Filed under: Latest Covers/Sightings, News | Tags: charlene almarvez, vera wang, vogue china, nicoletta santoro, max vadakul
There is a lot happening at Ford in advance of Fashion Week. Models are practicing their runway walk. Every. Single. Day. Show packages are being sent out. Boys from Europe are in New York for the first time. COACD is tweeting casting pictures of our models every other minute. It’s nigh impossible to find a moment of peace let alone quiet to work. And so inside the next five minutes between transcribing a model interview and buying new magazines, the Ford Models Blog would like to share one picture of Charlene Almarvez from Vogue China Sep. 2010, which we purchased yesterday from our local newsstand for a cool $34.95. The Ford Models Blog has already posted two previous stories featuring Tao Okamoto and Ming Xi as well as Tao’s solo story by Sølve Sundsbø, but this portrait featuring the 2009 Supermodel of the World finalist had yet to see light of day on this page. Appearing in a story titled simply “The Designers” photographed by Max Vadakul and styled by Nicoletta Santoro the 5’11 (180 cm) Filipina is being fitted by designer Vera Wang. Charlene or Chat as she is affectionately known features in Ford’s show package, Ford Vol. 1, and is poised to do well this season.
Charlene Almarvez | Vogue China Sep. 2010 (Photography: Max Vadakul)
Filed under: Fashion Week S/S 11 Men, News | Tags: aiden andrews, aj abualrub, asa fox, bobby nicholas, christian brylle, daje, ethan james, ford men, ford smith, gadir rajab, ian o'brien, isaac carew, isaac weber, linus gustin, max motta, michael wozniak, paolo anchisi, show package s/s 11
Wednesday the Ford Men show package for New York S/S 11 went live on MDC and The Fashionisto with a total of forty-four boys. Menswear has a somewhat unfair reputation of being the drab counterpart to that of the opposite of sex. However, what many consider a truism about menswear has never been the case for the juggernaut that is Ford Men. The men’s show package is an entirely different proposition compared to the work of art that is Paul Rowland‘s Ford Vol. 1, but all the same it would be foolish not to marvel at its many strengths, depth of talent not least of which.
The Ford Men S/S 11 show package draws on proven charges in Aiden Andrews, AJ Abualrub, Christian Brylle, Ethan James, Isaac Carew, Isaac Weber, Ian O’Brien, Linus Gustin, Max Motta, and Paolo Anchisi. Furthermore new boys Asa Fox, Bobby Nicholas, Daje, Ford Smith, Michael Wozniak, and Gadir Rajab amongst others will give designers showing in New York an option that many of their European counterparts hadn’t available in July at the shows in Milan and Paris. How’s that for drab? Make way, ladies, Ford Men are on the charge.
But, don’t take the Ford Models Blog at its word (interested as it is), please visit MDC and The Fashionisto for a complete reviews by Betty Sze and Carl Barnett respectively.
Ford Men Show Package NY S/S 11(Thumbnail Edition, Vol. 1)
Filed under: Latest Covers/Sightings, News | Tags: alana zimmer, dansk, tom allen, keegan singh, uffe buchard, eddie borgo
Ford’s Alana Zimmer features in Dansk A/W 2010 #24 in an editorial photographed by Tom Allen and styled by Keegan Singh. The Dansk editor-in-chief Uffe Buchard‘s drive toward modesty takes a postindustrial grunge detour with this sun-drenched editorial titled “Postcards.” The full length garments of Ming Xi‘s Dansk story are replaced with close-fitting dresses by Hervé Léger, Versus, Azzedine Alaïa, a cropped skirt by Hakaan, and those triangular earrings by accessories newcomer Eddie Borgo that feature in every single shot. Alana’s wearing of blacked-out cat-eye shades, then, is perhaps the nod to modesty that brings the story into alignment with Buchard’s thesis about the virtue of subtraction. “Mountains of irrelevant newness,” as Buchard calls the agents of superfluity, be damned! Let’s now see what these postcards have to say. Alana, take it away… .
Complete credits include: Photographer, Tom Allen; Fashion editor, Keegan Singh; Photo assistants, Mauricio Lopez, Mary Gebhardt; Fashion assistant, Rayna Cummings; Hair, Dennis Devoy at Art Department; Makeup, Sil Bruinsma at Streeters; Production, Streeters.
