"Is that so?" Huang He was amused by Qu Wei's innocence, so he continued, "In that case, let me ask you, besides us Asian models who popularize these so-called 'high-fashion faces,' are those Caucasian models all like this?"
"..." Qu Wei was instantly speechless because Caucasian models, no matter how you looked at them, were the same as Chinese aesthetic standards, and had no similarity to those "high-fashion faces" like white radishes.
"But in reality, it's true that having a high-fashion face makes it easier to succeed in the West, and most of the models who become supermodels also have high-fashion faces!" Qu Wei argued.
"Then let me ask you, what is the standard for the successful supermodels you speak of?" Huang He asked.
"It's to be recognized by all the major well-known international fashion brands, to be hired as models for their brands, and then to wear their clothes and walk the runway at events like Paris Fashion Week!" Qu Wei replied.
"Oh, so the object of recognition for so-called successful models is not ordinary European citizens, but rather the recognition of fashion company designers, right?" Huang He asked.
"Mm!" Qu Wei nodded naturally.
"Good, then you are a fashion designer yourself. Let me ask you, how do you choose models to highlight the excellence of your designed clothing in a runway show?" Huang He continued to ask.
"Of course, you have to find models with good figures who can showcase the clothes!" Qu Wei said without hesitation.
"And then? Do you want your models to be very beautiful, so all the audience's attention is focused on the models' faces? Or do you want the models to look very ugly, so the audience's attention can be focused on the clothes?" Huang He's words stunned Qu Wei.
"That's right. For fashion designers, they don't need models who are good-looking and beautiful. They need models who have good figures and look average, who won't draw the audience's attention away from the clothes to their faces. This is why there are so many so-called Asian models with high-fashion faces. Fashion designers like high-fashion faces, which gives rise to the so-called high-fashion models!"
"The so-called high-fashion face is actually a face that is not ugly, but just a bit awkward, so it will immediately shift the audience's attention to the clothes on the body, rather than the model's face!" Huang He concluded.
"..." Qu Wei instinctively felt that what Huang He said made a lot of sense, because she now wanted to have these models with slanted eyes to be her models, so that the audience would pay more attention to the clothes she designed, rather than the beautiful models.
However, Qu Wei still felt there might be some logical flaws, so she continued to ask, "Then why do most Western models still use those who are good-looking? Shouldn't they also choose those with high-fashion faces?"
"Do you think those designers don't want to use high-fashion faces?" Huang He sneered. "But commercial rules don't allow it. Although high-fashion faces shift more attention to the clothes, unless the clothes themselves are extremely well-designed and immediately appear extremely beautiful to the audience, it becomes a very successful theme show."
"But the problem is that 99% of fashion designers design clothes that are merely innovative, but in reality, they are even ugly. So, if ugly clothes are paired with a high-fashion model, the audience will have a very uncomfortable viewing experience, feeling nauseous and uneasy, and thus the brand's clothing will be classified as an ugly brand."
"Therefore, for fashion brands, they absolutely forbid the use of those ugly models. They will suppress the designers' ideas and directly employ those extremely stunning models!"
"This way, even if the clothes themselves are relatively ugly, they will appear beautiful under the cover of the model's beautiful appearance, and thus the brand's image will be maintained. This is why most Western models are great beauties."
"Then why are Asian models so popular with high-fashion faces?" Qu Wei felt she was learning knowledge she had never anticipated, and her expression became extremely serious.
"Because there are few Asian models, and the facial features of Asians are naturally different from those of Europeans. This creates a prejudice for many Europeans, who believe that Asian aesthetics may be different from European aesthetics. When they see an Asian model with a high-fashion face, they will think that this is a peerless beauty in the eyes of Asians."
"It's like you see ten Black women with different appearances, but as long as their figures are the same, it's actually hard for you to distinguish which of these ten Black women is beautiful, because these ten Black women all look similar in your eyes, and you lose the ability to discern beauty from ugliness."
"It's pretty much the same for Europeans. They actually find it difficult to distinguish whether Asian features are beautiful or ugly, and Asian high-fashion faces do conform to European aesthetics in some aspects, so high-fashion faces began to become popular, and those fashion brand companies didn't find these faces ugly either."
