headedness and desire to learn and explore more on her own terms, only to keep reaping the rewards of authenticity by recently starring in multiple Gucci campaigns, as well as making her acting debut in Sasha Nathwani's latest film Last Swim. Coming into the Fashion Forensics hot seat, Hekmat dives into her early years growing up between South London and Cardiff, and how she has taken her Kurdish identity into the melting pot of cultures she grew up with. From being mesmerised with the levels of production the K-POP scene had to offer, all throughout seeing Azalea Banks's '212' music video and wanting to work towards creating performance and art of her own, Deba has seized opportunities and expanded into new heights in fashion and film, opening doors for others to follow. Welcome to Fashion Forensics - the visual podcast where we examine fashion as a non-transaction with some of the world's best artists, stylists, designers, photographers and editors, stripping it down to its core identity. Join me, Angel Nemov, a fashion editor and journalist in examining how past imagery has shaped our present identity, and what that means for our collective future. Watch the full video episodes exclusively on YouTube every Tuesday. Subscribe and listen to Fashion Forensics on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever else yo