Alana Zimmer | Dansk A/W 2010 #24 (Photography: Tom Allen)
Alana Zimmer | Dansk A/W 2010 #24 (Photography: Tom Allen)
Alana Zimmer | Dansk A/W 2010 #24 (Photography: Tom Allen)
Alana Zimmer | Dansk A/W 2010 #24 (Photography: Tom Allen)
Alana Zimmer | Dansk A/W 2010 #24 (Photography: Tom Allen)
Alana Zimmer | Dansk A/W 2010 #24 (Photography: Tom Allen)
Alana Zimmer | Dansk A/W 2010 #24 (Photography: Tom Allen)
Alana Zimmer | Dansk A/W 2010 #24 (Photography: Tom Allen)
Alana Zimmer | Dansk A/W 2010 #24 (Photography: Tom Allen)
Postcards | Dansk A/W 2010 #24
Filed under: Latest Covers/Sightings, Resort 2011 | Tags: ming xi, suzy menkes, dansk, alex sainsbury, tom grimditch, uffe buchard
Ford’s Ming Xi features in Dansk A/W 2010 #24 in an editorial photographed by Alex Sainsbury and styled by Toby Grimditch. In his introduction to the “Modesty” issue, editor-in-chief Uffe Buchard rails against fashion’s insatiable pursuit of the New at the expense of values that he somewhat reluctantly calls “sensible.” “We forsake bullshit,” declares the Danish editor, “extreme youth worshipping and uncritical celebration if newness for a life governed by modesty in all its shapes and forms.”
At first glance this looks a tall order, but editor notes in a fashion magazines that call for a return to sensibility must be taken in context. Mr. Buchard is by no means renouncing fashion, which to its rarefied core is the sort of superfluous endeavor that subsistence farming will never be, but rather is looking to pillars of stability in Céline, Chloé, and Stella McCartney. Not unlike Suzy Menkes‘s piece for Harper’s Bazaar Sep. 2010, the present economic climate has prompted the sort of editorial hand wringing and navel gazing that to the untrained eye is barely perceptible at the level of magazine pictorials.
Which brings us to today’s story…”The Commuter,” wherein the modesty championed by Buchard is evidenced in maximal garment length, muted colors, and a noticeable lack of accessories. Ming Xi wears full length garments including skirts by Max Mara and Aquascutum and coats by Maison Martin Margiela and Max Mara. When Ming’s not made to look like a commuter intent on making her PATH connection, then she cuts a tranquil figure wearing a jumpsuit by Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci or a pale coat by Gianfranco Ferrè. So if indeed this is modesty, then let it begin with Ming Xi.
Complete credits include: Photographer, Alex Sainsbury; Fashion director, Toby Grimditch; Photo assistants, Alex Petch, Gary Lafargue; Fashion assistants, Madeleine Østlie, Adam Winder; Junior fashion assistant, Pablo Ortiz; Hair, Hiroshi Matsushita; Makeup, Jose Bass at Frank Agency; Casting director, Nic Burns at Star & Co.; Digital retouching, Studio Private.
Ming Xi | Dansk A/W 2010 #24 (Photography: Alex Sainsbury)
Ming Xi | Dansk A/W 2010 #24 (Photography: Alex Sainsbury)
Ming Xi | Dansk A/W 2010 #24 (Photography: Alex Sainsbury)
Ming Xi | Dansk A/W 2010 #24 (Photography: Alex Sainsbury)
Ming Xi | Dansk A/W 2010 #24 (Photography: Alex Sainsbury)
Ming Xi | Dansk A/W 2010 #24 (Photography: Alex Sainsbury)
Ming Xi | Dansk A/W 2010 #24 (Photography: Alex Sainsbury)
Ming Xi | Dansk A/W 2010 #24 (Photography: Alex Sainsbury)
Ming Xi | Dansk A/W 2010 #24 (Photography: Alex Sainsbury)
The Commuter | Dansk A/W 2010 #24
Filed under: Fashion Week S/S 11, News | Tags: karmen pedaru, paul rowland, s/s 11, show package
Titled Ford Vol. 1 the Ford Models show package for New York S/S 11 is now public and available for viewing at MDC Of The Minute. Long known for his exceptional show packages Paul Rowland‘s premiere show package as the head of Ford’s high-end editorial women’s division was something eagerly anticipated by the Ford Models Blog. In many ways the T Magazine story from the other week served as an unofficial introduction to the dynamic Mr. Rowland is seeking to strike between the Ford legacy and his own modus operandi. That dynamic is masterfully realized in Ford Vol. 1 through a combination of meticulous composition, lavish period styling, and slightly tilted choreography Ford Vol. 1 as an object itself exudes a tempered elegance that compliments, but never overshadows the twenty-nine show cards therein contained.
