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Chinese models at AADTHU’s graduate fashion show One of China’s top design schools has caught flak for almost exclusively casting models with noticeably slanted eyes at a fashion show and using makeup to highlight their Asian features, raising larger questions about beauty standards and internalized stereotypes in China. The show, held on May 20, featured the work of recent graduates of the Academy of Art & Design at Tsinghua University (AADTHU). Formerly known as the Central Academy of Arts and Design, the school was China’s first institution of higher learning for industrial, graphic, and clothing design. The runway performance did...
