Kevin Warhol & Evan Parker have to be my favorites pic.twitter.com/nv0hdbuMhd
— john (@shelovesjohn2) 2017年1月9日
Valentino - not only a man born with the eye for sartorialism but also an eye for creating a beautiful interior too. This video shows three of Valentino Garavani's many homes in Paris (Chateau de Wideville), Gstaad (Chalet Gifferhorn) and his Yacht (T.M. Blue One) moored in Venice. Each very different in style.
Along with Valentino's genius for design, he also strikes me as a very human man filled with much Italian emotion and passion as well as, at times, a sardonic wit - never a man to take himself - or perhaps others - too seriously. He and Giancarlo Giammetti, his lifelong partner - a rare achievement today, particularly in business - make an extremely stylish duo.
The background music is by Les Hommes, the two tracks: "Pousada Do Amor" and "Hommage". The video footage comes from Valentino: The Last Emperor (2008) - a warm, amusing and sometimes farcical insight into the private lives of Valentino and his partner Giancarlo.
MEN UNIVERSE MODEL 2016 Candidates in Swimwear
Presenting the Gorgeous 30
Men around the Universe, the venue was
hosted by the awesome
IFA Villas Bavaro Hotel Resort and Spa
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
Featuring: Hermes Bautista of the Philippines
Take a look at the runway of CA-RIO-CA Sunga Co Men’s Swimwear Spring / Summer 2016 Collection presented by Art Hearts Fashion produced by ParkerWhitaker Productions benefiting AIDS Healthcare Foundation. They showcased a true Brazilian flavor to the runway with their powerful collection, opening and closing their segment with special performances of traditional Brazilian dance and martial arts movement. Check out as designer extols a wearable masculine wardrobe that aligns your comfort and style!
Johan Paulik (born 14 March 1975) is the stage name of a Slovak former gay pornographic model. In 2000, he was inducted into the GayVN Hall of Fame with Lukas Ridgeston and George Duroy, owner of Bel Ami, the studio Paulik worked for his entire career. In 2002, Paulik became general manager for Bel Ami in Europe.
Advertising has turned from a reliance on western faces and bodies to sell luxury. South Korea's fashion and lifestyle magazines feature Koreans. Japan's are Japanese. Chinese models, both men and women, are increasingly and beautifully on show. The look of the 21st-century will be Asian - more precisely, Eurasian. In serious photography, the male icon, such as captured by the late American artist Robert Mapplethorpe, is often confused with gay erotica, so confronting is the image is the naked male to some people. That will probably be an obstacle these two Hong Kong photographers will need to overcome if they're to reach a wider audience, so rarely has the distinct beauty of the Chinese male form been presented. Yip is very much the contemplative artist, all careful poses and precise lighting in black-and white, colour and sepia.
Details of camera, lens and film used for each shot are given in an index, along with notes about what the photographer was dying to capture of the model through the lens. His use of film rather than digital would seem to reflect a growing consensus among serious photographers that pixels lack the subtlety and flexibility of emulsion sharp but ultimately unforgiving and lacking in depth. Yip's models are Chinese from Hong Kong. Singapore, Taiwan. the mainland and the US, as well as a Thai-Chinese, Japanese and Korean. He says in the introduction that he wanted his models to show themselves, to let the camera shoot beyond the facade or skin and muscle torso and chest. The best images in The Asian Male, the ones that stretch beyond the private portrait, have an air of gentleness and innocence about them, but also a sense of confidence and independence that illustrate the emergence of new type of man. --Tim Cribb, South China Morning Post.