While she is in her last year of undergrad at NYU, she's is putting school on pause to make her foray into reality television. Kit was able to make her own major as a student at NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized Study. 'I realized the environment wasn't for me so I transferred to NYU halfway through my sophomore year and NYU is very accommodating for that.' 'I started off at USC which is like a very classic football school,' she said. She first majored in filmmaking when she started college at the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts in 2017, but she couldn't stay away from the family business.Īmazing getaway: Kit spent the holidays and end of 2019 surfing in Byron Bay, Australia Kit, who learned how to sew when she was 12, initially shied away from a career in design, determined to pave her own way. Since she was a teen, she's been written about in fashion blogs as well as high-profile publications, including Vanity Fair and Town & Country. The blog dubbed the teen an 'it girl on the rise' thanks to her platinum hair and downtown style, and it wasn't wrong. Usually I grab a smoothie or almond milk latte from La Colombe, those are the bomb!' 'We live in the West Village and my school is in the East Village so it is just a short walk down 8th street. 'My entire day is based in downtown Manhattan,' she said. While most kids grew up taking the bus to school, Kit had the pleasure of strolling through the New York City streets every morning before class. She is pictured wearing one of her brand's $150 sweatshirts, which was made in collaboration with artist Vaughn Spann The socialite, who graduated in 2017, was a senior in high school when she spoke to the blog Making Manhattan about her daily routine.īusiness: Kit has her own line of hoodies and T-shirts called KIT. Tuition for the co-educational private school costs more than most colleges, with parents paying over $53,000 for the 2020-2021 school year. She was raised in Manhattan's West Village and went to Grace Church School in the East Village. From an early age, she was a fixture at her mom's fashion shows and store openings - where she once posed for a photo with the late Philip Seymour Hoffman in 2003. The blonde budding designer enjoyed a privileged upbringing surrounded by art and design. Kit's parents divorced when she was a child, and in 2005, her designer mom welcomed a second daughter, Gigi Powers, with art dealer Bill Powers, whom she married later that year. The born-and-raised New Yorker is the only daughter of Cynthia, 62, and her former husband Bill Keenan, a successful interior designer, meaning she gets her creative streak from both her mom and dad. Her father Bill Keenan is a successful interior designer Published: 18:13 BST, 15 December 2020 | Updated: 02:01 BST, 16 December 2020Ĭreative genes: Kit was born and raised in New York City by her fashion designer mother Cynthia.
Meet the New York City fashion heiress looking for love on reality TV: Inside the glamorous life of designer Cynthia Rowley's socialite daughter Kit - as the 21-year-old is revealed as one of The Bachelor's latest contestants
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