Asian Faces In High Fashion

[Prymasquous]

Thanks mathiaskatz & Fancyfree for the additions!


So that must've explained why Hyunji was in Rome the other day? - congrats on D&G!



And the past four seasons have been consistent (seriously!). Don't see how/why they would stop now. Good luck to the models for FW18 ads.

 

[Prymasquous]

Fashion East by A Sai Tai FW18 - London (O) (C)

Shujing Zhou, Mona Matsuoka, Xu Jing, Xinzi Wang, Sujin Lee & Kennah Lau





Fashion East by Charlotte Knowles FW18 - London

Xiao Yun Liang




Fashion East by Supriya Lele FW18 - London

Varsha Gopal, Shan Khan & Jessica Canje




Fashion East by Symonds Pearlman FW18 - London

Radhika Nair, Neelam Gill & Shiyi Lin




Phoebe English FW18 - London

UNKNOWN #1


vogue.com; wwd.com ​

 

[Prymasquous]

How does it feel, Kohei?

While he stepped off with a very strong FW18 showlist
and an impressive resume in the ad department.
It was his next gig that should warrant a bit of recognition:


GQ Style U.K. Spring 2018


models.com


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It's no secret that Asian male models receive little to zero appreciation for covers
- an area of alarming disparity with few representations.
It should also be noted that the playing field just isn't leveled while knowingly
there are plenty of working Asian male models at a given time.
Not many are given the opportunity to improve their career.
A real issue that folks in the industry are inattentive to. May we see more progress.

*

Indeed, another achievement for the Japanese talent whose fame has been unprecedented,
but well earned and rightfully. Congratulations for the many!




#ManOfTheMoment #SeeingAsianMaleModels #CoversLongOverdue
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[mathiaskatz]

^he absolutely deserves all the success! he worked nonstop during Men's FW and Women's FW so kudos to him!

Sunghee is in a new Armani Beauty campaign!

 

[maimon]

Milano Nasu: Ines de la Fressange X Uniqlo, Shiseido

 

[TheoG]

^^ I can admit I don't follow male models as much or at all really. However, I think Kohei is coolest. Not to mention his success in such a relativity short time. I hope the stems doesn't blow out quickly because the guy a star.

 

[gbam]

Ayesha Djwala

 

[mathiaskatz]

Jeenu M., another promising male model. He is ethnically Sri Lankan but grew up in Norway.

Had a good FW season, walked for Fendi, McQueen, Boss, Marni, Brooks Brothers, etc. Has an ed in Vogue Hommes shot by Ethan James Green.


cr: vogue

 

[Prymasquous]

RADHIKA NAIR & YOON YOUNG BAE


Vogue UK May 2018
Ph: Craig McDean


vogue.co.uk



Major congratulations to the ladies on this feat as the first Asian models on British Vogue.
Its inclusion and message are positive and simply makes sense.
Certainly a watershed moment of poignant and relevant time in need.


***


All it really take is the creative and open-minded individuals
who believe and care to stand up for a cause, and to proceed, commit and fulfill that pledge
- with the responsibility and vision that weigh astronomically -
is rather praiseworthy once it is realised.

But more importantly, acknowledged freely to the public
in a monumental and honourable manner.

I must say, assembling a star cast of fashion’s most-talked-about new faces proved a truly exciting task. Even five years ago – and certainly 10 or 20 years ago – if you were shooting a group cover like this, the girls would not have looked like these young women do. But one of the great positives of the past few months is the fashion industry finally embracing a concept that has defined my entire working life: diversity. When I say diversity, I want to be clear that it is never just about black and white for me. It’s about diversity across the board – whether that’s race, size, socio-economic background, religion, sexuality. That’s what I want to celebrate with this cover.

To me they represent a new global idea that anything is possible.

True words spoken from industry heavyweights like Mr. Enninful. Thank you.



Here's to the new chapter ~



#BritianGotAsiansToo #Historical #AsiansOnVogue ​

 

[Prymasquous]

^ Actually not entirely sure if Radhika/Yoon Young are the first to grace Vogue UK. Are they? Correct if wrong.

As of now, of recent time, they are indeed the first Asians to do so. Especially under Enninful.







