The January 2025 issue of W Magazine China Vol.1 The Art Issue, carried a story focused on Dadaism, with French model Apolline Rocco Fohrer styled by Austin Feng and lensed by photographer Nick Yang [IG].
Designers influenced by Dadaism began experimenting with deconstruction, tearing apart established shapes and reconstructing garments in playful, unexpected ways. They favored collage techniques, layering fabrics, textures, and prints in an almost haphazard manner, creating multidimensional garments that defied logic and expectation.
This transformative approach allowed fashion to become a canvas for political and social commentary, breaking down the barriers between high art and everyday wear.
Chinese supermodel Lina Zhang delivers a powerhouse, bold mix, opulent fashion editorial lensed by fellow superwoman talent Zhong Lin.
Austin Feng styles the fashion shoot that reminds us yet again: Chinese fashion media swings from the high bar of excellence. It’s just a fact./ Hair by Minghu Zhang; makeup by Yooyo Keong Minh
As the capital of Jilin Province, Changchun is the second largest city in Northeast China. Home to about 5 million people, the city hosts a winter celebration called the ‘Changchun Ice and Snow Festival’.
W Magazine China [IG] captures this spectacle ‘Winter in Chang Chun’ in the fashion pages of its latest Art Issue 2025 January. Models Haojie Qim Hejia Li and Ying Ouyang are styled by Austin Feng in bold, winter fashion statements lensed by Feng Li [IG], with creative direction by Cathy Dong. /Makeup by Yooyo Keong Ming; hair by MingHu Zhang.
The November 2024 issue of W Magazine China makes a vivid fashion impression with the fashion story ‘One Step Forward’. Five models are featured in the fashion production: América González, Chloe Oh, Mila van Eeten, Rejoice Chuol and Vika Evseeva. Austin Feng is in charge of styling, with Zhong Lin [AOC Archives] behind the lens.
Chinese supermodel Chu Wong joins W Magazine China Vol. 9 in toasting American designer Marc Jacobs and his 40-years in fashion. Photographer Zhong Lin [IG] captures the fashion story styled by Austin Feng, as a vision looming large to AOC Americans as a scene created for ‘The Stepford Wives’. / Hair by John Zhang; makeup by Clive Xiong
Top Chinese supermodel Lina Zhang makes a stylish, blockbuster impression in ‘Phantasm’, a sophisticated, modern-riches fashion story styled by Austin Feng. Photographer Zhong Lin [IG] is behind the lens for W Magazine China [IG] Vol. 9.
Supermodel Liu Wen is styled by Austin Feng in ‘Look At Me’, a gorgeous presentation of fall elegance from Marie Claire China [IG]. The fabulous, tightly-edited fashion story is lensed by Zhong Lin [IG] and we put it on the fashion board of excellence produced by Asian fashion media, much of it coming out of China.
W Magazine China 03, 2024, through seasonal fashion and images lensed by photographer Zhong Lin [IG], revives the romance immortalized by Chinese cultural icons across millennia.
W Magazine China’s [IG] June 2024 icon issue shares a fantastic fashion story featuring the ‘Margiela Artisanal’ 2024 couture collection starring model He Cong lensed by Zhong Lin. W also makes high-impact points in their commentary about creativity.
Creative Directors Examined
For the second time this week, my own brain has been interrupted externally with the reinforcement of thoughts already playing out here on AOC.
In preparing this W Magazine China fashion story over the course of two months, six sets of haute couture fashion traveled across the seas. The magazine “exclusively” documented this fashion moment, along with its fascinating behind-the-scenes story.