Tim Lim

Timothy Lim is the executive creative director at Vogue China. Prior to his 2026 appointment, he was group fashion director at Meta Media Holdings (formerly Modern Media Group) for nearly 20 years.  

At Meta, the stylist oversaw the fashion direction of all eleven publications under the group umbrella, including widely circulated Chinese fashion magazines Modern Weekly and Numéro China. During his tenure, Lim styled widely celebrated covers for Numéro China and Modern Weekly, featuring a diverse spectrum of subjects, notably Chinese actresses Fan Bingbing and Zhang Ziyi.

Educated at McGill University and the Sorbonne, the Chinese Canadian is renowned for his artistic transformation of celebrities and his thought-provoking editorials. His work for i-D's Fall 2012 cover with Fan Bingbing and Chinese photographer Chen Man went viral on Chinese social media.

Former fashion editor at the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong, Timothy Lim migrated to China’s leading independent publishing group Modern Media in 2006. Before the group’s 2022 rebranding, its portfolio boasted Modern Weekly, Numéro China, Bloomberg Businessweek, Life Magazine, City Magazine and The Good Life. Lim has worked alongside prominent players of the industry including Paolo Roversi, Fei Fei Sun and Liu Wen. He has also contributed written and styling pieces to international editions of Vogue, Bazaar, Elle, Marie Claire, Tank, and i-D.