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Lion Babe’s Jillian Hervey Has Made Her Mom Vanessa Williams’ Silver Sequined Leotard Her Own

by W Magazine Team

“It’s like the energy of my body is shooting disco light.” Jillian Hervey, the singer, songwriter, and dancer who records as Lion Babe, made off with a silver sequined leotard from her mom Vanessa Williams’s closet when she left for college. Since then, she’s made the “amazing” piece her own — and here, she explains how, while highlighting her mother’s legacy.