Highest achievements for Vogue covers:


Ujjwala Raut: Vogue India
Lakshmi Menon: Vogue India +
Bhumika Arora: Vogue India
Pooja Mor: Vogue Italia, Vogue India
Radhika Nair: Vogue UK
Dipti Sharma: n/a
Kelly Gale: n/a
Neelam Gill: n/a
Saffron Vadher: n/a


Hye Park: Vogue Korea +
Han Jin: Vogue Korea +
Hyoni Kang: Vogue Korea +
Hyunyi Lee: Vogue Korea +
Hyejung Lee: Vogue Korea +
Jihye Park: Vogue Korea +
Sunghee Kim: Vogue Korea +
Soojoo Park: Vogue Korea +
Sora Choi: Vogue Korea +
Hyunji Shin: Vogue Korea +
Yoon Young Bae: Vogue UK, Vogue Japan, Vogue Korea
Hoyeon Jung: Vogue Korea
EZ: n/a
Sohyun Jung: n/a
Tiana Tolstoi: n/a




These are just some of the more recognised models that I know of (so some names that I don't know may be missing). Anyone else?

 

[Prymasquous]

Just wondering what people's opinions are.



What do we consider as campaigns? In what format do they come like? And how are they presented as?


What would be viewed as print campaign vs. lookbook/catalogue? How are they different and look like?

What would be viewed as an ad commercial (TVC) vs. a brand product promoted via a video format? What's the distinguish here?









Updated.

-S/S 18-


Ami Suzuki: Kenneth Cole fragrance

Charlotte Carey: Esprit

Chu Wong: Self-Portrait

Cici Xiang: Linda Farrow

Cong He: Ermanno Scervino, Shanghai Tang, Elegant Prosper, Dolce & Gabbana fragrance, Lime Flare, Viza Viza, Mango CNY

Dipti Sharma: Balenciaga, Marc Jacobs beauty

Du Juan: OVV, Neiwai

Dylan Xue: Elegant Prosper Jeans

Estelle Chen: Shanghai Tang, Double Love

Fei Fei Sun: Estee Lauder contract, Swarovski, Salvatore Ferragamo

Fernanda Ly: 6ixty8ight

Gao Jie: NARS

Gia Tang: Armani beauty, Freddy

Grace Gao: Clarks, Esprit

Heejung Park: Marc Jacobs beauty

Hoyeon Jung: (Coca-Cola Olympics), GAP, Moschino CNY

Huan Zhou: H&M, Fenty beauty, Pull & Bear

Hyunji Shin: Patrizia Pepe, Juun.J

I-Hua Wu: Maybelline contract

Jiali Zhou: Elegant Prosper Jeans

Jing Wen: Chloe, Etro

Jung Moon Lee: Benetton

Kailey Hsu: Olay

Kennah Lau: Balenciaga

Kiko Arai: Coach, Balmain, Zara

Kiran Kandola: Jo Malone fragrance

Laras Sekar: Litany, Sephora

Li Xiao Xing: NARS

Ling Chen: Celine, Alice Pinchbeck

Liu Wen: Erdos, (Blue Moon), Puma China, Me & City, Chanel beauty, Chanel skincare

Luping Wang: Icicle

Maaya Yoshiyama: Motonari Ono

Mae Lapres: Shu Uemura

Manami Kinoshita: Vestiare Collective

May Hong: Eckhaus Latta Jeans

Meng Zheng: True Religion

Miki Ehara: Amazon Fashion

Milano Nasu: Shiseido

Milo Chen: Elegant Prosper Jeans

Ming Xi: Kenzo fragrance, Biotherm, Daniel Wellington, L'Oreal contract

Mona Matsuoka: Elegant Prosper, GAP, Bloomingdales, Viza Viza, Shiseido

Neelam Gill: L'Oreal contract

Radhika Nair: Chloe, Adidas x Pharell Williams

Rina Fukushi: Revlon, MAC

Shi Xuan Hu: Benetton

Shiwei Wen: Furla

Shujing Zhou: Marc Jacobs beauty

Sijia Kang: Miu Miu fragrance, Lane Crawford

Sohyun Jung: Marc Jacobs beauty, MAC x Nicopanda, Marc Jacobs eyewear/accessories

Somin Park: Bobbi Brown

Soojoo Park: L'Oreal contract

Sora Choi: Dior lip glow, Louis Vuitton, McQ, Bottega Veneta, Saks, Dior hydra life

Sui He: Pantene, Olay, (Crest), H&M China, Eifini

Tiana Tolstoi: Clarins, (Renault Samsung)

