Tao Okamoto as Freja in Vogue China, August 2011

"Handsome Girl" by Photographer Lachlan Bailey
Vogue China, August 2011
Stylist : Clare Richardson
Makeup : Sally Branka; Hair : Rudi Lewis
Model : Tao Okamoto 

The Gap

Lais Ribeiro
The Gap Fall/Winter 2010
Photographed by Craig McDean
Models : Isabeli Fontana, Lily Donaldson, Anja Rubik, Gabriel Aubry, Alana Zimmer,
Catherine McNeil, Sean O'Pry, Abbey Lee Kershaw, Karmen Pedaru, Sasha Pivovarova,
Anna Jagodzinska, Constance Jablonski, Tommy Dunn, Ben Hill, Tao Okamoto,
Shu Pei, Lais Ribeiro, Jasmine Tookes
Styled by Karl Templer

"China Girls" by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott (2011) (NSFW)

"China Girls" by Mert Alas & Marcus PiggottInterview, March 2011Models :Tao Okamoto, Kristina Salinovic, Fei Fei Sun,
Crystal Renn, Querelle Jansen & Dinara Chetyrova
Stylist : Karl Templar

V Magazine - June 2011 - The Asian Issue

I said I wasn't going to do this. I told myself I would just ignore the things in fashion that I don't like, and not draw attention to ugly. But then again, this is my blog, and I'm irritated, so here's my first opinionated post.

Because this isn't good enough.
Tao Okamoto, photographed by Terry Tsiolis

      V Magazine's June issue is the "Asian" issue. They hyped it up, linking it to the dramatic rise in East Asian models on runways and in print. Givenchy's Spring Couture show featured only models of East Asian descent, and there were a lot of beautiful women in those photos. And the world's attention has been drawn to the crisis in Japan, so East Asia and East Asian culture are kind of a big deal right now.  But what does V Magazine choose to put on their cover of this otherwise exclusively East Asian issue? That woman who cannot be named, because she raises my blood pressure. Apparently, there aren't enough Asians to put on a cover. Nope. Not enough East Asian models, actors, designers, singers. Nobody. Or I guess, a whole bunch of nobodies that fill up the rest of the magazine.
     Naturally, most of us in the fashion world are furious. Can you imagine if the Black Issue of Vogue had Britney Spears in black-face on the cover? Here's V editor in chief, Stephen Gan's unconvincing rationale, as explained to models.com