My Style. My City. My Story.
Some photoshoots begin with a designer look. This one began with Ivy Liu, in style that was entirely her own.
That starting point mattered because this photoshoot was about the person first. Before I photographed Ivy in a two piece set by Sarangi, before the styling became more dramatic, there was Ivy in her own clothes, moving through her city of Hong Kong with a natural ease that made the story feel immediate, personal, and true to her.
Confidence, Softness, and Range
Some of the images we captured felt confident, direct, and fully self possessed. You can see it in the way Ivy stood against the shutters and street textures, and in how the clean lines of the white blazer and shorts set played against the harder surfaces around her. There was clarity there. Control. A strong visual rhythm between her posture, the tailoring, and the city itself.
Other images moved in a softer direction. The moments where her expression opened and the pace of the images slowed down. Those photographs felt more intimate to me. More observational. They let another side of Ivy come forward, one that was less about projection and more about presence.
Presence and Personality
In her interview, Ivy spoke about presence, and about how television taught her to own a space and project intention. That came through clearly in these images. Even in the quieter moments, she carried herself with confidence and awareness.
She also spoke about being drawn to images with contrast, and that felt central here. The story moved between polish and intimacy, between structure and softness, between the public and the personal. That range felt true to Ivy.
Hong Kong as Part of the Story
Hong Kong gave us narrow streets, worn walls, reflective surfaces, and dark shutters marked by time. Those details gave Ivy something real to work against. In the stronger portraits, the city added edge and texture. In the softer images, it became quieter, almost atmospheric.
What does personal style reveal when it is placed back inside the city that shaped it? Sometimes the answer is not just in the clothes, but in the way a person moves through their world, and the story that quietly comes into focus there.
Thank you, Ivy, for bringing so much presence, openness, and personality to this collaboration.
Credits
Model: Ivy Liu
Photographer: Paul Tocatlian
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