Please visit MDC Of The Minute to see the entire Ford Vol. 1 S/S 11 show package and to read Wayne Sterling‘s review of it.
Complete credits include: Creative director / photographer, Paul Rowland; Stylist, Lester Garcia at Total Management; Makeup, Janeen Witherspoon at Julian Watson, Karan Franjola; Hair, Jordan M. at Susan Price; Photo assistants, Jordan Seiler, Beatrice Schleyer, Josh Laurits; Manicurist, Myrdith Leon-McCormack at Ford Artists NYC; Production, Brachfeld NY, Sloan Laurits, Simon Malivindi; Set design, Andrea Huelse; Retouching, Shane Lee Lyons; Graphic design, Rachel Berks.
Karmen Pedaru | Ford NY S/S 11 (Photography: Paul Rowland; Product photography: Damien Neva)
Karmen Pedaru | Ford NY S/S 11 (Photography: Paul Rowland)
Karmen Pedaru | Ford NY S/S 11 (Photography: Paul Rowland)
Ford Vol. 1, S/S 11 show packages line conference room wall (Photography: Damien Neva)
Ford Vol. 1, S/S 11 show packages line conference room wall (Photography: Damien Neva)
Filed under: Latest Covers/Sightings, News | Tags: mert alas, marcus piggott, ming xi, love magazine, marie-amélie sauvé, isaac lock
As we mentioned in the previous post about Francisco Lachowski, the Ford Models Blog finally has its own copy of LOVE Issue 4! It was touch and go for the first 48 hours of the launch last week with calls to several newsstands, none of whom had sight of the Condé Nast biannual published in the United Kingdom. Yes, MDC had been very generous with their exclusive previews of the covers (all eight of them) by Mert & Marcus as well as that fantastic MDX interview with editor-in-chief Katie Grand, but screens are no replacement for magazines let alone the rush of buying an elusive issue after having walked a mile in the Manhattan rain.
The self-described Gorgeous Issue is a belter and once you breeze past the boobies, then beginning on page 258 you’ll find an article called “All about Eva.” The text by Isaac Lock follows a visit he made to the Cavalli estate in Tuscany where he spent time speaking with Eva Cavalli, née Duringer, wife to Roberto Cavalli, on the fortieth anniversary of the label that according to an apocryphal account relaunched on the back of a pair of sandblasted jeans. The world of Cavalli for the former Miss Universe 1977 runner-up according to the article has been a labor of love of the better part of two decades and one which is richly editorialized in Issue 4 by Mert & Marcus and stylist Marie-Amélie Sauvé. The case in point being the below portrait of Ford’s Ming Xi who wears a fur from F/W 05 and necklace from F/W 09.
Check your local news agent for the availability of LOVE Issue 4 and also subscribe to LOVE to receive the next issue in late Febuary 2011.
Ming Xi | LOVE Issue 4 (Photography: Mert & Marcus)
Filed under: Latest Covers/Sightings, News | Tags: francisco lachowski, homme essential, terry lu, algis puidokas
Last week the Ford Models Blog was in hot pursuit of LOVE Issue 4 and on that rainy Wednesday morning when our newsagent Ali finally had his second order (the first sold out 36 hours earlier) we noticed a new magazine neither we nor Ali had previously ever seen, Homme Essential. The bimonthly magazine for young men immediately caught our eye because it featured Ford Men’s Francisco Lachowski on the cover photographed by Algis Puidokas and styled by Terry Lu. Turns out Puidokas is not only the photographer for the cover story, but is also the magazine’s publisher and one with quite an eye. There’s touch of Tiger Beat about the predominately denim editorial titled “Lachowski Exposed,” but that is not to take away anything from an otherwise inspired use of a sunlit hotel room and a shirtless 6’2″ (188 cm) Brazilian. Jeans by Levi’s, DKNY, Jean Paul Gaultier Monsieur, Simon Spurr, Diesel, and Balmain Homme might well appear an afterthought, but it’s doubtless that any of these labels would complain seeing them worn by Francisco.
