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Grey power: Senior models dazzle fashion industry
2018-10-17 
Model Carmen Dell'Orefice (left) and Chinese actor and model Wang Deshun. [Photo/Official Sina Weibo Account of Wang Deshun]

Editor's Note:

Youth is a beautiful thing that nearly all the people want to save when they inevitably step into the phase of middle age. Yet experience and wisdom, gained at the expense of youth, can let people shine from inside out. And that is the charm of senior citizens, who have walked the way young people are walking and tasted all the sweetness and sorrows in life that the youngsters will face.

Fashion industry, seemingly a circle often unfriendly to old people, has to surrender to a group of aged models. They sometimes can bring out the essence of a design in a more dashing style than youngsters.

As the traditional Chinese festival, Chongyang, which is marked to show respect to seniors, falls on Oct 17, it's time to take a look at the unique beauty of these old models.

Chinese actor and model Wang Deshun. [Photo/Official Sina Weibo Account of Wang Deshun]

Wang Deshun

Age: 82

Wang impressed audience by his flying white hair and tough look, which gives him an air of senior kung fu master in legend. Starring in many films and TV series, the actor also shines on the runway.

Chinese actor and fashion pioneer Zhang Shuangli. [Photo/IC; Official Sina Weibo Account of Zhang Shuangli]

Zhang Shuangli

Age: Unknown

As a professional actor, Zhang has often been called a fashion pioneer in recent years. He is often compared with Nick Wooster, another fashion icon who was born in 1960.

Model China Machado. [Photo/IC]

China Machado

Born in 1929, died at age 86

China Machado, or Noelie Machado, worked as a fashion model and TV producer in the US. She was the first non-white model to appear in a major American fashion magazine, Harper's Bazaar's February 1959 issue. She was still active in the fashion circle in her 80s.

Model Carmen Dell'Orefice. [Photo/IC]

Carmen Dell'Orefice

Age: 87

She is one of those people who start to shine since young age and continue to shine when they become old. The elegant model also once walked the runway of haute couture designs by Chinese designer Guo Pei.

Model Benedetta Barzini. [Photo/IC]

Benedetta Barzini

Age: 75

An Italian actress and model, Barzini began her fashion career in 1963. You can still see her in major fashion shows in recent years, as her grey hair and wrinkles never stopped her being a professional model.

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