Visual Tales | In Black Leather by Bell Soto

Lip­stick becomes an impor­tant sta­ple in the character-​​driven edi­to­r­ial from Visual Tales pho­tographed by Bell Soto. Work­ing along­side Bell as usual is styl­ist John Tan. Together, the duo turn to Addi­son Duffy, Brady Don­nelly, Jan Vlas, Jules Hamil­ton, Mar­tin Gruca and Spencer Brown for an out­landish look at black leather.

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Visual Tales Launch | The Alternative Covers

Styl­ist John Tan has a new ven­ture quickly tak­ing shape in the form of a new online menswear quar­terly. Bring­ing together short films and pho­tog­ra­phy, Visual Tales offers another medium for fash­ion. For the launch, Tan col­lab­o­rated with pho­tog­ra­pher Bell Soto for six alter­na­tive cov­ers fea­tur­ing Jans Vlas, Addi­son Duffy, Brady Don­nelly, Spencer Brown, Jules Hamil­ton and Mar­tin Gruca.

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25 Boys | Tribute to Geller’s Round Topped Hat

Frillr pays trib­ute to this season’s felt round topped hat from Robert Geller with twenty-​​five mod­els pho­tographed by Fabien Mon­tique. Mod­els include Andrew Ruf­fin, Andrey, Anthony, David (Request), Emile (Major), Henry Watkins, Ivo, Jan Vlas, Jof­frey, Joseph, Josh, Jul­lien Her­rera, Junior Car­rasquillo, Jar­rod, Jonathan Mar­quez, Josh Stan­ley, Justin (Boss), Luke, Malik, Matt Egan, Michael, Nathan Webb, Paul Stiell and Salieu Jalloh.

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Editorial — “In Living Color”

Asa Fox

Cast­ing and fash­ion edi­tor John Tan taps a cou­ple fresh faces for a look at Topman’s fall 2009 col­lec­tion. Pho­tographed by Henry Har­g­reaves, each of the boys man­ages to keep their own as they attempt to stand out from the crowd.  View the com­plete edi­to­r­ial here.

Jan Vlas, Luke Lysdahl

Ryan Thom­son, Zachary Kinsella

Stephen David Felt­ner, Brady Donnelly