Arthur Kulkov by Craig McDean for Tommy Hilfiger Spring/​Summer 2012 Eyewear Campaign

Eye­wear Attrac­tion–Russ­ian model Arthur Kulkov stars in the spring/​summer 2012 eye­wear cam­paign of Amer­i­can fash­ion designer Tommy Hil­figer. Joined by all-​​American beauty Jacque­lyn Jablon­ski, the cou­ple has been cap­tured by the lens of pho­tog­ra­pher Craig McDean, deliv­er­ing a relaxed and almost inti­mate out­door image.

Arthur Kulkov by Tony Kim in Louis Vuitton for GQ Russia

Arthur Knows Best–Request model Arthur Kulkov dis­tances him­self from his gray sur­round­ings and sim­ply catches our eye as he’s donned in Louis Vuit­ton looks for the lat­est issue of GQ Rus­sia. Pho­tographed by Tony Kim and styled by Kim Jones, Arthur tries on a clever appeal to both the white-​​collar ele­gance as well as casual look, fash­ioned in vibrant plaid and a tai­lored suit.

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Simon Spurr Fall/​Winter 2012 | New York Fashion Week

Eng­lish Root­ing–Look­ing for the foun­da­tion of his fall/​winter 2012 col­lec­tion, Simon Spurr turned to images of Lon­don by Robert Frank. Tak­ing into account early twen­ti­eth cen­tury style and head­ing down a mod­ern course, ref­er­ences that include Tommy Nutter’s rein­ter­preted suit of the 1960’s come into play as Spurr dis­sects suit­ing for a rel­e­vant edge. Bring­ing together rich bur­gundy, brown, navy and other solid col­ors for a col­lec­tion dressed in plaids and tweeds, sub­tle updates were intro­duced. From leather trousers and a mag­ni­fied hounds tooth print to a sig­na­ture pen­chant for fab­ric insets, Simon Spurr’s lat­est efforts resulted in a sound show­ing, high­light­ing a sar­to­r­ial flair jux­ta­posed with mod­ern sentiments.

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Band of Outsiders Fall/​Winter 2012 | New York Fashion Week

Ol’ Santa Fe–Adapt­ing his prep­ster uni­form with the typ­i­cal cheek one has come to expect of Band of Out­siders, designer Scott Stern­berg vis­ited the south­west for the inspi­ra­tion of his lat­est show­ing. Set under the water­color painted sky, Sternberg’s pla­toon came out to play with all their smarts on dis­play. From evening wear to daily essen­tials, a col­lec­tion dressed in rich hues and accented with Navajo-​​inspired prints delighted. Sleepy loungewear pro­vided the quiet coun­ter­part to more pol­ished num­bers, rounded out by blaz­ers, crew­neck sweaters and fit­ted shirt­ing. Mean­while, cor­duroy reared its head with pants and jack­ets adding to a clas­sic Amer­i­cana image. Incor­po­rat­ing quilt­ing and shear­ling, care­fully con­structed out­er­wear added a tough exte­rior to more gen­tle touches such as tas­sel adorned knitwear. Alto­gether mix­ing gar­ments of a sub­dued mood with louder state­ment pieces, Band of Out­siders deliv­ered their finely tai­lored aes­thetic with a splash of south­west­ern nos­tal­gia to color the season.

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Request Fall/​Winter 2012 Show Package

Request–Turn­ing to pho­tog­ra­pher Ste­fani Pap­pas once more to cap­ture the cre­ative for this season’s show pack­age, Request lends their boys a lit­tle edge with a sub­way shoot — not that they need it. With reg­u­lar bad boys Yuri Pleskun and Cole Mohr avail­able for the fash­ion­able plunge, Request keeps their board in top shape. There’s the always pop­u­lar David Agbodji, the strap­ping Arthur Kulkov as well as stand­out up and com­ers, rang­ing from Misa Patin­szki to Bap­tiste Radufe. Add to the mix, a fast-​​rising Jesse Shan­non or recent Request recruit Willy Cartier and you have an agency pack­ing solid mus­cle, the fash­ion vari­ety if course.

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Andre Douglas, Arthur Kulkov, Marcel Castenmiller, Max Rogers, Noah Mills & Sam Way by Craig McDean for Tommy Hilfiger Spring/​Summer 2012 Campaign

The Hil­figers /​ Part I–Mar­cel Cas­ten­miller, Andre Dou­glas, Max Rogers, Noah Mills and Sam Way are back together once more for Tommy Hil­figer, this time around joined by Arthur Kulkov. Pho­tographed by Craig McDean with styling by Karl Tem­pler, the lot take in the great out­doors for a camp­ing trip, marked by khakis and cam­ou­flage adorned separates.

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