Steez Media
Editorial · Published in Vogue Italia

Xinh Đẹp

A portrait story about womanhood, growing past old wounds and blooming anyway. Published in Vogue Italia.

Model in a dark floral kimono standing before a wall of pink roses
CategoryEditorial · Beauty
PublishedVogue Italia
RolePhotographer
Images4 selected

Overview

Xinh Đẹp means beautiful in Vietnamese. The project is inspired by women who grow out of past traumas and the stigmas put on them, and blossom regardless. Florals, gold and soft pinks carry that idea through every frame.

Approach

A full team shoot on a set built from roses and cherry blossom. Close beauty framing for the makeup and gold-leaf details, then a wider frame to show the styling, all in warm, soft light.

Strong like an ox but delicate as a flower.From the Xinh Đẹp concept

The sculpted hair reminded the team of a bull's horns. Rather than stubbornness, the story reads it as endurance: holding on through hard times like an ox in the Vietnamese rice fields, and still blossoming.

Close portrait among white blossoms with red and gold eye makeup
Model in a dark floral kimono standing before a wall of pink roses
Portrait with gold leaf on the lips and cheek among white flowers
Model with eyes closed and gold lips against pink roses

Credits

  • PhotographerKeion @steezmedia
  • Muse@missgoldheartedlioness
  • Makeup artist@gorlushko
  • Stylist@yalysastudio
  • Set designer@nik.olsm
  • Art director@uberalles
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