Meet Shudu, the world's first digital supermodel
Meet Shudu, the world's first digital
supermodel
Published 8:42 am, Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Shudu has been called
the world's first digital supermodel. Shudu has caused a fair amount of
controversy, hinging around the fact that she’s not actually real, but a
project from photographer Cameron
She's been called one of the most
beautiful models on Instagram, but she's not human.
Shudu is the world's first digital supermodel with nearly
125,000 Instagram followers (@shudu.gram). She's actually the project of the
28-year-old British fashion photographer Cameron James-Wilson, who
creates each image of Shudu from his computer. It takes him about three days to
create a single, he told HighSobiety.com.
Shudu's stardom comes as more
fashion brands and designers are getting into the high-tech game. Dolce &
Gabbana recently sent drones down the runway to model handbags. Another
Instagram-famous digital creation, Lil' Miquela (@lilmiquela),
talked her audience through the latest GIF sets from Prada in Milan.
Cameron told HighSnobiety.com that
his inspiration for Shudu came from a South African Princess Barbie.
"Obviously, her real-life inspirations are pulled from so many different
women — Lupita, Duckie Thot and Nykhor — even throwing it back to Alek Wek, who
was a massive influence on how I saw beauty growing up."
As more bloggers try to find fame in
the overcrowed "influencer" market, there seems to be buzz that
digital creations like Shudu are fashion's next big thing. In February,
Fenty Beauty reposted an Instagram photo of Shudu wearing one of its plush
matte lipsticks. Shudu also appears in WWD wearing the digital replications of
dresses by Cushnie et Ochs, Noon by Noor and The Great Eros.
Only time will tell.
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