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Chinese supermodel Liu Wen brings a spectacular color-saturated fashion story to the December 2022 issue of Vogue China in a cover story focused on ‘The Female Gaze’.

Australian-born Chinese fashion multihyphenate, Vogue China editor-in-chief Margaret Zhang herself is the photographer for the shoot.

Matt Mcdonald serves as artistic director and Jumbo Tsui as creative director on the fashion shoot styled by fashion editor Vivien Sun./ Hair by Xue Meng LIU ; makeup by He Lei

We translate Vogue China’s IG:

“The muse in the classical period is regarded as the female idol of an era, far away in the clouds and out of reach. Entering the contemporary cultural context, women embark on a journey of self-discovery and exploration. The contemporary muse can no longer be just a beautiful idol, worshiped and gazed upon. What people want is a more unique and recognizable style and attitude. In Liu Wen's view, "Beauty is not a flat, two-dimensional concept, beauty must be a multi-dimensional existence", "Everyone can be their own muse, and everyone can find their own spiritual expression from themselves, that is our A source of inspiration to create and live". We have seen the powerful energy exuded by attractive women in different fields. We may have never met, but it will still give us some motivation to move forward bravely.

"Women are brave, creative, and imaginative."

Liu Wen speaks in the issue to the idea of womanhood as a one-dimensional construct that has expired in some countries and must be eliminated in others. American women are fighting to get out of the straightjacket that that ultra-MAGA theocrats are trying to put us in with the