Francisco Lachowski | Homme Essential Sep./Oct. 2010 (Photography: Algis Puidokas)
Francisco Lachowski | Homme Essential Sep./Oct. 2010 (Photography: Algis Puidokas)
Francisco Lachowski | Homme Essential Sep./Oct. 2010 (Photography: Algis Puidokas)
Francisco Lachowski | Homme Essential Sep./Oct. 2010 (Photography: Algis Puidokas)
Francisco Lachowski | Homme Essential Sep./Oct. 2010 (Photography: Algis Puidokas)
Francisco Lachowski | Homme Essential Sep./Oct. 2010 (Photography: Algis Puidokas)
Francisco Lachowski | Homme Essential Sep./Oct. 2010 (Photography: Algis Puidokas)
Francisco Lachowski | Homme Essential Sep./Oct. 2010 (Photography: Algis Puidokas)
Francisco Lachowski | Homme Essential Sep./Oct. 2010 (Photography: Algis Puidokas)
Francisco Lachowski | Homme Essential Sep./Oct. 2010 (Photography: Algis Puidokas)
Filed under: Latest Covers/Sightings, News | Tags: eric watts, marley kate, theones2watch, allison miller
When photographer Marley Kate shoots a story, the Ford Models Blog takes notice. Her Francisco Lachowski editorial for Vanity Teen not only featured on our blog, but likely left an indelible mark on even the most prolific traffickers of the boy’s image. Much of the was Francisco, yes, but an equally not insignificant part was also what photographer Marley Kate was able to bring out of her then subject, namely adolescent abandon. But, which model from Ford Men would she next shoot?
The answer to this intriguing question thrills the Ford Models Blog for it is in fact Ford Men’s Eric Watts who features in an August 2010 editorial “Read My Mind” from TheOnes2Watch photographed by Marley Kate and styled by Allison Miller. The clothing is deliberately understated allowing Kate’s latest subject, Eric, to come to the fore. Shirtless, jeans, smiles…just the sort of look to be expected from a Saturday morning in late August spent with a new romance. The 6’0″ (183 cm) Nassau County native last featured on the Ford Models Blog in late July after making a requisite appearance on COACD and has since gotten busy plying his trade with this editorial that is sure to bring him plenty of exposure, hopefully campaigns, and maybe, just maybe, Tumblr reblogs by the hundreds.
Please visit TheOnes2Watch to see in full the editorial “Read My Mind” featuring Eric Watts photographed by Marley Kate.
Eric Watts | TheOnes2Watch Aug. 2010 (Photography: Marley Kate)
Eric Watts | TheOnes2Watch Aug. 2010 (Photography: Marley Kate)
Filed under: Campaigns, News | Tags: tao okamoto, karl templer, karmen pedaru, anna jagodzinska, craig mcdean, gap, trey laird, anita bitton
Here to complete the hat-trick of Gap F/W 10 campaign postings are Ford’s Anna Jagodzinska, Karmen Pedaru, and Tao Okamoto photographed by Craig McDean and styled by Karl Templer. Legend has it that black magic typically involves the invocation of evil spirits for evil purposes. Neither shaman nor sorcerer the Ford Models Blog cannot readily discern any evil purposes from this campaign let alone the cut of trouser — Perfect Trouser, Boy Fit, and True Straight. However, and it must be said, we cannot make any warranty against the potential spell that Anna, Karmen, or Tao may cast over you or your wallets for this Gap F/W 10 campaign.
Further credits include: Art direction, Trey Laird; Casting, Anita Bitton for The Establishment. Image derived from those posted by Flashbang at TFS.
Karmen Pedaru, Anna Jagodzinska & Tao Okamoto for Gap F/W 10 (Craig McDean)
Filed under: Campaigns, News | Tags: tommy dunn, karl templer, craig mcdean, gap, trey laird, anita bitton
Ford Men’s Tommy Dunn features in the Gap F/W 10 campaign, his second this season, photographed by Craig McDean and styled by Karl Templer. The Ford Models Blog last saw the 6’1″ (185 cm) American feature in the True Religion F/W 10 campaign photographed Nino Muñoz. He has since traded in that dusty stagecoach look for the Saturday afternoon in the City look that is the Gap hallmark. Classic, clean, comfortable and utterly convincing that it is indeed time once again to purchase better fitting denim. Tommy, take it away… .
Further credits include: Art direction, Trey Laird; Casting, Anita Bitton for The Establishment.
Tommy Dunn for Gap F/W 10 (Photography: Craig McDean)
Tommy Dunn for Gap F/W 10 (Photography: Craig McDean)
