Why there are so many Asian-Americans in fashion, and how they changed the industry.

BY THESSALY LA FORCE, April 13, 2020.

 

 

 

Designer and owner of MAKIÉ, Makie Yahagi, is being featured in The New York Times Style Magazine.

 

Clockwise from top left: JOSEPH ALTUZARRA; CHRIS LEBA, R13; EUNICE LEE, UNIS; JENNY CHENG, Gauntlett Cheng; BIBHU MOHAPATRA; MAKIE YAHAGI; JADE LAI, Creatures of Comfort; DAO-YI CHOW, Public School; YEOHLEE TENG; PHILLIP LIM, 3.1 Phillip Lim; KIMORA LEE SIMMONS, Baby Phat; RICHARD CHAI, Club Monaco; KEVIN KIM, IISE; TOMMY TON, Deveaux; THAKOON PANICHGUL; KIM SHUI; RUI ZHOU; PRABAL GURUNG; SANDY LIANG; LAURA KIM, Oscar de la Renta and Monse; MARY PING; SNOW XUE GAO; PETER SOM; JASON WU; JI OH; DYLAN CAO, JIN KAY and HUY LUONG, Commission; and DEREK LAM. Photographed at the Morgan Library in New York City on Feb. 17, 2020. Renee Cox

 

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