Career
In 2016 at age 14, Philip published a memoir called This Kid Can Fly: It's About Ability (Not Disability) detailing her experiences during childhood with quadriplegic cerebral palsy. The book was co-written with writer Tanya Bolden and published by HarperCollins. [8]
Philip has actively worked towards shaping a more equitable, inclusive fashion industry through her modeling career, via her prolific editorial features in W , i-D , Dazed , ELLE , Allure , and Paper magazines, as well as Refinery29 and Now This. In 2018, Philip was profiled in The New York Times , which hailed her career as a sign of a more diverse fashion industry. [9]
In 2019, Philip appeared on the cover of Paper magazine's "Pride" issue, interviewed by supermodel Naomi Campbell. [10] In that same year, she also appeared on the September issue cover of S Moda for El Pais. [11] In 2021, Philip was featured on the spring/summer 2021 cover of INDIE Magazine. [12] Philip has appeared in editorials for Vogue Italia, Vogue Polska and Vogue Portugal, [13] [14] [15] [16] and has appeared in campaigns for Dove, Sephora, Outdoor Voices, and Nike. [17]
Philip made her first runway appearance in 2019, when she closed a show for Willie Norris Workshop. She has modeled for American fashion brand Collina Strada's runway shows and lookbooks. In 2019, Marc Jacobs collaborated with Philip on several various media projects. That same year, she made her late night talk-show television debut on TBS's Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, wearing Runway Marc Jacobs. In 2020, Jeremy Scott, former creative director of Italian luxury fashion brand Moschino, tapped Philip as the face of the brand's fall/winter 2020 campaign, shot by photographers Luigi and Iango. In 2021, she debuted exclusively for Moschino's spring/summer 2022 runway show at New York Fashion Week, making her the first model using a wheelchair to walk in a runway show for a major luxury fashion brand. [18] [19]
In 2023, Philip appeared on the cover of British Vogue 's May issue [20] alongside actor Selma Blair, writer and disability advocate Sinéad Burke, model Ellie Goldstein, and ASL interpreter/performer Justina Miles. [21] [22]
Later in 2023, Philip's physical likeness was featured in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute’s Women Dressing Women [23] exhibit as a custom mannequin sculpture in collaboration with American fashion brand Collina Strada. [24] In 2024, Philip signed with Supreme Management New York. [25] In 2025, she signed with Supreme Management Paris. [26]
In 2025, Philip began self-releasing alternative electronic and experimental music, producing and writing her own material independently. [27] That same year, she began an NTS Radio guest artist residency, highlighting her sonic direction. [28] [29] [30]
In October 2025, Philip appeared on the cover of Vogue Netherlands alongside photographer, model and socialite Richie Shazam and model Valentine Alvarez. [31] [32] Later in 2025, Philip was featured in Vogue 's coverage of the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund’s adaptive fashion design challenge [33] as the muse and collaborator of designer Bach Mai, with whom she co-created the look presented for the challenge.
