ZOO TSHAJ PLAWS
PHOTOGRAPHY BRUCE WEBER
FASHION DEBORAH WATSONTEXT KATHARINE K. ZARRELLA
TSOV NTAWM VMAN'S PIONERRING MALE SUPERMODELS ROV QAB RAU IB HNUB NTAWM phooj ywg, duab, thiab lom zem
Daim duab no: tsib ntawm zam tus txiv neej ua qauv saum toj kawg nkaus, rau lub ntsej muag kub, barbecue, lub pas dej txias txias, thiab Bruce Weber nyem nrog nws lub koob yees duab. Qhov no yog qhov tshwm sim uas tau ncaws tawm ntawm tus kws yees duab qhov kev sim siab kawg rau VMAN.
"'Thoroughbreds' yog lub npe zoo meej rau tsib tus txiv neej no," hais tias Weber ntawm cov qauv Brad Kroenig, Andres Velencoso, Tyson Ballou, Jake Davies, thiab RJ Rogenski. "Lawv muaj tag nrho cov sleekness uas Derby yeej muaj thiab lawv muaj tag nrho cov hwj chim uas cov tsev neeg muaj koob muaj npe British equestrian jumpers muaj, ya siab hla lub laj kab."
Tshaj li ntawm 15 xyoo, qhov quintet ntawm Adonises - leej twg yuav tsis ua xyem xyav muab Zoolander thiab Hansel khiav rau lawv cov nyiaj ntawm kev taug kev thiab tawm - tau ua rau txhua tus los ntawm Mert thiab Marcus rau Mario Testino; fronted campaigns rau cov nyiam ntawm Abercrombie & Fitch (cov tua uas qhia Brad thiab Tyson rau Weber) thiab Chanel; stomped lub runways hauv Paris, Milan, thiab tshaj; thiab dominated nplooj ntawv ntawm txhua tus txiv neej lub zam magazine imaginable. Lawv yog cov tsis muaj kev zoo nkauj thiab cov kws tshaj lij, thiab lawv txhua tus yog qhov tseem ceeb rau kev tsim ntawm VMAN tus ntsuj plig thiab kev zoo nkauj.
Brad npog thawj qhov teeb meem ntawm VMAN. Xyoo yog 2003, thiab nws tau ua rau Inez & Vinoodh hnav tsis muaj dab tsi tab sis ci ntsa iab dub qhov muag pleev xim los ntawm '70s biker gang. Nws txoj hauj lwm ntawm lub rooj sib tham thawj zaug tau coj nws mus ntsib Karl Lagerfeld, uas tam sim no nws yog muse. Andres tau tshwm sim nyob rau hauv tib qhov teeb meem, smoldering hauv Helmut Lang ce thiab khi, zoo li RJ, uas tau qhia peb txoj kev sib txawv los hnav lub tsho F / W '03 zoo meej. Tyson koom nrog tog hauv VMAN 2, tua los ntawm Sølve Sundsbø nrog Brad. Jake, lub sijhawm no, tau ua nws qhov VMAN debut hauv 2005 thaum peb hu nws ua tus tswv cuab ntawm "Cov Tub Rog Tshiab" hauv peb qhov teeb meem plaub. Lawv tag nrho yog ib feem ntawm tsev neeg txij li thaum.
Thaum Weber hais txog cov qoob loo zoo li no, "supermodels" kuj yuav yog qhov kev piav qhia zoo. Tej zaum yog vim li cas Weber recreated nws unforgettable 2008 duab ntawm Kate Moss, Daria Werbowy, thiab Lara Stone nyob rau hauv txaj nrog tsib lub ntsej muag. RJ hais tias, "Nws yeej tsis tau ua tiav ua ntej los ntawm tus txiv neej txoj kev xav," thiab muaj qhov kev nkag siab tias qee yam loj tau tshwm sim."
Muaj ib qho laj thawj, qhov tseeb, Weber tau sau zaj dab neeg no "The Grand Reunion." Cov qauv tuaj thiab mus rau lub caij tom qab lub caij nyoog, tab sis cov tsib no tau ua hauj lwm ib sab rau ntau tshaj kaum xyoo. "Tsis muaj ntau tus txiv neej ua qauv uas tuaj yeem hais tias lawv tau ua qauv rau 15 xyoo ncaj. Nws yog ib qho tsis tshua muaj, thiab peb txhua tus muaj kev hwm kev sib raug zoo rau ib leeg txoj haujlwm, "hais tias Brad. Jake pom zoo, sau tseg tias "feem ntau ntawm cov txiv neej uas kuv pib nrog tsuas yog tsis nyob ib puag ncig ntxiv lawm, yog li nws zoo heev uas tuaj yeem ua haujlwm nrog cov txiv neej uas koj paub thiab tau pom thoob plaws ntiaj teb ntawm ntau lub sijhawm xyoo dhau los." Tyson lees tias qhov kev tua tsis zoo li ua haujlwm txhua. "Nws zoo li mus rau ib tug phooj ywg lub pas dej ua ke - dai tawm hauv lub hnub, ua luam dej, thiab ua si nrog dev. Cov txiv neej no thiab kuv tsuas hla txoj kev txhua zaus, tab sis ib txwm zoo li tsis muaj sijhawm dhau mus. "
Tej zaum yog li ntawd, tab sis lub sijhawm tau dhau mus txij li cov txiv neej no tau pib ua haujlwm, thiab kev lag luam tau hloov pauv. "Muaj ntau tus neeg ua yeeb yam thiab cov neeg ncaws pob los sib tw nrog tam sim no," hais Brad. Tsis txhob hais txog qhov kev tsim tawm ntawm social media-spawned Instamodel. RJ taw qhia tias "Hnub no, txhua yam yog digital. Koj muaj 15 tus neeg nyob ib ncig ntawm ib qho screen thiab txhua tus ntawm lawv muaj kev xav. Nws yuav siv sij hawm deb ntawm kev sib raug zoo thaum koj tab tom tua nrog tus kws yees duab uas sim ntes lub sijhawm tshwj xeeb. " Andres pom zoo. "Tam sim no, koj tuaj yeem saib qhov tsis pom ntawm lub vijtsam hauv computer, tab sis Bruce yog tus tswv. Nws tau ua yeeb yaj kiab, thiab qhov ntawd zoo heev. "
Nws yog qhov tseeb tias cov qauv muaj kev qhuas siab rau Weber, nws cov txheej txheem, thiab nws cov keeb kwm. Unsurprisingly, kev xav yog kev sib nrig sib. Weber hais tias "Kev yees duab lawv rau kuv zoo li mus rau kev sib tham hauv tsev kawm ntawv thiab pom dua cov neeg kuv hlub," Weber hais. "Kuv zoo siab heev hais tias lawv ua rau kuv txaus siab."
EXTRA CREDITS
HAIR THOM PRIANO NTAWM GARREN NEW YORK RAU R+CO GROOMING REGINE THORRE MODELS JAKE DAVIES thiab ANDRES VELENCOSO (FORD), BRAD KROENIG, RJ ROGENSKI, TYSON BALLOU (IMG) KEV PAB CUAM TSHUAJ TIV THAIV. TAUTRIM, Sean Jackson, Ryan BRINKMAN, Jordan MILLINGTON stylist pab Caroline hlaub THIAB Halle Chapman Tyler TAILOR Lars Nord pleev pab Marlene Castro PLAUB HAU pab LP GIARDINO COV pab Boris MCNERTNEY, Reynaldo Herrera, LUKA Adler QHOV CHAW MONTAUK, NEW YORK kev kho kom haum MONTAUK Manor catering DG catering
Source: VWM