Tina Leung is the modern-day cool girl next door. But instead of a floral smock and combat boots, she’s more likely to be dressed in the couture Rosette Flower Gown by downtown New York cult favourite label Area. She’s frequently snapped by the coolest street fashion photographers and is a staple on the global fashion circuit, sitting front row at shows for the likes of Gucci, Prada and Miu Miu. She was even at that Schiaparelli show at Paris Couture Week 2023, which she described as “pure magic” on her Instagram.
And yet, Leung doesn’t seem to believe that she is as famous and influential as she is.
“It always surprises me when people go ‘Tina!’” when they see me at fashion weeks, she says in a confessional for the Netflix reality show, in which