Boys on Film | Casting Call: New York Fashion Week Spring 2012 Edition by Nikolai de Vera

Boys on Film–If we went back to school, we’d likely be that annoy­ing over­achiever and we wouldn’t have it any other way. With a spe­cial thanks above all to our pho­tog­ra­pher for the day, Niko­lai de Vera and the agen­cies who pro­vided the tal­ent, ADAM, Aim, DNA, Ford, Fusion, Major, New York Mod­els, Next, Q, Red, Request, Soul and Wil­helmina, here’s a grand sam­pling of our favorite boys of the sea­son: Paul Boche, Chris Gar­cia, RJ King, Erik Sage, Chris Colton, Leebo Free­man, Miles McMil­lan, Adnan Dji­novic, Maxwell Ronko, Luka Bad­n­jar, Low­ell Tautchin, Chris Arun­del, Elvis Jankus, Fran­cisco Lachowski, Bap­tiste Radufe, Jor­dan Tor­res, Joao Zavaski, Julian Sapala, Eden Classens, Chris Petersen, Lance R, Roy Pratt, John Tuite, Benoni Loos, Zach King, Louis May­hew, Jae Yoo, Reinaldo Berthoti, Matthew Hitt, Brett Staal, Colt Mal­don­ado, Glenn Gal­leghan, Jacob Mor­ton, Kay­lan Fal­go­ust, Alexan­der Beck, Mario Skaric, Jack­son, Con­nor Stan­ley, Bastien Bonizec, Jake Gor­don, Jed Texas, Eryck Lafram­boise, Sen Mit­suji, Dale Too­good, Lucas Goossens, Rob Evans, Matt Giesler, Samuel Far­rier, Louis Gal­loway, Adrian Car­doso, Sebas­t­ian Sauve, Berthold Rothas, Vin­cent Banic, Bren­nen Steines, Joe Hart­mann, Cesar Chi­ang, Luis Borges, Arthur Deval­bray, Brian Red­ford, Pet­ter Hed­man, Austin Hall, Rich Stinger, John R, Ham­pus Luck, Seven, Thi­ago San­tos, Jor­dan and Zac Sten­mark.

Roundup | Casting Call: NYFW Spring 2012 Edition

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Casting Call: New York Fashion Week Spring 2012 Edition | Austin Hall, Chris Garcia, Erik Sage & Thiago Santos by Nikolai de Vera

Must be the Face–Mix­ing two new kids on the block with two of our favorites and think­ing about a future book­ing or so, Niko­lai de Vera pho­tographs Austin Hall, Chris Gar­cia, Erik Sage and Thi­ago Santos.

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NUMBER:Lab Spring 2012 | New York Fashion Week

Laid-​​back Moment–The style of a skater was one point of ref­er­ence for Luis Fer­nan­dez when he was cre­at­ing the NUMBER:Lab spring 2012 col­lec­tion. That cou­pled with the mood of the French Riv­iera in the thir­ties man­i­fested itself in a lay­ered athletic-​​inspired menswear that while color blocked at times included more than a few prints. One graphic black and white print came cour­tesy of a col­lab­o­ra­tion with artist Joseph La Piana. Board shorts, cadet jack­ets, blaz­ers and tank tops rounded out the major­ity of the collection.

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Alexandre Plokhov Spring 2012 | New York Fashion Week

In Arms–Bring­ing together tools picked up at both Ver­sace and cult-​​favorite Cloak, Alexan­dre Plokhov presents his spring 2012 col­lec­tion dur­ing New York Fash­ion Week. A com­bi­na­tion of mil­i­tary aspi­ra­tions and archi­tec­tural inspi­ra­tions, struc­ture reigns as dark as well as light sep­a­rates come together to form quite the dis­tinct uni­form. From youth­ful sports­wear to more tai­lored jack­ets and shirt­ing, Alexan­dre Plokhov mar­ries con­cept and a func­tional vision for a var­ied spring offering.

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Richard Chai Spring 2012 | New York Fashion Week

Grow­ing Up Chai–An eclec­tic on-​​pouring of loose casual looks served as the foun­da­tion for Richard Chai’s spring 2012 out­ing. Slouchy, com­fort­able and not afraid of a few wrin­kles, Chai’s men donned a sta­ble of short­ing ensem­bles, paired with boxy tops. Mix­ing in vibrant col­ors and a myr­iad of infec­tious prints, Richard Chai deliv­ered a youth­ful lineup with over­size sta­ples, ready to be consumed.

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