"And once the initial few popular supermodels have high-fashion faces, then all subsequent brands will believe that Asians with high-fashion faces are beautiful Asians, and designers are also happy about this."
"Just like you, even though you know that these high-fashion faces are actually very unattractive, do you still believe that Europeans like such faces?"
"If even you, a Chinese person, can't understand it, do you expect Europeans to understand it?" Huang He said indifferently.
Later, there was also a saying that high-fashion faces were intentionally created by Westerners to change Chinese aesthetics through such aesthetics.
In fact, this saying is a bit too conspiratorial. Changing Chinese aesthetics has no practical meaning for Europeans. On the contrary, high-fashion faces will only reduce the favorability of European brands in China.
For example, a certain Nike brand, due to the continuous use of models with indescribable appearances three times, has experienced a significant decline in its reputation. Normal capitalists would never do such foolish things, so it can only be said that these Europeans are truly stupid, even after more than 20 years of contact with China, they are still full of prejudice against China.
And the most tragic thing is that not only have Europeans been misled, but even Chinese people themselves have been misled.
Many graduates from fashion design departments in later generations actually believe that high-fashion faces are attractive faces in foreign countries and are considered advanced faces in the modeling industry, thus extensively using those unbearably ugly high-fashion faces.
The result was that a fashion show organized by the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, for the Chinese themselves, featured an entire lineup of crooked and grotesque, ugly male and female models, disgusting netizens nationwide. And the Academy of Arts & Design, due to a series of divine operations, became the greatest shame of Tsinghua University.
"In conclusion!" Huang He finally stated, "I will absolutely not accept these ugly faces as our models. While they might draw the audience's attention to the clothes, they will overall diminish the beauty of the Hanfu you design. I believe that as the boss of the company, you don't want such a thing to happen!"
"Yes!" Qu Wei nodded forcefully. These traps set by Westerners were too detestable, and she was almost brainwashed by them.
"Very good. From now on, you will be in charge of all the company's fashion shows. If I see even one high-fashion face appear, I will send you to Korea, and let them give you a high-fashion face as well!" Huang He said, nibbling Qu Wei's earlobe. "Believe me, even if I see your肚兜 (a type of traditional Chinese undergarment), I will do as I say!"
"..." Qu Wei felt a chill. She absolutely did not want to become a high-fashion face, because high-fashion faces were truly ugly!
After they finished speaking, the models who were asked to remove their makeup returned. Huang He scanned them briefly and found that three of them actually had above-average looks, with eyes that were neither too big nor too small, but had been deliberately made into slanted eyes through makeup techniques.
If they were to reapply makeup, they could probably still become beauties.
As for the other four, their bare-faced appearances were truly beyond redemption.
"Give these four their wages and send them home immediately!" Huang He said, rubbing his temples. These four models left reluctantly.
If they could, they would rather not take any money and still wish to perform on stage. It's just that they no longer had this opportunity.
"But what about these four vacant model spots?" Qu Wei said despairingly. "Models cannot be replaced casually, because Hanfu needs to be practiced for a long time when worn on the body to perfectly showcase its charm. Even if models are found temporarily now, they will become very ordinary. My show is going to be ruined!"
"Well, this... Go and talk to management about rescheduling our rehearsal to the last group to go on stage. Let others take this time slot!" Huang He scratched his head, then smiled, "Give me some time, maybe there will be other ways!"
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"Hey, have you seen that legendary Chinese person?"
"He'll definitely show up. He spent 1 billion just to get his clothes on the show floor. How could he not come?"
"But I don't see that person anywhere. Is he hiding backstage the entire time?"
At eight o'clock in the evening, the second show officially began.
Normally, according to convention, the second official show of Paris Fashion Week, whether for reporters or socialites, would have far fewer attendees than the first official show.
This is naturally because the first official show gathered all the top brands and designers, and it was also the highlight of the entire fashion week.
Therefore, based on past experience, the popularity of the second show usually doesn't even reach half of that of the first show.
But today was different. At this moment, the entire venue was crowded with reporters. Approximately a thousand reporters were densely packed inside the venue.
And that's not all; more importantly, there were a large number of guests at the scene, and almost all of them were female guests. They were eager to see what the man who was willing to spend 1 billion dollars to please his lover looked like!