Hang Yu

Hang Yu is a Chinese model whose international career gained an important early platform through Versace’s fall-winter 2019 campaign, photographed by Steven Meisel. His work developed through European runway casting and designer advertising, alongside a sustained editorial career in China’s menswear magazines.

Hang’s international representation grew around Paras Talent Management in Shanghai, his mother agency. His runway portfolio includes Versace and Louis Vuitton, with work across the major European fashion capitals. The Versace campaign brought him into the house’s photographic world during Donatella Versace’s tenure, appearing alongside Yassine Jaajoui in the fall-winter 2019 men’s imagery.

Further Italian menswear assignments followed. Hang joined Justin Eric Martin, Jonas Barros, and Tuur Sikkink for Etro’s 2020 tailoring campaign, while collection imagery for Tod’s added another house to his advertising and lookbook portfolio. These assignments developed alongside his runway work, establishing a broader photographic career after the early Versace casting.

Magazine collaborations have formed a continuing part of Hang’s work. Photographer Xiuyu Chang photographed him for Harper’s Bazaar China Men in April 2021, then for Elle Men China in 2022. His portfolio also includes GQ China, Esquire China, and Numéro Homme, extending his work through both international titles and their Chinese editions.

A 2023 story for WSJ. Magazine China, photographed by Xia Shuxi, added another collaboration to that editorial career. Across these magazine assignments, Hang has worked repeatedly with China’s fashion photographers while maintaining the international agency connections established through his runway and campaign work.