You would not believe the amount of emails I've received from people wanting to know about Florian Bourdila. So, to answer your questions- He's 17 yrs. old, from Paris, and the shots that were posted of him are from Calvin Klein. Ford Paris sent me some beautiful Polaroids.
So the Boss pics are up over at V starring my girl Olga Sherer. Who I was so happy to see. I had my first conversation with Olga her first season in New York and it wasn't until Berlin that we finally got to catch-up. I mean we've talked, but other than blowing kisses backstage and "Can you show me the bag Olga!" I had no clue what she's been up to. She's sooooo sweet.
I got an email from a girl down in Argentina who has the funnest blog. (Of the modelizer sort.) It's filled with cute boys and shots that models send in of themselves. (Please if you don't think models like seeing themselves on the web think again.) Check it out!
I don't care what anybody say's about Mischa Barton, I like her. Star Magazine, Us Weekly, Perez Hilton...any of those bitchy rags. And I don't care if she doesn't look like she did three years ago or her hairs blond now, or she's put on a little weight, or any of that. I enjoyed taking her photograph and thought she was nice.
Who knew that the cute little Italian girl I'd been shooting with backstage in Milan for three days (and having a ball) would turn out to be Carlotta Manaigo? One of my favorite young photographers.
On assignment for a Japanese magazine, Carlotta maneuvered her way through the backstage like a pro. ALL the guys loved her. (And I'm not just talking about the models but the backstage photographers as well.) It wasn't until leading Jay Massacret by the hand at the Gucci party (to meet my "new pal") just as he's telling me "Wait I wanna say hi to Carlotta," that we ended up at the same person! "You're Carlotta Manaigo?!? The one who shoots the beautiful portraits of the boys?" (Can you imagine?)
Do yourselves a favor and check out Carlotta's work. She has an amazing eye and I love her mixture of portraiture and landscapes. Her images have a dreamy romantic feel to them and I can't wait to see what she got backstage. AND, she's very cool.
Popped over to Berlin for Hugo Boss last week. Total blast! You know I love these "non fashion week" shows. And leave it to the Germans to be the most professional and well organized yet. Hugo Boss anyways. I loved it. Bruno Pieters turned out an uber architectural collection of black, blue, white and beige. Complete with BBQ and celebs. 
So you had Olga Scherer (who I love)...
...Tanya D putting the dressers through their paces...
...half a dozen sharply dressed boys...
...and Irina poppin' around making faces, lighting my cigs and trying to push me in the river...making me laugh the entire time. ALL after a late-night out on the town!
Go to Vmagazine.com sometime this week and you'll see a complete slideshow.
Yo! I'm in Berlin! Got in to town late last night and met up with my favorite German boy for a night out on the town. Berlin is AMAZING!
Photo: Lenz von Johnston
Acqua di Gio is one of the most coveted campaigns out there. Reserved for a select few in the world, fronting Armani's top-selling fragrance not only assures you blue chip status within the industry but, if chosen, you can pretty much just sit back and watch the checks roll in. For years.
Larry Scott held the prestigious position for nearly a decade and I think Lars Burmeister was an excellent choice. I ran in to Lars at Spin the other day and you know I had to grab some shots. We L-O-V-E Lars Burmeister.
Oh my god I don't believe it! V finally got all the remaining footage up. Paris Day 3 and Paris Day 4. So go over there.
Well it was bound to happen. Gisele shot bare-assed on the cover of V by Mario Testino? And three different covers nonetheless. Now you know why James was playing with her ass.
OMG I could not stop laughing at this agency I popped by today. It's called Spin Model Management and it's Hamburg's youngest upstart. Keeping in line with the boutique theme, owners Maik Tangel and Philipp Brugger (formerly of Mega) believe in quality over quantity. And their board reflects just that.
I think if I were going to open an agency, I too, would just sit back and handpick who I wanted to represent. They've got everyone from Lars Burmeister and Michael Gandolfi to that hot Spanish kid I was goin on about in Milan, Antonio Navas, and even Cole Mohr. Oh! And they've got Eniko! Eniko-Eniko, the one who's about to blow up? Not a bad group to start with I'd say.
Request just came out with a fun packet of all their new faces, shot by Samuel Zakuto. Check it out!
HELLOOOO!! Did we lose you? I don't blame you, even I stopped checking the V site. I don't know why any of you still would be. Well, the good news is, we finally pulled the lead out of it and got back to our coverage of the shows. Which, yes, were almost two weeks ago. (I know.) So, if you wanna see the funnest show I ever shot, along with the best show of the season take a look!
And check out this f*cking shoe! I don't know why I just thought it was so bad-ass. The whole show was. Pat was a blast and was having the time of her life, as you can see.
"Are you kidding? I've been covering up pimples for two weeks, I finally get to do some actual make-up!"
Half the guys were freaking out they were, basically, in drag. While the other half (the cool ones) were loving it. Owen made my night as did Scott Barnhill. The pics at V are great and just seeing them put a smile on my face.
I loved Versace. Loved Donatella, loved the PR girl from LA that handled the celebrities...Guido, Pat, Julian Faetsma, Helge, Hampus, this other boy who's name I can't remember...loved it. And I can't believe how foreign it is for me to see models on the runway now. Girls or guys. It's like I completely forgot what it is they actually do. I rarely see shows anymore, once I get first looks I'm gone. So stumbling on to this clip late last-night was a treat. And it's hysterical to see the guys so serious.
