The fashion magazine that made history with its “All Black Issue” broke another barrier this month with its January 2013 cover choice; Fei Fei Sun (no relation to this writer, alas) is the first Asian model to appear solo on the cover of Vogue Italia. In the shoot, she channels fellow supermodel China Machado—herself a pioneering force in the fashion industry who became the first non-white model to nab a major editorial with Harper’s Bazaar in 1958.