Harper's Bazaar Hong Kong - 10/2013 (preview)

[polka-dot-jewel]

Best Ayu photoshoot in FOREVER. It's so avant garde and couture and just... so high fashion and amazing. I LOVE IT.

[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by Benikari47

She's werking it

We should start a petition to make this Alvin Goh/ND CHOW guy photograph everything Ayu's does from now on tbh, Leslie who?

I think this is what everyone was saying about Shimoura or whoever it was or maybe it was and then they started to loathe the fact that he shot for her nonstop. Same case with Timmy - everyone wanted him to compose her music and nothing but her music after one damn song he made for her, lol. And we all know how that story played out.

[George]

^ Almost all of ND CHOW's work for Ayu have been great though. At least from what I can remember.

I really like this shoot.

[AyuGAME]

OMG...the dress and the armory look costume...is so hoottttt

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by SURREAL__RAINBOW

How can we buy this online???

I am going to ask my friend in Hong Kong.

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

I feel like Alvin Goh's got many fresh and good ideas, from what I can see in his works... He needs to spend his creativity on ayu!!!

[AyuGAME]

nice to know that she will working with new person, hopefully this will bring a fresh wind to her costume from now on!

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by Zeke.

I think this is what everyone was saying about Shimoura or whoever it was or maybe it was and then they started to loathe the fact that he shot for her nonstop. Same case with Timmy - everyone wanted him to compose her music and nothing but her music after one damn song he made for her, lol. And we all know how that story played out.

Just saying but I never really liked Timmy OR Shimoko all that much.

[perfectodub]

oh my....

everything before this looks cheap and so bad taste now

[hud]

If you actually download the pictures from Alvin's facebook you're going to get pretty big images. They're not UHQ but they're good.

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by perfectodub

oh my....

everything before this looks cheap and so bad taste

The clothes budget is like 100x as much as anything she's had before, haha. Her Numero shoots came close though.

[emi♡]

Originally Posted by Zeke.

I think this is what everyone was saying about Shimoura or whoever it was or maybe it was and then they started to loathe the fact that he shot for her nonstop. Same case with Timmy - everyone wanted him to compose her music and nothing but her music after one damn song he made for her, lol. And we all know how that story played out.

Not really. Shimoko wasn't that liked ever.



I don't really care about the photos as much as the styling. She looks great this way.

I was always a sucker for the black lipstick too.

I think it would be really amazing if she could transition away from the japanese gyaru fashion mags, and more into these larger fashion ones.

[OyTony]

WOW
She looks awesome! I want that magazine =D

[owlflight]

Too amazing! Can't handle Ayu awesomeness! But seriously I LOVE the cover!

[AyUmIXx]

wowwww.. expect more awesome costume styles from ayu now..
waiting for the new single coming soon, please ayu pleaseeee release something new and bring us with gorgeous cover.

[truehappiness]

Yeah, especially since we know Alvin is working with her for some concert!

[AyuWorld]

i really really had my jaw dropped when i saw this! cant believed it! This is how the Empress of Pop should look like for her photoshoot!

so verstyle, classy,inovatif,really new and fresh looking, everything is grogeous! these pics and her styles there really show her credibility as one the entertainer and dubbed as one of the living legend in the industry.

here is the official info from the site http://www.harpersbazaar.com.hk/cele...er-cover-story

Photographs by ND Chow
Creative direction by Alvin Go h@ c-DNA.com
Styling by Alvin Goh @ c-DNA.com
Hair: Yoshiyuki Sukegawa @ Allure
Makeup: Ryuji Nozaki @ Ryuji
Eyelash: Yuki Takano @ Bonito
Manicure: Aiko @ esNAIL
Assistant: Taro Washio & Naoki Tamenaga
Styling assistant: Kei Ito @ abfab
Interview: Takako Tsuriya
Guest model: Ayumi Hamasaki
Special thanks to Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Marunouchi and lino Hiroo Studio

[BlackSilence]

just as i was SO DESPERATE FOR INSPIRING PICTURES FROM THIS WOMAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THANK YOU! PLEASE DO SHIT LIKE THAT ALL THE TIME *drops dead* YOU JUST BEAT NAMIE'S VOGUE PHOTOSHOOT, AYU *applouds* I HAVE BEEN PRAYING FOR PICS LIKE THAT, OMG THERE'S GOD OUT THERE!!!!lol

Actually that mag usually has very interesting photoshoots.

[truehappiness]

I thought the tour book and LOVE again photos were beautiful, but this is another level.

Like elegance/class/expensive/fierce/etc.

[BlackSilence]

lol he'll be working with her now? man i hope he doesn't burn out, but hey he seems to be a creative guy, and not japanese. and he seems to have a huge amount of high fashion mag spreads with his styling on models.....this might be interesting for a year or so untill everyone gets borred, but hey this dude lifted the bar REALLY high. That shows how muc styling can do.