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Hyoni Kang’s real name is Kang Seung-Hyun. She was born in 1988 and won the Ford ‘Supermodel of the world’ award 20 years later, becoming the first model of Asian ancestry to win the Ford ‘Supermodel of the world’ award. GO ASIA! :)— Puti Karina Puar • November 11th, 2008
Asian Fashion Fascinating Fact (VI)
Did you know that? The Chinese invented eyeglasses. Marco Polo reported seeing many pairs worn by the Chinese as early as 1275, 500 years before lens grinding became an art in the West. Now you know! :)— Puti Karina Puar • August 13th, 2008
Asian Fashion Fascinating Fact (V)
Did you know that? In India it is perfectly proper for men to wear pajamas in public. Pajamas are accepted as standard daytime wearing apparel. Now you know! :)— Puti Karina Puar • August 10th, 2008
Asian Fashion Fascinating Fact (IV)
Did you know that? The pigtail worn for so many years by Chinese men was originally a symbol of abject humiliation. The Manchus, a tribe of Tartars, conquered China in 1644. To emphasize their suzerainty, they ordered each Chinese male to chave the forepart of his head and to permit the hair on the back on [...]— Puti Karina Puar • August 6th, 2008
Asian Fashion Fascinating Fact (III)
Did you know that? To preserve their elaborate coiffures, geishas in ancient Japan slept with their heads on bags filled with buckwheat chaff. Now you know! :)— Puti Karina Puar • August 3rd, 2008
Asian Fashion Fascinating Fact (II)
Did you know that? Fashionable women in medieval Japan gilded or blackened their teeth. Today many women in India stain their teeth bright red to enhance their appearence. Now you know! :)— Puti Karina Puar • July 30th, 2008
Asian Fashion Fascinating Fact (I)
Did you know that? It is still unsure whether ‘Batik‘ word’s origin is Javanese from amba (’to write’) and titik (’dot’ or ‘point’), or constructed from a hypothetical Proto-Austronesian root *beCík, meaning ‘to tattoo’ from the use of a needle in the process. The word is first recorded in English in the Encyclopædia Britannica of 1880, [...]— Puti Karina Puar • July 27th, 2008
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