Boom Fall/​Winter 2012 Show Package

Boom–Milano agency Boom is bub­bling with per­son­al­ity for the upcom­ing fash­ion week. Out the gates with new momen­tum is Lon­don export Dud­ley O’Shaugnessy, who should make an easy first impres­sion in cast­ings after a major music video with Rihanna. Mean­while, Canada’s Eryck Lafram­boise appears to be tailor-​​made for the cat­walk — tall, lean and impec­ca­ble bone struc­ture — the per­fect model. Round­ing out their lineup, Boom has the per­fect face for any Ital­ian show, but the remain­ing two who eas­ily cap­ti­vate are Richard Kranzin and Hans Hatt. While Kranzin brings a lit­tle extra spirit to the run­way with plat­inum locks and a keen eye for pho­tog­ra­phy, Hatt’s model DNA is kicked into over­drive with the intro­duc­tion of his brother Rafael this sea­son … and the stars align.

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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 | Elvis Jankus, Eryck Laframboise, Jed Texas & Jackson by Nikolai de Vera

A Stroke of Dif­fer­ence–Brought across the pond by Fusion, Jed Texas was the first of our lineup and a spit-​​ball of energy – pos­i­tively infec­tious. Then another import, plucked by Wil­helmina, cour­tesy of Suc­cess, the young Elvis Jankus. An unfor­get­table face and a wel­comed sight on the cat­walk, Elvis appeared in shows for Robert Geller and Rad by Rad Hourani. Mean­while Canada’s Eryck Lafram­boise made the hop over, rep­re­sent­ing for Red Cit­i­zen with absolutely flaw­less skin aka no retouch­ing nec­es­sary aka a photographer’s dream! Round­ing out our quar­tet was Aim’s Jack­son Rado, a nat­ural mix of odd per­fec­tion and the unas­sum­ing yet perked inter­est. /​ Pho­tog­ra­phy by Niko­lai de Vera.

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Rad by Rad Hourani Spring 2012 | New York Fashion Week

Blue Days Ahead–A pur­veyor of the uni­sex approach to fash­ion, Rad Hourani sought to bring a lit­tle light to his usual uni­form of black. Incor­po­rat­ing blue into a dark wardrobe, var­i­ous hues came together for a con­stricted view at Hourani’s inter­change­able sep­a­rates. From fit­ted shorts and pro­tec­tive vests to obstructed skirts, the label’s cham­pion put on a brave armor despite a brief depar­ture from cov­er­age for the spring season.

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Y-​​3 Spring 2012 | New York Fashion Week

Easy Times at Yohji High–Yohji Yamamoto sent the Y-​​3 lad back to school for the spring 2012 sea­son. Neat and tidy, save for play­ful pro­por­tions and a lit­tle spon­tane­ity, Yamamoto made a mod­est stride. Dressed sharp and to impress, with a per­son­al­ity sprin­kled accord­ingly, quirk as well as struc­ture came together as blaz­ers founds them­selves paired with plaid num­bers or loose sil­hou­ettes con­structed bot­toms. A fusion of Yamamoto’s trade­mark cuts and Adi­das’ sporty incli­na­tion, the col­lec­tion was a cool walk in the park.

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