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Being that models most often want to be actors, why not try out the chiseled darlings on film? That might have been the thought behind London’s D1 Models when they teamed with Offworld Projects on this beautifully done editorial short.  Aside from inspiring us to plot some deep-in-the-country fun this fall, we’re digging the soundtrack. And while we do love show packages, we enjoyed this artistic version as well. Should more modeling agencies take note? Continue…

Sure we’ve been reading that manly men are back, but we still don’t mind some androgyny here and there especially if it involves the leonine features of Dutch model Bastiaan Van Gaalen and some Raf Simons. The oft-spotted GQ favorite took a turn in an edgier mag with photographer Greg Gex for the latest issue of The End. Shot with a sandalwood fan that would make Chinatown mommies proud, Gaalen looks luscious right down to his trenchcoat tube dress.   Continue…

Forget the runway count, what girl wouldn’t covet a Yves Saint Laurent beauty contract? The big winner this season is the elfin yet luscious Ginta Lapina. The Latvian blonde stars in the latest round of YSL campaigns including the line’s famous concealer Touche Eclat and now flaunting her pout for Rouge Pur Couture’s fall/winter 2010 ads. Shot by Terry Richardson and styled by Joe McKenna, the campaign is an exercise in classic, unabashed sex appeal. Get a peek on set with this behind-the-scenes video. You just might be charmed by Ginta too. Continue…

In case you missed the Eyes Wide Shut fete for French Vogue’s 90th birthday, grab an October 2010 edition of the fashion forward magazine. Anja Rubik, she of stealthy catwalk regular fame, goes masked for a Josh Olins-lensed shoot in the epic anniversary edition. Take a look at the editorial here. Continue…