Vogue China September 2025 20 Years Anniversary Issue Pt-1 by Elizaveta-Porodina AOC Fashion

Photographer Elizaveta Porodina [IG] has produced a staggeringly-beautiful fashion story for Vogue China’s [IG] September 2025 issue.

Before us, 32 images in this spectacular celebration of eight Chinese supermodels, eight distinct sets of attributes and eight life journeys come together “to create the most personal and meaningful style story for Vogue China’s 20th anniversary.”

The epic model cast includes Chu Wong, Du Juan, Fei Fei Sun, He Cong, Lina Zhang, Ming Xi, Shu Pei Qin and Xiao Wen Ju styled by Xiao Liu./ Hair by Zhou Xue Ming; makeup by Valentina Li

Eight Top Chinese Models and National Pride

Vogue China IG speaks with great sensitivity and pride about the evolution of China’s fashion industry and the role these top models have played in its success.

These women are not only pioneers and trailblazers of the industry, achieving success on the international stage with professionalism and talent, but also intimately connected to every key chapter of China’s fashion evolution. Their expertise, diversity, and influence are indispensable symbols of China’s aesthetic development, forming, together with VOGUE, the solid foundation of style we have built over 20 years.

I’m also struck with the similarity between AOC’s commentary — and actual quotes from Givenchy’s Sarah Burton about her Fall 2025 campaign — and Porodina’s comments about the Vogue China 20th anniversary shoot.