And would someone please tell me the name of this little British kid that Pat and I are so crazy about? If you look quickly you may catch him in the show. He's about half way through and he's got on a white muscle-T with black cigarette smoke on it and he's wearing sunglasses. He told me his name a dozen times, I don't know how it never stuck. (I've gotta lay off the smoke.) He's so major.
I knew there was something I loved about this kid. He's f-ing Brazilian?!? Who knew? Along with Julius Beckers, Luiz Afonso was my other favorite thing about this season. And he did just as much. Had I known he was from down South I would have done up a sign for Juliano to add to his collection.
"Alfonso?!?" I'd say to him at each show after snapping his photo. "No, Afonso," he'd reply in his shy little voice."
What the hell's the matter with me anyways? I'm afraid I owe him an apology, he was robbed! Unfortunately, each time I thought I had a second to get his info, it always ended up I didn't. So literally, every time I spoke with him, the entire two weeks, it was more of the same.
"Luis with an S?!?"
"No, a Z."
So, here he is. Luiz Afonso. And he's MAJOR!
What's up bitches?!? I'm in Hamburg, my favorite city in the world! It's true. People are always asking me "What's your favorite city to spend time in? Tokyo? Paris? New York?" and I always answer Hamburg. Not only do I have good friends here but I love Germany.
Hamburg is lush with greenery, very clean, extremely organized (which we love) and has a relaxed friendly pace. Don't know how long I'll be here, I guess long enough to rest and let my back recover from all that backstage craziness. (Oh ya, I threw my back out...it's not a cute look.)
In the meantime, we've just started our Paris men's coverage over at Vmagazine.com so check it out!
After Gucci I had time to kill so I ran around the front and blindly shot the runway. Literally. I was way up at the top in the back with my camera up in the air, just clickin' away. Here's a few that came out. If you look closely you can occasionally see Tim Blanks. 
Alright all you MySpacer's! I've got a new page up. Now stop emailing me!
Did everyone see the party pics I did in Paris for Visionaire's celebration with Lacoste for their 75th anniversary? What a night. Check it out at Vmagazine.com.
Right up there with my rushing to Calvin a few seasons ago only to realize upon arriving backstage that I'd left my camera at home "debacle," is last week's Margiela "blunder" in Paris. Well, actually, my NON-Margiela blunder. I thought it was Margiela. The PR girl told me it was Margiela. It looked like Margiela. How could it not have been Margiela? Well, I'll tell you how.
Apparently, upstairs was some sort of gallery exhibition (nonetheless cool) that I wandered in to. Margiela was downstairs. It wasn't until later in the day listening to these two ridiculous queens (wearing bow-ties and high-water trousers with patent leather shoes and no socks) yammering on about Margiela, that something clicked. "Wait a minute, that's not what I shot at all."
Retarded, I know. So here's a few shots from some gallery installation I stumbled upon during men's fashion week that took place in the same building as Margiela, at the same time as Margiela, however, was not Margiela. Oh well, what're ya gonna do?
I still haven't recovered from the shows, my god. I haven't eaten in days and even though I've spent the last ten hours chained to my computer editing, I had to take a break and do something fun. Like touch base with the ol' blog for five minutes. Here's all my faves from Milan and Paris, starting with the biggest fave of all.
Favorite Shoe (Paris)- Galliano.
Favorite friend to pal around with- Jay Massacret.
Favorite venue (Paris)- Dries van Noten.
Favorite Model...
...Julius Beckers from Dusseldorf.
Favorite live performance (Milan)- Roisin Murphy (Gucci party).
Favorite designer I met for the first time and fell in love with- Riccardo Tisci...
...with favorite new Givenchy exclusive Jakob Wiechmann.
Favorite DJ (Milan) Michel Gaubert.
Favorite Supermodel- Mathias Lauridsen.
Favorite girlfriend to play with backstage- Pat McGrath.
Favorite smokin' buddy- Owen Steuart.
Favorite face to photograph- Felix Schopgens.
Favorite venue (Milan)- Versace.
Favorite unaffected model- Taylor Fuchs.
Favorite moment- Bunny bum-rushing Karl for a photograph.
Favorite model to play with backstage- Sean O'Pry.
Favorite shoe (Milan)- Dsquared.
Favorite Brazilian model.
Funnest show I ever shot (girls or guys)- John Galliano.
Favorite person I shot in a crowd and have no idea who it is.
Other favorite person I shot and have no idea who it is.
Favorite show of the season- Givenchy.
Favorite friend and designer I was SO happy to see- Eric Wright.
Favorite boy I've been wanting to shoot for a year and is never in town- Alex Gilbert.
Favorite live performance (Paris)- Santagold.
Favorite boy who's name I never got.
Favorite backstage- Prada.
Favorite look- Calvin Klein.
Favorite backstage photographers- Greg Kessler and Jason Lloyd Evans.
Favorite unsolicited moment- Lenz von Johnston and another favorite model who goes to film school out in LA, whose name I can't remember right now...shit...anyways he's very cool.
Favorite DJ in town (Paris) with Maryna Linchuk and Sebastien- Sal Morale.
Favorite model I've seen in magazines and never met in person- Patrick.
Favorite driver (Milan)- Luigi.
Favorite model I couldn't stop shooting and made me late for my next show- Florian.
Favorite person I met while in Europe- Rufus Abbot.
Favorite model to stare at- Clement.
Favorite backstage photographer who crashed men's fashion week- Sean Cunningham.
Favorite surprise backstage during men's fashion week- Emina.
Favorite "Favorite"- Simon Nessman.
