Meet China’s New Generation of Tastemakers

BEIJING – There’s a global shift in fashion image making underway. After a phase in which the aesthetic skewed to the polished and perfected, a more sensual and delicate kind of beauty seems to be taking root, from Glen Luchford’s eclectic Gucci campaign style to the dream-like Dior spring 2019 images by Harley Weir, and Beyoncé’s American Vogue cover photographed by Tyler Mitchell. Simultaneously in China, after years of magazine covers and indoor studio editorials Photoshopped to perfection – a style pioneered by the likes of Chen Man, Zack Zhang and Yuangui Mei – a new breed of fashion creatives is peering through a different lens. The late photographer Ren Hang, known for his absurdist and sensual work, was an early proponent of this alternative view, and other creative talents are now following his path in search of new ways to portray Asian beauty. With the start Wednesday of Shanghai Fashion Week, WWD highlights here eight fashion stylists, photographers, makeup artists and hair stylists who exemplify the Chinese fashion industry’s evolution in recent years. Xiaowen Ju by Leslie Zhang  Courtesy Photo Leslie Zhang, photographer Leslie Zhang, who happens to have the same name as the deceased Hong Kong film star, is arguably the leading figure of his

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