Pornstars Walk the Ramp at New York Fashion Show

Fashion label Namilia deconstructed Asian stereotypes in the porn industry, empowering the demure, submissive woman with bold dominatrix looks worn exclusively by Asian models at Sunday's show, including several Pornhub actors. (Image: AP)

The Herotica collection shown during New York Fashion Week flipped on its head the traditional, buttoned-up Chinese dress. The gown kept the same silhouette but was done in dominatrix leather with a hand-embroidered electric blue dragon snaking across the front. (Image: AP)

Another look featured the same traditional dress on one side of the model, but the other side was stripped down to black leather dominatrix garb. (Image: AP)

A short, colourful look folded elaborately around the collar into a Chinese takeout box, complete with long, dripping. crystal ramen noodles and pieces of shrimp with words about male genitalia. (Image: AP)

The porn star Asa Akira models the Namilia collection at Pier 59 Studios during New York Fashion Week in New York. She walked the show wearing a sexy, black kimono-style bodysuit. When she unfurled her arms, fabric hung dramatically to the floor with a reference to wrecking male genitalia. (Image: AP)

A model is prepped backstage before the Namilia fashion show at Pier 59 Studios during NYFW Fall/Winter 2020 in New York. (Image: AP)

The Namilia collection is modeled at Pier 59 Studios during New York Fashion Week in New York. (Image: AP)

A model takes a selfie in the mirror backstage before the Namilia fashion show at Pier 59 Studios during NYFW Fall/Winter 2020 in New York. (Image: AP)

Models wait backstage before the Namilia fashion show at Pier 59 Studios during NYFW Fall/Winter 2020 in New York. (Image: AP)

A model checks her look in a mirror backstage before the Namilia fashion show at Pier 59 Studios during NYFW Fall/Winter 2020 in New York. (Image: AP)