It took less than a year for Indian beauty Lakshmi Menon to develop into a girl most wanted. It was nothing but up for Lakshmi ever since her first steps on the S/S 08 Jean-Paul Gaultier runway. With her stunning features, amazing skin and that million dollar gaze, Gaultier was the first to spotlight her in the S/S 08 campaign for Hermès. There, she posed aside Asian elephants in an elegant and colorful fashion. But it wasn’t untill Riccardo Tisci, torchbearer at Givenchy, actually announced Lakshmi’s appearance in his F/W 08.09 couture show for the house that the ball really started rolling. Aside from the F/W 08.09 Givenchy campaign she appeared in, stints soon followed for V Magazine, Vogue Paris and American Vogue. Now, as the pages are

If our trip will bring us to Paris for Haute Couture first, Berlin is already warming up for its own fashion week. Iconic is – as almost always we must say – the first agency to introduce a show package. Here is the team. Meet them, remember them. Luca Gadjus and Anett Griffel are in and it will be a good opportunity to see more of two extremely promising girls from last time in Paris: Janine Henkes and Madisyn Ritland. Add two of our favorite newcomers Ilse Suvaal and Anna Simakina as well as two precious girls who remain to rare on the scene: Mariya Markina and Katerina Smutok. More opportunity for our editorial-darlings ? A lot to expect from this mosaic of models. It’s shining bright outside and filled with surprises inside.

The curtain has finally fallen on Milan’s Men Fashion Week and I think could be seeing a comeback of the Roman Empire! Meet Roman Ivancic, Ford Homme’s gorgeous new face. A 20-year-old Parisian who has the look of a hunk but is surprisingly transformable into the philosophy of Jil Sander – striding like a Roman soldier into Sander’s wave of postmodern androgyny and yet standing tall. As what you’d expect of a man of Paris, he oozes sexiness and charm.

Besides Jil Sander, Roman has also worked for Neil Barrett and Trussardi 1911 and he only started a few months ago! He has also just secured the shooting for a major magazine and last but not least, he will see you all in Paris! Hint ;)

Roman Ivancic
Height: 6’ 1 ’’
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Blon

It’s more than luck: it’s the look! Lucas walked for only one show during his first season (Spring/Summer 2009) – Prada – who are known for being incredibly selective. It did not take long after that for his editorial bookings to start coming in. An editorial by Serge Leblon in Another Man, and two editorials by Willy Vanderperre each in V Man and Arena Homme+, who even put him on the cover. It is a short but very impressive list.

After Prada he was in the latest Linea Rossa lookbook shot by Karim Sadli. He is starting off well! We are more than excited to see what he has up his sleeve for Milan and Paris Fall/Winter 2009 shows…

LUCAS R. / NINE DAUGHTERS AND A STEREO
Height: 187 cm
Chest: 88 cm
Waist: 77 cm
Hips: 95 cm
Hair: D

Introducing Nicolas Ripoll

Say hello to 22-year-old Nicolas Ripoll. A newcomer that’s actually worth your time during Milan Men’s Fashion Week frenzy. Coming from Rosario, Santa Fe, this Argentinean darling has scored a major deal in Milan already – although we can’t tell you what that is just yet.

Brown-eyed Nicolas is just simply charming. His book has a wide range of looks from boyish to manly which makes him a very versatile model. You’ve probably seen him already but personally I feel there’ll much more to come for him. It’s a brilliant start alright! Stay tuned for more on what I’m calling the Ripoll-effect.

Nicolas Ripoll
Height: 6"1.5
Eyes: Brown
Age: 22
Agencies: Civiles (Mother Agency), Why Not (Milan), Bananas (Pari

We’ve been following every step of Anouk Hagemeijer. Editorials, runways and extras. Here is a little extra, a bright little extra by Eric Guillmain. As there is no better topic than a model we love working with a photographer we love, here we go for a picture that perfectly embodies our vision of both Eric and Anouk. We know him as one of these photographers who captures some little things other don’t and count him among the ones who influenced our tastes. While we owe to Chadwick Tyler to unveil some hidden sides of the models he works with, while we’re mesmerized by the atmospheres on Jonathan Leder’s or James Mahon’s shots, we’ll always remain sincerely thankful to Eric for his talent to catch some particular moments. The unexpected pos