Jessie Li: In the Key of Fashion

It’s not every day that a budding piano player becomes one of fashion’s in-demand models. But for Jessie Li, that very scenario has become her reality since first being scouted while purchasing school books at The Strand while studying classical music at Juilliard. Nearly a decade later, with dozens of tear sheets and campaigns to boot, Li is proving that one needs an air of elegance, a sense of duality, and some long-formed talent to keep the industry tuned in for what is yet to come. From V154 Summer 2025 Issue: now available for purchase! Photography An Le Fashion Nicola Formichetti Editor-in-Chief / Creative Director Stephen Gan Hair Peter Gray (Home) using Oway USA Makeup Maki Ryoke (Walter Schupfer) using Bobbi Brown Manicure Mo Qin (The Wall Group) using Aprés Nail Editor Kevin Ponce Set Designer Linden Elstran 1st photo Assistant Eliot Oppenheimer 2nd photo Assistant Dylan Macdonald Digital Technician Michael Pardo Production Ernesto Qualizza (Locals Worldwide) Location Steinway & Sons Factory in Astoria, NY Video Jesse Moritz Video Assistant Steven Ungureanu Styling Assistants Arut Arustamyan, Abel Martirosyan, Dylan Gue Hair Assistants Josie Tippman Set Design Assistants Chris Beeston, Seamus Creighton Production Assistant Lyndsay Moretta