Lü Yan (model)

Lü Yan
Born (1981-10-19) 19 October 1981
De'an County, Jiangxi, China

Lü Yan (Chinese: 吕燕; pinyin: Lǚ Yàn; born 19 October 1981); also spelled Lv Yan, is a Chinese fashion designer and former model. During her career as a model she worked with such labels as Dior, Gucci, Lanvin and Alexander McQueen before appearing on the cover of numerous fashion magazines including Marie Claire and i-D. Now retired from modelling, Lu is a fashion designer with her own label Comme Moi.[1][2]

Biography

Lü was born 1981 in a small mining village in De'an County, Jiangxi Province. At the age of 18 she was discovered by stylist Li Dongtian, however owing to her unconventional appearance with small eyes, a flat face and freckles she did not meet traditional Chinese beauty standards and found getting work difficult. While in Beijing she was seen by model scouts from France who asked her to go to Paris to model. Lü who spoke no French or English eventually agreed to go to Paris and started work. In the same year she came second in the 2000 Supermodel of the World competition.[3][4]

In 2010 Lü returned to China and retired from modelling to set up her own line called Comme Moi for label Woolmark.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Meet Lu Yan". Fashion Statement. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  2. ↑ Zhang, Junmian. "Top 10 Chinese models". China Internet Information Center. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Lu Yan--China´s Wild Child Of Fashion". China Central Television. 14 October 2005. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  4. 1 2 Adams, Prue (3 February 2017). "China's first supermodel Lu Yan collaborates with The Woolmark Company to use merino". ABC. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
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