Crystal Renn Defends Chinky Eye Taping From Vogue Nippon Shoot

Jezebel scored an interview with model Crystal Renn, who was seen taping her eyes back in a photo shoot for Vogue Nippon. Renn states that she wasn’t trying to look “Asian” but often taped her eyes back to transform her face: “No-one told me at the shoot to tape. It is something that I often do to add to the look of the character if I feel that the look makes sense, and often I suggest it. I have very heavy brows, and they’re more curved than straight, and sometimes when you’re doing a character it might require more of a straight brow. Which sounds like such a small detail, but it can completely transform the face.” So there you have it. Eye taping is all about changing your face for fashion, not about trying to look like a different race. That being said, I’m off to tape my nose up for a new Facebook profile picture.