ALL IN THE FAMILY: Givenchy has appointed Zhang Ruonan its model ambassador in China, efficient instantly.
The distinguished actress teased her vogue partnership by attending Sarah Burton’s debut Givenchy vogue present final March carrying a slim, one-sleeve gown in a putting papaya colour, and toting a mini Antigona bag in field leather-based.
“Givenchy is a model I like very a lot,” Ruonan mentioned in a press release shared first with WWD.
She added that she’s “glad certainly to be part of this huge household. I drastically admire the imaginative and prescient of Sarah Burton, and I can not wait to discover extra elegant works that commemorate the spirit of unbiased and assured ladies.”
Zhang Ruonan on the Givenchy fall 2025 vogue present in Paris.
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Ruonan rose to prominence in 2018 along with her starring position within the coming-of-age movie “Cry Me a Unhappy River,” profitable popularity of what Givenchy described as a “nuanced and heartfelt efficiency.”
Her position within the dramatic sequence “The First Frost” has additional fanned her worldwide fame.
Ruonan has a devoted following throughout Chinese language social media. She has 5.4 million followers and 4 billion impressions of her identify’s hashtag on Xiaohongshu. On Weibo, she has greater than 15 million followers and 26-plus million followers on Douyin, the Chinese language model of TikTok.
A daily visitor on widespread actuality reveals in China, Ruonan seems in a single reverse Givenchy ambassador Fan Chengcheng, youthful brother of Fan Bingbing.
“Constantly pushing creative boundaries, Zhang Ruonan challenges herself with various roles, showcasing female progress by versatile performances and her genuine, unpretentious private model,” Givenchy mentioned in a press release.
To date, the Sarah Burton period at Givenchy is taking form as as a woman-centric one.
For the autumn 2025 marketing campaign, Burton conscripted Collier Schorr to show her lens on lots of the high fashions from Burton’s hit debut present — and a number of the female-strong backstage crew, as reported. It displays her imaginative and prescient of “multigenerational womanhood,” in accordance with the home.
