If you hear a woman widowed in middle age, and three children, the days after the age of 50, it must be a continuous decline, right?
But this woman from Hong Kong, Suzi de Givenchy, lived her example. In the seemingly bleak second half of his life, he embarked on a magical and gorgeous turn, from widow to supermodel and Balenciaga spokesperson. One look at the last name, you know that this is related to the French fashion brand Givenchy!
Suzi de Givenchy from Hong Kong, married to Paris for love Zhang Ailing wrote "Love in the Fallen City" after the marriage of the white tassel: "Do they think her life is over? Early miles! This phrase also fits perfectly with Suzi de Givenchy. Born in Hong Kong, he grew up in New York, and then married a descendant of the French fashion master Givenchy because of his love, and settled in Paris. However, the middle-aged widow turned her from the mother of three children to a widow, who knew that after the age of 50, she accidentally switched to modeling, walking the catwalk for fashion brands such as Off-White and Balenciaga, and then picking up the fashion dreams of her youth, which broke the typical aesthetic standards of fashion models.
Suzi's mother divorced when she was 4 years old and moved with her mother to New York. Suzi celebrated her 20th birthday in Paris, met her lifelong love Hubert de Givenchy (nephew of fashion master Givennchy, the same name as the master), and since then she has lived in Paris for love and has given birth to 3 sons.
In childhood Suzi de Givenchy
More than 20 years passed, 5 years ago Suzi De Givenchy's husband died of a heart attack. Suzi was once devastated after losing the love of her life, and talked about her love for Paris: "First out of love for a man, now out of love for the European way of life." I'm a widow now, but still living in France for over 30 years, I have three grown-up sons, and an accent I can't get rid of. ”
Suzi and her sons
Live a second life and consider walking the overpass for Off-White for half a year
Heaven closes a door for you and opens a window for you. In an interview with Vogue in Paris, Suzi mentioned that her modeling career was entirely outside of Ico, and that she was very skeptical at first. At a dinner party more than 2 years ago, she met Versae Vanni, a scout at Next Model Brokerage Agency, and when Vanni asked her if she would be interested in working for him, Suzi smiled and asked if they knew their age: "It's almost 50 years old!" After half a year of deliberation, she decided to sign the contract and start the second chapter of her life.
Never forget to breathe and enjoy, because life is short.
Shortly after signing, Suzi completed her maiden show on the flyover of the Off-White brand's Spring/Summer 2020 collection. She shared her panic about her first trip to the overpass, walking much slower than usual for fear of her shoes falling off, but her very European temperament mature Asian face and toned figure quickly gained more attention.
Refusing to be shaped into a "beautiful witch", the type of character endorses Balenciaga
Since her debut, Suzi has become a hot topic in the fashion world lately and has been busy with her busy work. In addition to performing shows for several famous fashion brands, he also became a balenciaga advertising model. You must know that the two masters of Balenciaga and Givenchy were also old friends, and after several generations, if the widow of the Givenchy family used her unique personality to shoot advertisements for Balenciaga, it was also a beautiful talk.
Most recently, she made her appearance at Paris Fashion Week Off-White's Fall/Winter 2022 fashion show, sharing the stage with other supermodels such as Cindy Crawford. Suzi de Givenchy in the aesthetic vision of the general Chinese, is not a typical beauty, the face shape is not sharp enough, the skin tone is not white and smooth, and it is certainly not the "beauty witch" who is popular because of her appearance. But as the most stylish and stylish Parisian woman in the world (not necessarily French-born!). Suzi refuses any plastic surgery, has a thin face but is not weak, the muscle beauty of the long-term insistence on exercise, the facial features are, the personality is clear and the eyes are determined, and the apocalyptic style of Balenciaga and the neutral personality of Lemaire are all interpreted to the head.
Life can change direction at any age and at any time, and you can overcome difficulties.
While many things in the fashion industry are regressing, the modeling industry has made a lot of strides in diversifying casting in recent years. There used to be an unspoken rule of "retiring" at the age of 30, but now more silver-haired, non-white, and even non-binary faces are coming to power. The emergence of Suzi de Givenchy has also given Asians a new standard of beauty: spots, wrinkles, and non-whitening, all of which should not be seen as a problem.
Suzi would like to say to everyone: "Life can change direction at any age and at any time, and you can overcome difficulties." Never forget to breathe and enjoy, because life is short. "Because with Suzi, you can also let fashion people everywhere know: in addition to Tina Chow, Lu Yan, Liu Wen, we also have such a happy and stylish woman!"