Twenty four year old Chinese model Liu Wen began her modeling career in 2005 when her mother coerced her into entering the New Silk Road World Model Contest, previously won by supermodel Du Juan. Wen didn’t win, but has gone on to walk for designers from Dior to Dolce, feature in pretty much every edition of Vogue, and reach number 5 in models.com’s Top 50 Models Women List anyway. Oh, and she also holds the accolade of being the first model of Chinese descentto walk for Victoria’s Secret. Following her appearance in our #Fantasia issue, styled by Robbie Spencer in Raf Simons’s first Haute Couture collection for Dior, we filmed the model pulling faces on the streets of – the city she now calls home – New York.
FilmHarrison Boyce and Andrew McMullen
Photography Benjamin Alexander Huseby Styling Robbie Spencer Hair Tomo Jidai at Streeters Make-upKirstin Piggott at Julian Watson Model Liu Wen at Marilyn Set design Andrea Cellerino at Magnet Photographic assistant Jack Wilson Styling assistants Elizabeth Fraser-Bell, Catharina Pavitschitz Hair assistant Fumi Maehara Make-up assistantMolly Aitken Location Liu's home Digital Operator Tanya Houghton Casting Noah Shelley for AM Casting
This week’s roundup can’t ignore the phenomena of Hurricane Sandy that affected the lives of so many people. Here’s a look at the reaction of some of the world’s top celebs from before Frankenstorm hit the East Coast. From Jerry Seinfeld to Pam Anderson to Snooki, who tweeted- “RIP seaside”. (US Weekly)
Attacked and ridiculed for being overweight, Kate Upton answers her critics with her first ever Vogue cover. From being a Sports Illustrated cover girl to a Vogue cover girl in just one year, Kate Upton’s powerful Vogue Italia’s upcoming November cover hints that we are looking at a new diva in the making. (Fashionista)
Drew Barrymore set to launch a new beauty line for Wal-Mart? WWD reports that she has already started researching collaborating with Italian cosmetics supplier for the new line, but she will only start after her current contract with CoverGirl is up. (Refinery 29)
Dolce & Gabbana to stand trial for a tax evasion suit. This will be round two fought against the designers after previously winning the case, but Italy’s Supreme Court decided to reopen the case. After last week’s conviction of Italy’s former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to four years in jail, it’s needless to say that the two should not take this case lightly. (The Cut)
Vogue UK’s December issue goes POP. Vogue’s editor Alexandra Shulman believes that pop-culture references have been bursting out everywhere now and that was the idea for the colorful theme. Natalia Vodianova stars on the cover photographed by Mario Testino. (Vogue UK)
Closing our list of fashion highlights for this week, three new promos have aired for the new modeling competition ‘The Face", hosted by Naomi Campbell, Karolina Kurkova and Coca Rocha, who will mentor the up and coming models. Take a look:
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