Once upon a time, the girls who performed fashion at fashion weeks were all white faces, and occasionally a few brilliant black pearls also projected dazzling light, and the only thing missing was the yellow from the East. In September's "Fashion Special", Bazaar specially invited three Asian models of different nationalities who galloped at the International Fashion Week - Ai Tominaga, Zhang Lina and Yin Baomei Bomi Youn to appear together, performing the unique temperament of the same and different Asian models.
The aesthetic breakthrough brought a rare Asian face to the European and American fashion circles, and at the end of the 1990s, when the old and the new alternated, Asian models gradually began to appear on the international runway. With the development of the times, the Asian models on the runway have gradually increased from scratch to the proportion, and some have become designers or one of the brand darlings.
For the most extensive, populous and culturally rich eastern continent, their existence has become a symbol of the times, witnessing cultural exchanges, leading the progress of diverse aesthetics, their names deserve to be remembered by current and future cultures, they are models, they are from Asia!
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Early this summer, the Giorgio Armani 2020 Show in Tokyo was greeted with a surprise – the long-lost Japanese icon supermodel Ai Tominaga closed the show. 36 years old, a number that makes many people daunted, but time is tolerant of Tominaga's love, the sculptural delicate face is still heroic, and she is more elegant and calm on the runway.
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Ai Tominaga has also become john galliano's favorite face during his dior period, and her 14 catwalks are the most in Asia, and she is definitely the best person to choose in the big show inspired by Toei culture. The closing scene for Alexander McQueen's Fall/Winter 2003 collection is a classic.
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21 years after his debut, the blessing of multiple identities of actors and editors, not forgetting the throbbing that remains on the runway, Tominaga Ai is very happy that more and more Asian girls are now on the international show, and they are no longer "alone". She is a well-deserved Asian icon supermodel, and her appearance has changed the status and image of Asian models.
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With the development of the Asian luxury market, designers are gradually discovering a variety of female roles, and there are more Asian faces that are developing rapidly. "I feel very comfortable knowing who I am, and that comfort doesn't come from how I look." When Zhang Lina stepped on the international stage in 2011, she said that eight years later, she is also conservative and original: "With the development of the times, there will indeed be different changes, but what we need to do in this profession has nothing to do with the times, and our only key is to 'do ourselves'."
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Debuting from the Spring/Summer 2012 Fashion Week, Zhang Lina chose to leave the catwalk after just three seasons. During the few years of rest, Lina made many plans and plans, but always had a nostalgia for the international stage, and six years later, at the Spring/Summer 2019 Fashion Week, Lina made a full return, "perhaps destined to complete the unfinished ideal".
"Calm return" is the best interpretation of Lina, this time return, there is a little more touching softness in the eyes, and this warmth comes from her family. In the two years that she chose to rest, Lina started a family with her loved one and had two boys, "I am grateful to my husband and children for supporting what I like to do, and the family has made me stronger and more gentle."
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Play with children at the beach and in parks, celebrate their birthdays... Lina will hardly miss any opportunity to get along with children, "to fly, but is not home", Lina more than once shared this mood, the most reassuring when working is the children, "In fact, I rarely video chat with them during my time away, I am afraid of causing us to miss each other." But even if there are three days between shooting this year, I will fly back to Shanghai from New York or Europe and then return to continue shooting to make up for their company and responsibility" And the better working state is also from the strength of children.
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The humility and rationality through the process made her feel like "I don't think I'd call it a comeback, I don't even consider myself a top model, I just walked for three short seasons and sometimes felt like no one knew I was a model six years ago." By now, it is clear that she has become one of the symbols of the Asian model of this era.
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The benefit of growing older is that I become more comfortable, "The most I say to my agent and my family is to go with the flow." "One person's life becomes a family of four people, and the change is to choose to escape and face the difficulties more," I have a very happy life, all of which is the most fundamental source. "Lina grows and progresses in the wrapping of love, perceives love, and shares love.
"I personally still have a very one-sided understanding of the industry, but I am moving forward with the love of this profession. I think it should be the market demand first, but it is undeniable that Asian models have a unique temperament, the world stage is open, no matter what industry is riding the development of the times. "Everyone is a unique mark of the development of Asian models, and the opportunities brought by the development of the times are more diverse.
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Delicate baby face, round nose, slightly playful Qi bangs have become her iconic business cards, and on the runway of the 2019 Spring/Summer collection we see this new Korean power - Yoon Baomei. "She has youthful vitality and individual expressiveness." Simone Rocha commented on the opening girl after her show.
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The obedient personality of the girl next door has become the unique beauty of Yin Baomei, Lina recalled the shooting cooperation, "Bomi is a little girl who just debuted, some small tension and do not know how to communicate with us, very normal, so was I at the beginning." "The new generation of models represented by Yin Baomei is still making progress, and every accumulation and attempt is for the next time to be more comfortable."
"Model" is no longer a word with a single meaning, and has become an indelible color in the fashion industry, they no longer exist for the simple interpretation of clothing, but have become the mainstay of multicultural aesthetic exchanges; the development of online media has also made them a rare icon character in the hearts of many people, for the industry, for prejudice, for socialization issues, they are bravely speaking out with their own strength.
September on "She's from Asia"
Curated by: Basha Fashion Group
Producer: Wei Tian
Image: Wang Hao wang hao
Model: Zhang Lina Zhang (liquid Linjie model),
Ai Tominaga (focus),
Yoon Bao Mei bomi youn (morph mgmt)
Casting: Vince & Trecey
Makeup: clive.x(x studio)
Hairstyle: John Zhang Minghu (hairpro)
Nail Art: Yan(x studio)
Producer: Zhou Yang
Co-ordination: Diao Diao
Contact: Guo Yashu
Costume assistants: Liu Anqi, Qian Qian, Daito, Xia Ji
Plane: nova design
WeChat editor-in-charge: leon chang
Text: ming