Alessandra Ambrosio stepped in front of the camera for Vizzano’s latest shoe campaign with someone she’s never brought to a shoot before – her daughter, Anja Ambrosio.
The Brazilian supermodel announced the collaboration on Instagram this week, revealing that the new campaign carries “a very special meaning” for her. Writing in Portuguese – her first language – Alessandra shared that she “lived all of this for the first time alongside my daughter.” Mother’s Day arrives this Sunday. The timing is clearly not a coincidence.
Alessandra has been a Vizzano partner for years, helping the Brazilian footwear label reach audiences far beyond South America. The brand is a household name in Brazil, and Alessandra’s roots there – she was born in Florianópolis – have always made the partnership feel natural. She’s not just a hired face for Vizzano. She’s been a consistent presence in their campaigns across multiple seasons.
This one is different. It’s the first time she’s fronted a major campaign alongside Anja, and Alessandra wasn’t subtle about what that meant. “My heart is full seeing us share moments like these, so unique,” she wrote on Instagram. The collection itself, she added, is “incredible and very much our style.”
That detail is worth sitting with for a moment. Vizzano didn’t just get a famous model for this campaign. They got a genuine mother-daughter aesthetic woven into the creative. The footwear industry thrives on aspirational images. Sharing a campaign set with your teenage daughter, after 25 years at the top of this industry, is aspirational in a way that no amount of styling can fake.
Anja Ambrosio has her own Instagram presence and has been building a public profile steadily in recent years. She’s been photographed alongside Alessandra at fashion events and public appearances. Tagged in her mother’s announcement post, she brings her own following to this campaign’s launch. A branded professional shoot is a different context from red-carpet appearances. Stepping into it alongside one of the most accomplished models of the past three decades is a notable debut.
Alessandra herself has been one of the most prominent figures in fashion since the late 1990s. She spent over a decade as a Victoria’s Secret Angel. She’s walked for Versace, Dolce & Gabbana, and Giorgio Armani. Her face has appeared on covers of essentially every major fashion magazine. Every project she takes on at this point in her career is a deliberate choice. For this particular spring campaign, she chose to spend it with Anja.
The full Vizzano collection is available through the brand’s profile and website. The release ahead of Mother’s Day gives the campaign an emotional resonance that extends well beyond footwear enthusiasts. And Alessandra’s framing of the whole experience – personal, warm, written in her own language rather than a brand’s press language – does considerable work on its own.
What’s genuinely appealing about the announcement is how unguarded it sounds. Alessandra Ambrosio has given thousands of interviews and appeared in hundreds of campaigns. She knows how to present herself. She describes this one in plainly personal terms, writing about a full heart and moments that feel rare. There’s no real reason to read that as anything other than exactly what it says.
Some collaborations are professionally interesting. This one is personally meaningful – and the best Mother’s Day campaigns usually are.