Cover Story: The New Chapter With Yaya Urassaya Sperbund
Fresh from one of life’s defining chapters as a bride, Yaya Urassaya Sperbund is turning the page with newfound clarity.
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- Fashion · 1 October 2026
PHOTOGRAPHED BY THANANON THANAKORNKARN, STYLED BY LUKNUT SIRIVONG SUKASEMSIN & WORDS BY NATKRITTA GAYSORNMASMANI
This conversation with Harper’s BAZAAR is not just about love or style, but about a woman discovering the best version of herself. Thai actress and model Urassaya Sperbund, better known as Yaya, begins by sharing her view of family since getting married, her smile and eyes conveying a new sense of energy.
“Whether it’s the family we’re born into or the family we choose, like friends, that hasn’t changed for me. We have to look after and love our family as much as we possibly can. Nothing about that has shifted. Throughout this journey in love, what has given me the most confidence is that I like who I am when I’m with (my husband) Nadech. It’s not just that I love him, but that I love myself when I’m with him.”
“Being in this industry, you question yourself a lot: will people be okay with this side of me, or how comfortable am I really being myself? What I feel with Nadech is that he accepts every version of me, which lets me be fully myself. And he seems to genuinely like who I am, which makes me think, okay, I can be like this. It’s a feeling that has built up gradually, and it makes me love myself more when I’m with him. What has allowed this relationship to grow and stay strong to this day is that we’re on the same team. If we hold hands but one of us doesn’t move forward with the other, we end up pulling against each other. What we do well is move forward together.” (smiles)
Yaya continues, smiling bashfully. “I feel like this period of my life is really good, please don’t be too envious. One thing that’s become much clearer since the wedding is that I love Nadech more. That’s it, simply put. I feel like I love my husband so much. Before, work mattered enormously, love mattered a fair amount, and family mattered a great deal too. But now that everything is settled, I can release what I want and pursue my own passions fully, one hundred per cent. Before, I felt held back by so many things, being mindful of this person or that circumstance. But now that I’m married, I can do whatever I want to do. It’s a new chapter, like closing one book and opening another. I feel braver since getting married. Strange, isn’t it?” (laughs)
“Personally, I feel a new chapter can only begin once the previous one is truly closed. It doesn’t matter how long that takes for each person, but you need to be certain that what’s come before is genuinely finished before you can move forward. If you’re not ready, don’t rush it. Time exists, but there’s no deadline. You can take it slowly, step by step. When it comes to relationships, if I’m not ready, I still feel that being single is better.”
“To my mind, neither relationships nor fashion have a fixed formula. What makes both style and relationships fall into place more, the longer they go on, is comfort. I think that’s a universal rule of this world, one that applies equally to fashion and to relationships. A relationship works when you feel at ease, and fashion works best when you feel comfortable and confident in what you’re wearing.”
“Personally, I don’t have anything fixed when it comes to dressing, it all depends on my mood each day. I’m someone whose feelings shift by the season; one month I might feel cool and edgy, the next I might feel, oh, so sweet and feminine. If one day my children come to me for style advice, I think the most important thing is to keep trying, try every look, every style, and dare to experiment. You might wear something sweet and it works beautifully, or you might wear something edgy and, wow, the aura just takes over. And it’s not limited to clothes either, it extends to hair and make-up too. Try things first, and eventually you’ll know what suits you best.”
“After watching the Louis Vuitton Autumn/Winter ’26 show, I turned to the person next to me and said, does anyone want to go hiking with me? (laughs) Get dressed up and go trekking together, because that idea captured exactly what I’d just seen. I want to travel with people who are ready to dress beautifully like that. I feel like being surrounded by great mountains and lush greenery would feel so cool, like stepping into a fantasy world of adventure.”
“If I had to hashtag my life right now, I suppose it would be something like ‘Norwegian son-in-law, Khon Kaen daughter-in-law’. Just joking (laughs). Um… ‘New Chapter’. And if I wanted to expand on it a little further, like a millennial who loves stringing together long hashtags to explain everything, I’d say ‘New Chapter’, then hashtag ‘still a few things I don’t know’, and hashtag ‘ready to go find out’.”
Yaya Urassaya Sperbund wears looks and accessories from the Louis Vuitton Autumn/Winter ’26 collection by Nicolas Ghesquière.
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