Asian Model Sparkle: Du Juan

看到大牌的東方inspired fashion design愈吹愈勁，Givenchy在Spring 2011 Couture collection中只使用Asian Model，真令人不禁思疑亞洲時裝界是否真正的堀起？我也不知道，但肯定的是，一班中國藉model已在發光發亮。雖然以下的文章只是我整合一下東拼西湊找來的資料，但也期待人們花點時間看看吧 :> (還未有時候translate回中文，暫且忍耐我那9唔搭8的英文吧）

Asian model are not one-hit-wonder anymore!

 By Miss J

Du Juan, a veritable model born in China, first debuted at Chanel couture in 2006, walked the runways for Valentino and Gaultier, appeared in campaigns like Louis Vuitton, Armani. But do Asian model is just an one-hit-wonder?

Everybody in the fashion industry recognizes the importance of global markets, especially China and South Korea. ‘‘There’s been a very significant rise and demand towards the Asian look in the last five years.” Stephen Lee from New York’s NEXT Model Management said. Du Juan also said, ‘‘There still are brands or clients that would not consider using an Asian model, but things are changing dramatically and quickly.”

As one of the few successful Asian models. ‘‘I feel the pressure to do well, work harder and to make sure I represent Chinese models well internationally.” Du Juan said. To the western country, Chinese women symbolized the traditional beauty — big, round eyes, cute small mouth, a high nose, and very fair skin. Rise of Du Juan is modernizing the concept of beauty in China. As a Chinese, I'm excited to see the rise of Du Juan which is symbolizing Fashion industry is truly became global-oriented, Asian model is alive and kicking!

Miss J

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