Model to Watch | Sylvester Ulv Exclusive

With a fan­tas­tic look and unde­ni­able edge, this past Octo­ber, we took note of Unique’s 15 year-​​old recruit, Sylvester Ulv and knew it was just a mat­ter of time before the Dan­ish model shot with Hedi Sli­mane. Armed with youth as an ally and an infec­tious per­son­al­ity, Sylvester charms with an unguarded real­ness. Ready to take Copen­hagen by storm and with the world a call away, only more doors can open as Sylvester matures and comes into his own as a model.

I hear Unique scouted you online. What was your reac­tion when Unique con­tacted you?

Sylvester: I got really excited. I’ve been con­tacted before by other agen­cies, but they all turned me down because of my height.

What is it like to be so young and begin­ning your mod­el­ing career?

Sylvester: It’s fine really. The only prob­lem right now is that I can’t travel alone. Or my agency won’t let me.

What is your favorite fea­ture of shoots?

Sylvester: Shoot­ing with peo­ple you like and feel com­fort­able around is always good.

What was it like shoot­ing with Hedi Slimane?

Sylvester: It was in Copen­hagen. It was a cast­ing for Vman and it was my first cast­ing ever. I had no idea who Hedi Sli­mane was at the time, but I showed up and I waited for­ever until it was my turn. I went in there and I just posed as usual. He kept telling me not to pose, but I have no idea how not to pose unless I’m eat­ing or smoking…or doing some­thing else [besides just] sit­ting in front of a camera.

What pierc­ings do you cur­rently have?

Sylvester: I have a sep­tum and smi­ley at the moment. I’ve had a sep­tum for about 2½ years…have had a bridge, angel-​​bite and one in my neck, but all for less then 2 months. I’ve been think­ing about get­ting hips for a long time.

What do you wear on a typ­i­cal day?

Sylvester: Skinny jeans, boots, tank-​​top and my over­size leather jacket never fails…and I usu­ally bring a pair of sun­glasses and a scarf when I leave home, just in case the weather is gonna change.

It’s a typ­i­cal Sat­ur­day night…what are you doing?

Sylvester: Last night, I was home! I’m try­ing not to go out at the moment because I can’t really con­trol myself when I get drunk…It’s like with choco­late and alco­hol, I can’t stop until there is noth­ing left or I puke.

Let’s run through your favorites at the moment…

Sylvester: Favorite color has always been light pur­ple. Rice pud­ding has always been my favorite meal…I eat it all year-​​round. Right now I am lis­ten­ing to Robyn’s new album a lot.

What’s next?

Sylvester: Going to Paris in a month I think. Very excited about that. Just grad­u­ated a week ago and my birth­day is in 2 weeks…the 4th of June.

Spe­cial thanks to pho­tog­ra­pher Simon Bøcker Mørch for the series of The Fash­ion­isto photos!