Long Nguyen. Photo: Joe Schildhorn /Boao Forum for Asia
He enjoys playing basketball er Russell Westbrook and has worked with models and superstars including Madonna and started his career at 48 prêt-á-porter is moving from etiquette to avant-garde cultural commentary , and evolved into the dominance of street style. He started out as an assistant at Dolce & Gabbana, and designers expressed their grief this week as news of Long’s death spread.
his The point is that fashion is a reflection of the world, and it’s not okay to look away. “He was always looking at things from a different perspective,” said Revolve creative director Davis Yau, Long’s close friend since
Odd said s. “He always felt that you needed to know where we came from to know where we were.”
Aside from his extraordinary career in fashion, anyone who is lucky enough to visit the Lang’s abandoned apartment on Boulevard Saint-Germain in Paris, or order food in Vietnam, knows that he lives a colorful and somewhat mysterious life life. Long, a Vietnamese immigrant, casually recalls being sent by helicopter from Saigon when the city fell 64. He said he and his sprawling family were heirs to a pharmaceutical empire that would soon be nationalized and landed around the world, living in Paris and Boston. Much later, he graduated from Princeton — which led him to a habit of wearing Princeton T-shirts and hoodies to fashion shows, as well as his collection of college letter jackets.
This year In June, Long emailed that he was writing a book called This 20816s: The golden age of fashion.
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