Emma Pei

[min-SH]

^it's from Modern Weekly.

 

[makhiukwan]

Emma Pei by Todd Anthony Tyler.


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[min-SH]

^thank you mak!!! i miss your posts.

 

[makhiukwan]

you're welcome...min-SH~
hope to see her show up at the coming fashion week!!

 

[ax80]

Don't think this was posted but sorry if it was.
Interview with Beijing Talk Magazine.

“I really think the whole of Asia is the new fashion frontier,” says IMG Asia Pacific’s Managing Director, Simon Lock. “This where the great ideas are going to come from.” Statistics support his theory, as Asia’s top models rack up so many overseas shows with big name designers we’ve lost count. Du Juan, Liu Wen, and Emma Pei are at the forefront of the Chinese catwalk revolution, with all three willowy specimens of genetic perfection in contention to be crowned China’s first bona fide supermodel. During last month’s fashion week in Shanghai, TALK caught up with Emma Pei (Chinese name Pei Bei), who told us what it was like to be the “next big thing”.

EARNEST EMMA
“I never thought I would be a model like today. I was dreaming of being a stewardess,” the 21 year old says. Born into a family of chefs in Anhui province, Pei now zips across continents regularly to strut for Christian Dior, Alexander McQueen, Diane Von Furstenburg, DKNY, Ralph Lauren and Vera Wang, to name a few.
Only three years into her modelling career, Pei is a household name in her homeland, best known as the face of cosmetics giant L’Oreal and for her numerous spreads in Chinese Vogue and Elle magazines. But her ambitions have now gone global and she counts New York as her favourite city. “[I will] rarely do local fashion shows anymore – just international,” she says.

Pei still maintains a base in Shanghai but prefers working abroad in the more developed fashion capitals because, “China is still learning and developing her own style to show to the world.”
Although adjusting to her life as a busy jetsetter has been “really hard work,” Pei says she has been able to learn from models from other countries. “They taught me how to live better, and how to enjoy my work, even to get used to adapt to other countries’ lifestyles, which made me happier.”

The travel-heavy job requirements are frequently a problem for young models, says IMG’s Simon Lock. For nearly all models around the world, entering the biz happens the same way: “One minute you’re tapped on the shoulder, and the next minute you’re whisked off to Paris and living in a model house and being led around town by a booking agent. That can be hugely daunting,” he explains. “Even if you’ve grown up in New York.”

Pei agrees. “I didn’t get used to it from the first second, but I had to try anyway, as that’s part of my position.” She still has no long-term career plan, but hopes she can continue modelling for another three to five years. Her uncertain path lies in the hands of her audience, on whether designers and advertisers keep calling, “or maybe they will give me up!” she laughs.

Such a forthright attitude from a young woman who comes across initially as quite shy and withdrawn surprised us. When we met Pei – who was the official ambassador for last month’s Shanghai Fashion Week, smiling on stages and waving a lot – over a bottle of Voss designer water backstage, she revealed the source of her self-assurance. A secondary career has appeared on the horizon.


“To be honest, I don’t really have a long term plan for my future … but I am thinking about being an actress.” Her agency is already in talks with a Taiwanese film company considering signing her for a TV series or film roles. However, she does not intend to try her hand at design because, “It’s very difficult to run it well for long.” Instead, after retiring from the runways, our pretty Miss Pei will likely further her education, “related to my job, or I will study language. I am not sure when, but I will definitely go [back to school].”

As long as she is staring into cameras for a living, Pei will take care to maintain her flawless skin. Her beauty secret: “I only focus on the cleanliness of my skin,” avoiding makeup whenever she’s not working. In dry winter months she “may use just a little bit of cream, but that’s all,” she confesses to our disappointment. There are apparently no magic shortcuts to looking like Emma Pei.

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[The.Rock.Inc.]

"Chic and Classic"

scanned by me from Vogue China Feb supplement

The editorial is boring but she looks very good here, nice makeup and hair

 

[nan831]

F/W 09.10 Show Card (IMG)



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[The.Rock.Inc.]

Nice shot... it's her solo Vogue China cover.

 

[4n98]

she looks gorgeous in the Vogue editorial

 

[Aja Mok]

Vogue China March 2009 by Kai Z Feng
and her model boyfriend (Wang Zhu Xiaoyin)


* Scanned by me

 

[kahlilg]

her boyfriend is hot!

 

[The.Rock.Inc.]

they look so cute together! lovely ed

thanks AJA for the scans

 

[anisedina]

well ,i have to say Emma Pei is not my cup of tea,i always prefer Zhang Xue,i think she will sooner or later be the new face of the new generation Asian models

 

[nan831]

the puffy doll face ? no way she only can hold her boob shown to the camera or preen herself in some cheap beauty talk show

i dont think pei can go far anymore in HF world but at least she still sign with IMG & touchdown in NY again

Rachel Comey f/w 09.10 New York




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[nan831]

Lacoste f/w 09.10 NY

Feb 14th



getty

 

[nan831]

United Bamboo f/w 09.10 NY



style.com

 

[Aja Mok]

backstage at Lacoste

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[ERIKIMISUN]

Lacoste f/w 09.10 NY

style

wire image

 

[ERIKIMISUN]

Lacoste f/w 09.10 NY

WWD

 

[seansun]

DKNY F/W 09.10 New York

Source: Catwalking