Anok Yai

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Adesuwa Aighewi
Nigeria, China, Thailand
If models were traditionally seen and not heard, Aighewi upends that notion entirely. At Dior’s resort show in Marrakech last April, she used her moment backstage with creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri to raise questions about the authenticity of the collection, prompting a larger dialogue about safeguarding African traditions. “These conversations weren’t being had before, but social media has changed everything,” says the model, who posted a video of their exchange to Instagram. Aighewi, who spent the better part of her childhood in Nigeria, where her father is from (her mother is Thai-born Chinese), and now lives in New York, is hoping to bring African artisanship to the fore once again with Legacy Project, an online marketplace for independent designers and craftspeople set to launch in the near future. “Fashion is deeply political,” she says. “People want clothes with meaning.”

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Harper's BAZAAR Taiwan April 2020
THE NEW SHAPES

photographs_SØLVE SUNDSBØ
styling_GEORGE CORTINA
production_PRODN LA AT ART+COMMERCE
model_ANOK YAI
hair_WARD makeup_CHI PHAN
set design_LIZZIE LANG
translation_VIVI SU
retouching_DIGITAL LIGHT LTD
Harper's BAZAAR Taiwan digital edition

 

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why did you put Adesuwa's text with Anok's picture??

Obviously, it was not intentional.

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Anok Yai
South Sudan, Egypt, United States
Yai’s discovery story reads like a modern-day modeling fairy tale: Two and a half years ago, a street-style photo of her at Yardfest, the annual homecoming concert at Howard University in Washington, D.C., went viral on Instagram. “I woke up the next morning to find my phone buzzing with 30,000 notifications,” says Yai, who was studying biochemistry in New Hampshire at the time. Calls from modeling agents began pouring in, and a story about the phenomenon made the cover of her local paper in Manchester. She found herself at the center of the fashion universe some months later when she was cast to open the Prada show in Milan. “I know I represent so many women, though I think it’s important to acknowledge that the spectrum of black beauty is so broad that there’s no one type,” says Yai, now 22, who was born in Egypt to South Sudanese parents. “And that’s something well worth celebrating.”

Source: Models From Around the World Celebrate Today’s Global Runway—in a Gorgeous Mosaic of Denim​

 

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i-D Magazine Safe + Sound Special Digital
Willy Vanderperre - Photographer​

Alastair McKimm - Editor​

Laura Genninger - Creative Director​

Alastair McKimm - Fashion Editor/Stylist​

Samuel Ellis Scheinman - Casting Director​

Adesuwa Aighewi - Model​

Adut Akech - Model​

Adwoa Aboah - Model​

Anna Ewers - Model​

Anok Yai - Model​

Binx Walton - Model​

Fran Summers - Model​

Gigi Hadid - Model​

Ilona Desmet - Model​

Imaan Hammam - Model​

Julia Nobis - Model​

Kiki Willems - Model​

Mica Argañaraz - Model​

Mona Tougaard - Model​

Paloma Elsesser - Model​

Rianne Van Rompaey - Model​

Selena Forrest - Model​

Sora Choi - Model​

Vittoria Ceretti - Model​

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Tory Burch Spring/Summer 2020

Photographer: Mikael Jansson
Stylist: Benjamin Bruno
Hair: James Pecis
Makeup: Mark Carrasquillo
Cast: Natalia Vodianova, Anok Yai



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L'Officiel Italia Giugno 2020
NEO DIVINITÀ

Foto Rory Van Millingen
Testo Cristina Manfredi
Styling Paul Sinclaire
L'Officiel Italia digital edition

 

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UK Vogue August 2020

Up in the Cloud

Photographer: Nick Knight (via Zoom)
Stylist: Kate Phelan
Hair: Sam McKnight
Makeup: Val Garland
Cast: Lulu Tenney, Anok Yai, Bella Hadid, Ugbad Abdi, Jill Kortleve, Fran Summers





UK Vogue Digital Edition

 

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Dazed Summer 2018



Anok Rock

Photographer: Brianna Capozzi
Set Designer: Mila Taylor-Young
Stylist: Emma Wyman
Hair: Tamara McNaughton
Makeup: Yumi Lee
Cast: Anok Yai








Dazed Digital Edition

 

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Brother Vellies Jun 2020: Brother Vellies Pre-Fall 2020 Campaign

credit: models

 

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Various Editorials Jun 2020: The Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp Class of 2020 by Willy Vanderperre and Olivier Rizzo

credit: models

 

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Anok held her own modeling alongside Natalia for Tory Burch.

I’m eager to see Anok get more Vogue covers.

 

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Prada: The Show That Never Was

 

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What in the $30 budget, amateur student film did I just watch?

Literally...


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Jacquemus SS21 RTW

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