Yara Shahidi attends Cam For A Cause Gala in Los Angeles
DUBAI: Actress Yara Shahidi attended the Cameron Boyce Foundation’s 2024 Annual Cam For A Cause Gala in Los Angeles on Sunday in a vintage Christian Dior dress.
The part-Middle Eastern star attended the gala that is held annually to raise funds to cure epilepsy through funding research, education and awareness campaigns. It is held by the Cameron Boyce Foundation in honor of US actor Cameron Boyce, who died at the age of 20 due to an epileptic seizure in 2019.
Shahidi, whose father is Iranian, attended the event alongside the likes of US actress Sofia Carson, and actors Taylor Lautner and Dove Cameron.
Shahidi showed off a Dior look complete with floral embroidery in a fitting move as the Harvard graduate and TV star is an ambassador for the luxury French brand.
The actress is known to experiment, however. She recently attended the Hulu on Disney+ launch event in Los Angeles in a look by rising Lebanese designer Salim Azzam.
The fashion house is known for championing Lebanese artisanal craftsmanship at its atelier in the Chouf region of the country. The brand includes traditional hand-stitching techniques in its creations — and Shahidi’s ensemble showed that off to great effect.
The “Grown-ish” star hit the red carpet in a hand-embroidered shirt dress created out of smocking cotton, complete with bird-and-tree motifs sewn across the length of the outfit.
Shahidi has had a busy year so far, most recently starring in a campaign alongside K-Pop star Jisoo, Irish Oscar nominee Paul Mescal, British singer Labrinth and Hong Kong rapper Jackson Wang for Cartier.
Shahidi also starred in a campaign for French label Jean-Paul Gaultier in September 2023 and the 24-year-old was nominated for a NAACP Image Award earlier this year.
The NAACP Image Awards is an annual awards ceremony presented by the US-based National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The awards show honors outstanding performances in film, television, theater, music, and literature.
Shahidi was nominated for the outstanding actress in a motion series category for her role in “Sitting in Bars with Cake,” a romantic comedy-drama film directed by Trish Sie and written by Audrey Shulman.