Wang Han: Movbain

Wangy Xinyu: Calvin Klein, CK fragrance, CK performance, CK time & jewelry

Xiao Wen Ju: L'Oreal contract, Peacebird, Staccato, Zara CNY

Xie Chaoyu: Prada, Sonia Rykiel

Xu Jing: Shiatzy Chen

Yoon Mi Sun: Levi's

Yuan Bochao: Shiatzy Chen

Yuka Mannami: Shiseido contract, Elegant Prosper, Adeam, Nordstrom, (I Lohas), Amazon Fashion

Yumi Lambert: Issey Miyake

Ziwei Cao: La Koradior

Zuoye: Benetton

 

[Tesanger jen]

New Indian model Tuhir Brahmbhatt, signed with Anima creatives in Mumbai and with Premium models in Paris.

animacreatives.com​

 

[Prymasquous]

To follow gbam, mathiaskatz and Tesanger jen, another face that is on the rise: Arun Gupta.

Apparently his background consist of Singaporean/Indian/Indonesian. Born in Singapore but grew up in London, now based in NYC.

He's doing a decent job for a starter.





Is fashion going through another phase of Indian models?

With the recent success/spotlight on models such as Radhika, Dipti, Saffron, Jeenu and Arun, for examples, are gaining traction and the exposure of beauty and talent from South/SE Asia seems to seep its way into mainstream. All of a sudden there's just buzz and interest in them, which is obviously a good thing.

And that one article that was posted earlier, couldn't ring any truer words - this selective bunch of Indian models are indeed diverse and unique... from skin colour to hair, facial features to geography of where they were born, etc. (They do stray away from conventional ideals, but I personally am disappointed to have not seen MORE traditional Indian beauties, whom are precisely conventional beautiful by many standards, making it bigger in the commercial modelling industry, or HF for that matter. How could they not? What is it? Forget the politics and appreciate the beauty and talent and utilise them more.)

From that same article it'd be nice to see some/all of them get recognised because they're promising.


Let's see this momentum translate/lead to something bigger. That's the real test, or something we ought to keep an eye on. We cannot have a couple good season then start to fade after a brief moment - they are more than just that.


Good luck to all South and South East Asians trying to make it big!

 

[Prymasquous]

Arun Gupta


Men's Folio Singapore April 2018
Ph: David Reiss






weibo.com ​

 

[Phuel]

Tuhir is absolutely gorgeous. Like a face out of multicultural-antiquity. Hope he has a chance to strike it big.

There are so many gorgeous Persian, Syrian and East Indian faces. Unfortunately, they are oftentimes overlooked— much like Asian models, since they are simply not in vogue, despite all the hot air swapped around the industry about diversity and equality. That, and the more conservative nature of such cultures will discourage these gorgeous individuals from pursuing modelling, particularly of the men.

 

[mathiaskatz]

MDC Updates:
Cong He is finally on the Top 50, joining Fernanda, Jing and Sora.
Sohyun Jung and Xie Chaoyu are now on the hot list, joining Hoyeon.

 

[bluebanter]

How is yoon young bae not on the hot list yet ?
she will be very soon I expect

 

[Plax]

Xie Chaoyu for J.W Anderson X Converse Campaign

 

[Prymasquous]

Tuhir is absolutely gorgeous. Like a face out of multicultural-antiquity. Hope he has a chance to strike it big.

There are so many gorgeous Persian, Syrian and East Indian faces. Unfortunately, they are oftentimes overlooked— much like Asian models, since they are simply not in vogue, despite all the hot air swapped around the industry about diversity and equality. That, and the more conservative nature of such cultures will discourage these gorgeous individuals from pursuing modelling, particularly of the men.

Yes at the bolded part. Good point, didn't think of that. Would be indeed somewhat complicated for those individuals to navigate through the industry, and furthermore for real people to accommodate/support them for not opting to be subjected to certain requirements or the "bad" habits.

At the same time, it's a case by case, so that's also exciting in the sense that we may have bold personalities that aren't necessarily conservative/traditionalist. Change the narrative/perception/attitude despite not having to identify with the said culture or degrade the customs of that culture.



On another note, India has a few good prospects on the horizon especially regarding to innovation and economic growth. See how the dynamics of the fashion industry vis a vis India plays out... how receptive and strategic it'll get.

 

[Prymasquous]

Dior Couture - Shanghai Surrealism


(O) Lina Zhang | Miki Ehara | Sijia Kang




Ziwei Cao | Ting Chen | Chen Yuan Yuan




Shujing Zhou | Junli Zhao | Milo Chen




Shiyi Wang | Ziwen Guan | Yoon Young Bae




Chuyan He | Liang Xiang Qing | Wangy Xinyu


lofficiel.nl​