Code Models Management Show Package for Spring 2009

Ji Yeon Lee, who was one of the models on the cover of Korean Vogue in May 2008, just signed with Code Agency and will be making her debut in New York City this week. Ji Yeon has the same parent agency in Korea (DCM) as fellow models, Hyun Yi Lee and Yoon Jin Wook.

Model: Ji Yeon Lee

Source: Models.com

Ashley Yao Ad Campaign for L'Oréal Féria, Fall 2008

Ashley Yao is one of those models who makes a decent living without doing runway shows or starring in tons of magazine editorials. She has been doing mostly catalog jobs, which pay really well, thank you very much. A constant in JCrew catalogs, she is also a singer in a band called, Misha.

This is a L'Oréal ad for the Féria Hair Color line. Ad campaigns tend to pay really well because they run in more magazines than a single-print editorial. In addition, the ads can run for months or sometimes, years and those residual incomes do add up over time.

Model: Ashley Yao
Ad Campaign: L'Oréal Féria, Fall 2008
Photographer: Unknown

Source: Scanned by me

Shitomi Gilson & Shien Lee Editorial for UCE Magazine #2 May/June 2008

The Hong Kong movie, In the Mood for Love has inspired hundreds of fashion shoots. I believe there are at least four other fashion editorials on this theme in this blog alone.

Here is another editorial inspired by In the Mood for Love from a new online fashion/design/culture magazine called UCE Magazine. I have to admit, the quality of the content and photogprahy are quite exceptional for an online magazine. It reads like a real paper magazine without resorting to those childish, splashy, ADD-addled contents/typography that are so prevalent in ditigal media publications today.

Model: Shitomi Gibson & Shien Lee

Editorial: Mood for Love

Magazine: UCE Magazine #2, June/July 2008

Photographer: Fillipo Vel Dita

Stylist: Shelley Zhao

Source: UCE Magazine

Jeanine Chin Editorial for (French) Modzik #4, July/August 2008

Jeanine Chin is a Taiwanese model who is signed with small agencies in Paris (Angels) and Milan (Brave). She has walked for a number of designers in London, Milan and Paris including Martin Margiela and Chloe. Hopefully, we'll see more of her work soon.

Model: Jeanine Chin

Editorial: Red Riding Hood

Magazine: (French) Modzik #4, July/August 2008

Photographer: Yves Bottalico

Source: Yves Bottalico

Zarina Editorial for New York Magazine, August 2008

According to Models.com, newbie model Zarina is of Mongolian descent and speaks fluent Russian. She is currently signed with Muse Agency in NYC. Personally, I think it is exciting to see an Asian model from other countries aside from China, Japan or South Korea. Of course, there are also Asian models from US, Canada, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines.

Another Asian face with an interesting origin/lineage is Eugenia Manzhieva who is of Manchurian descent and Russian nationality, as is fellow Russian model, Dinara Chetyrova. Then there is Irina Pantaeva who was one of the most visible Asian faces in the 1990s. She is of Eskimo/Mongolian mix from Russian too.

Brazil, with its huge ethnic Chinese and Japanese population, has also spawned some familar Asian faces like Juliana Imai, Aline Nakashima and Aline Serpa.

Models: Spencer Peterson & Zarina

Editorial: Share the Love

Magazine: New York Magazine, August 2008

Photographer: Steve Hiett

Source: NYMag

Philip Huang for Macy's Catalog, August 2008

Philip Huang is probably the top Asian male model working in the international scene today. Unfortunately, the visibility of Asian male models has not caught up to the popularity of the female counterpart. Nonetheless, it is refreshing to see him still working even if it is for Macy's.

Model: Philip Huang
Catalog: Macy's, August 2008
Photographer: Unknown

Source: Macy's

Sonny Zhou in Nordstrom Catalog, August Designer Book 2008

Here is Sonny Zhou in the new Nordstrom Designer Book Catalog out in August 2008. This book is a premier edition of the regular Nordstrom catalogs and it only showcases the works of top designers around the world.

Model: Sonny Zhou
Editorial: Fantastic Voyage
Catalog: Nordstrom Designer Book, August 2008
Photographer: Unknown

Source: Nordstrom