The rise of Hong Kong style star Amy Lo: the Chinese-Costa Rican model-actress boasts her own unique fashion sense, from donning luxury Chanel, Prada, Miu Miu and Celine to rocking edgy streetwear
Amy Lo, a Hong Kong-Costa Rican model and actress swiftly gaining recognition, found herself in the industry unexpectedly.
While studying food safety and environmental health at university, she was reportedly scouted to become a model. She ended up walking major shows and gracing glossy magazine covers in Hong Kong and abroad.
It also led her to explore another avenue for self-expression: acting. You might recognise her from popular Hong Kong TV series such as Generation Slash, Haters Gonna Stay and Afterlife Firm.
Fluent in Spanish, Cantonese and English, Lo’s multicultural background and multi-hyphenate status lends a lot of different influences to her style.
We take a closer look at this fashion maven on the rise, and the key elements that have her personal style turning heads wherever she goes.
Amy Lo is a Chanel girl
You’ll see her in tweed, tweed and more tweed!
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She’s got quite a mini-bag collection
Lo has mini-bags by Dior, Prada, Celine and Miu Miu, to name just a few.
In another, she tops off laid-back suiting with a white Miu Miu handbag and Mary Janes.
She’s a jeans and tee girl, too
A quintessential model off-duty staple? The jeans and tee outfit. Lo personalises the look with cool girl accessories, such as a headband or a thick black belt, plus a messy-hair-don’t-care hairdo.
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She rocks monochrome looks
When Lo wants to look chic, blacks, whites and greys are her go-to palette.
Lo has a way of showing she’s having fun with fashion, mixing textures and patterns, but still done in a sophisticated way. Her secret? She sticks to one colour palette, or keeps it chic with monochrome. An example would be her spot-on Dior look: she wore a lace top with a black-and-white checked A-line skirt, a horizontal handbag and studded lace-up boots.
Another is her Sailor Moon-inspired monochrome look, featuring Jimmy Choo accessories influenced by manga-style artwork.
She can also be casually edgy
The 29-year-old wears suits, button downs and other masculine silhouettes with ease.
In interviews with Vogue Hong Kong and C-Heads Magazine, Lo was asked about women she admires. Her answer? Those who don’t fit in a mould. They are actresses and models who adhere to their own standards of what’s cool and beautiful.
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For Lo, being in the acting and modelling industry where looks are a major factor, she’d rather not limit herself to one ideal, she explained. She isn’t afraid to be minimalist one day, and bold and extravagant the next. She can also wear pieces that are rather considered androgynous in terms of style and silhouette and pulls them off with style and ease.
- Amy Lo’s life took a drastic turn after she was scouted as a model while studying at university – she’s even had roles in popular Hong Kong TV series like Generation Slash, Haters Gonna Stay and Afterlife Firm
- The 29-year-old is also a versatile style queen, from donning Chanel tweed and Prada mini bags to accessorising monochrome looks and rocking suits and masculine silhouettes with ease