Levi Dylan walked his first runway in January 2017 with the Dolce & Gabbana fall-winter show that cast him alongside the children of Jude Law, Pamela Anderson, and Cindy Crawford.

The lineage explained the booking. Levi is the son of Jakob Dylan, frontman of the Wallflowers, and grandson of Bob Dylan, which placed him in the small group of second-generation faces fashion was actively scouting that season. He had spent his early twenties trying music before stepping into modeling, calling the shift the adult choice in interviews about the switch.

The work that has stuck is with Oliver Peoples. The eyewear house has returned to him across seasons, and his face, long and dark-eyed and slightly bookish, sits squarely inside the Los Angeles intellectual mood the brand has been casting for years. DKNY and UNIQLO Jeans have also booked him, and his editorial run includes Vogue Italia, GQ Italia, L’Officiel Hommes, Wonderland, and VMAN.

Alongside the modeling he has pushed toward acting and film production, naming Dennis Hopper as the figure he watches and the independent route as the one he wants. The Dylan name opens doors in any industry it touches. The interesting question is which doors he picks.