Model of the Month | Introducing Paolo Anchisi by Sean Patrick Watters

Paolo Anchisi was born in Italy, but has spent plenty of time in the United States, cur­rently resid­ing in North Car­olina. Going from work­ing on a farm to being signed with Ford, Paolo began mod­el­ing last July and in a cou­ple of months, he had racked up plenty of high pro­file cam­paign work for the cur­rent spring sea­son. Appear­ing in ads for Yves Saint Lau­rent, DKNY Jeans, Ver­sace, United Col­ors of Ben­net­ton and UNIQLO, Paolo quickly became an overnight sen­sa­tion, but he takes it all in stride. After mod­el­ing, Paolo would like to explore other career options in fash­ion, but if that does not pan out, there is always farm work. Until then, Paolo fol­lows in the foot­steps of his mother Lynn Koester, who was also a suc­cess­ful model through the 80’s and 90’s.

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Model of the Month | Introducing River Viiperi

Hot in demand is new Major model River Viiperi. From his edi­to­r­ial debut in Hero mag­a­zine to appear­ances in the likes of Cit­i­zen K and VMAN pho­tographed by Hedi Sli­mane, River has proven to have that spe­cial it fac­tor. His first year into mod­el­ing, River has walked exclu­sively for Calvin Klein, racked up plenty of cov­ers from Sur­face to Winq and become a reg­u­lar in the world of edi­to­ri­als. Born in Ibiza, but a cur­rent res­i­dent of Spain, where he has lived for the past ten years, River has expe­ri­enced the sched­ule upset of being a model. Reflect­ing on his new life as a model, River shared, “I love this world, but it’s hard some­times because I have to travel a lot and I miss my fam­ily and friends. But oth­er­wise, it’s a very nice oppor­tu­nity. You meet a lot of great peo­ple, you also meet peo­ple that are not so great but well…nothing is per­fect.” His adven­tures may vary, but there is one thing for sure, River is a model with quite the future ahead of him.

Model of the Month | Francisco Lachowski

As requested – a closer look at Francisco’s model of the month project. Spe­cial thanks to Ford!

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Model of the Month | Introducing Francisco Lachowski

At the age of 17, Brazil­ian model Fran­cisco Lachowski was liv­ing in Curitiba and start­ing his first year of uni­ver­sity. Lit­tle did he know that a chance entry into Ford Super­model Brazil would change his life. About two months after win­ning the com­pe­ti­tion in Novem­ber of 2008, he had walked for Gucci and landed a Dior Homme run­way exclu­sive. Also booked for Dior Homme’s cam­paign that sea­son, the young model made a big splash this past fall, get­ting to work with Karl Lager­feld. One of his most mem­o­rable expe­ri­ences by far, he enjoyed being able to work with such a rep­utable label and noted tal­ent. Quickly becom­ing a new reg­u­lar in edi­to­ri­als and run­ways around the world, his future looks bright. Soon to be based out of New York, Francisco’s cur­rent focus includes book­ings for edi­to­ri­als and look­books, but with cam­paign sea­son kick­ing into gear, he has high hopes for major projects on the horizon.

Model of the Month | Introducing Charlie Westerberg

Don’t let Char­lie Westerberg’s boy­ish looks fool you. The Swedish model is quite the char­ac­ter. Start­ing his mod­el­ing career at the age of fif­teen, it has been a slow but steady rise for Char­lie. From his 2008 Prada exclu­sive and ini­tial shoot with Hedi Sli­mane to the recent demand of work from the likes of Bar­neys, Cheap Mon­day and Top­man, Char­lie has kept quite busy. Dis­cussing the perks of mod­el­ing, Char­lie was quick to reply with a short, but sweet list that includes “Dan­ish girls, friends you meet, earn­ing money that you then spend on stu­pid shit [and] walk­ing around Miami in the mid­dle of the night.” How­ever, as with every­thing, the quick paced life of a model has its down­sides. Char­lie does not like fly­ing and when it comes to peo­ple in the indus­try who take them­selves too seri­ously, all Char­lie has in mind is “blah blaaaah­haaaa bll­laaa…” Although “mod­el­ing has taken him places he never could have imag­ined, as a per­son he explains, it does wear you out– “Always get­ting judged and all that”, but with humor, Char­lie adds that he will “just take what [he] can and then say good­bye with style…like blow [him­self] up at the end of the cat­walk at [his] last show or some­thing.” Hope­fully, it never reaches that point, but in the mean­while, Char­lie is keep­ing him­self grounded with school – attend­ing cast­ings when time allows.

Model of the Model | Fantastic Four

This month, we turn our usual fea­ture on its side for a spe­cial look at four mod­els who are hav­ing quite the break­out year. While Char­lie West­er­berg (DNA) is not new to mod­el­ing, the last year has pro­vided him with the increased expo­sure of sev­eral projects such as Barney’s sea­sonal look, cam­paign work for Top­man, promi­nent run­way cast­ings and a sig­nif­i­cant amount of edi­to­r­ial work. Mean­while, fresh face River Viiperi (Major) has hit the sea­son run­ning with a Calvin Klein exclu­sive and a quickly expand­ing port­fo­lio. On the other hand, Brazil­ian model Fran­cisco Lachowski (Ford) has beat the Dior Homme curse and since appear­ing in their cam­paign gone on to the suc­cess­ful start of a career – quickly becom­ing a reg­u­lar in print and on the run­way. Finally, new tal­ent Paolo Anchisi (Ford) has quickly shot to a promi­nent posi­tion in the indus­try after a huge cam­paign sea­son that saw the model work­ing for Yves Saint Lau­rent, Ver­sace and DKNY just to name a few. Boast­ing four mod­els you should know on a first name basis, this month will cover an intro­duc­tion to Char­lie, Fran­cisco, Paolo and River as well as a hint of what the future has in store.

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