Thirty-three years after she hung up her modelling boots, Ethel Fong is back in front of the lens-working it as though no time has passed at all. As she nails shot after shot, outfit after outfit-be it power suits and Le Smoking tuxes, or cropped, jewelled jackets and sequinned hot pants-the 59-year-old proves why she is one of Singapore's OG supermodels; one who broke through barriers geographical and racial to grace countless magazine covers both here and abroad, walk the runways of the world's fashion capitals, and even land a global Armani campaign. What one doesn't expect is that supermodels get stage fright too. “I must admit, I was nervous [doing this shoot] because times have changed, she reveals. “You don't want to look like a has-been, or like you're out of touch. What if people go, 'Hey, it's the 21st century-why is she posing like it's the 1980s?
Blazer; matching trousers; choker, Alexander McQueen OPPOSITE: Jacket; matching skirt; briefs; belt; socks, Miu Miu. Heeled sandals, CELINE
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