behind the scenes – casting for masatomo spring 2010 show (day 1)

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Published June 23, 2009

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first day of casting for the masatomo ss10 show to be held in paris next sunday…brief is 18 models including 7 black ones; mainly new faces, young and fresh, with style, attitude and strong personality…

though a big part of the guys are still in milan, lots of them are back in paris or just didn’t go to italy and the line in the hotel’s corridor is growing as starting time is approaching…all of the main agencies in town have of course been informed (bananas, ford, major, mgm, nathalie, new madison, studio, success) since they usually provide the best choice, but also some ‘minor’ ones (angels, idole, karin) because you never know!

the casting is being held in a big room where the collection is already set on racks in the right order for the show, where in 5 days the masatomo team will be preparing everything for the big day: rynshu (the designer), sachiko watanabe (stylist and co-ordinator), mr hayashi (the ‘alteration magician’), yohko (the discrete designer’s wife and ‘adviser’), nakamura-san (sales manager), michiko (paris shop manager and translator) and myself…

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it’s time to start: first one please…
one at the time the models are invited to enter the place to first show rynshu and i their book; then we ask them to walk and eventually, when corresponding to the designer’s vision, to try something on…fresh new face roman ivancic @ ford just came by and seems to fill all requirements and expectations–calling his agency and getting 1st option 🙂 that’s a good start…each look has been sketched by the designer and all of them are lined on the floor, ready to be matched with the card of the selected (or pre-selected) model…

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from totally unknown prepubescent smooth-cheeked babies to superstar hairy and bearded ysl rive gauche homme ned shatzer…variety! next one please…

a boy, a book, a walk…a boy, a book, a walk…a boy, a book, a walk… a boy, a book, a walk, a picture…a boy, a book, a walk… a boy, a book, a walk…a boy, a book, a walk, a try! a boy, a book, a walk, a picture…a boy, a book, a walk…a boy, a book, a walk…a boy, a book, a walk, a try! a boy, a book, a walk, a try!

jono namara @ bananas :

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repeating “can you take off your shirt and walk please? thanks a lot…bye, have a nice day” every 2 minutes … exhausting 😉

if not the highlight of the season, my favourite so far is jamie conday @ nathalie agency : option 🙂 !

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he walked on exclusivity for jil sander in milan!

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lots of noise outside in the corridor!

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jethro cave @ bananas :

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yuri pleskun @ bananas :

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more boys, more books, more walks, more pictures…

french upcoming julien chanca @ success :

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rynshu inspired…

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agustin sienra from uruguay @ new madison; shot several stories with steven klein:

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david asdrubal @ mgm:

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new face clément soulas @ new madison:

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thomas mignot @ major:

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dzhovani gospodinov @ bananas, already optioned for a show earlier the same day so we’ll have to wait for the other designer’s decision before we know if we can book him or not:

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1st option for mr t! ty akintayo @ ford:

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also a 1st option for john patrick dine @ bananas:

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quite a good start with a total of 11 options…
enough boys for today! more to come tomorrow…


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31 thoughts on “behind the scenes – casting for masatomo spring 2010 show (day 1)”

  1. Love behinds the scenes keep us updated! Can you possible one day do a post of how you got into this?

  2. Love behinds the scenes keep us updated! Can you possible one day do a post of how you got into this?

  3. Love behinds the scenes keep us updated! Can you possible one day do a post of how you got into this?

  4. Mikelle said it before but I’d really like to insist: it would be really interesting to know how you got into this – I am really curious about that. Many thanks for this article!

  5. Mikelle said it before but I’d really like to insist: it would be really interesting to know how you got into this – I am really curious about that. Many thanks for this article!

  6. Mikelle said it before but I’d really like to insist: it would be really interesting to know how you got into this – I am really curious about that. Many thanks for this article!

  7. Definitely can’t wait to read it! It’s already really great to see he took the time to post these articles (with day 2 a few hours ago!). 🙂

  8. Definitely can’t wait to read it! It’s already really great to see he took the time to post these articles (with day 2 a few hours ago!). 🙂

  9. Definitely can’t wait to read it! It’s already really great to see he took the time to post these articles (with day 2 a few hours ago!). 🙂

  10. Of course, I’m so absentminded sometimes though but yeah, after fashion week and after some much needed rest!

  11. Of course, I’m so absentminded sometimes though but yeah, after fashion week and after some much needed rest!

  12. Of course, I’m so absentminded sometimes though but yeah, after fashion week and after some much needed rest!

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