British boxer slash Givenchy model hotness Rob Evans and new American face and body Taejahn Taylor mesmerize and channel your favorite jockstrap adverts in NUMERO TOKYO.
The men are teamed up with Alessandra Ambrosio in the editiorial lensed by the fantastic Dutch photographer Matthias Vriens-McGrath, last seen serving suited and booted babies daddies. A few more AFTER THE JUMP ...
ummmm dayumn
Posted by: Chris Cruz | 21 December 2010 at 15:46
Damn is right. I think I'm gonna have a stroke. Shame about Alessandra, though, but she can always be cropped out.
And I was going to have an Angry Black Man moment about the whole slave auction feel of this shoot (the second to last picture, especially) but then I saw that it's a Japanese publication, and I'm a bit more forgiving.
Posted by: Justin | 21 December 2010 at 16:12
"whole slave auction feel of this shoot ..."
One photo of a male model with a Mikimoto pearl strand around his neck justifies that? ROFL This is a pretty standard high fashion editorial. Maybe you don't read high fashion magazines often. ;)
Posted by: Chris Cruz | 21 December 2010 at 16:46
Meh, it's the whole dynamic of the clothed and bejeweled white woman/man surrounded by strapping, almost naked black men. Maybe it's just me. Admittedly, though, you're right, I don't read high fashion magazines often.
Posted by: Justin | 21 December 2010 at 17:17
Justin, you do understand that the female model is supposed to be the star here? They're selling women's clothes and jewels.
The male models are mere props, which is why in many editorials they wear very little or are cropped without showing the full body. Magazines do this all the time with female models and muscular male models of all races.
http://rodonline.typepad.com/rodonline/2010/05/hot-ciara-and-manuel-ramos-for-paris-vogue.html
Not saying your feelings aren't valid, but it is a women's editorial in a women's magazine. There's really no other reason for the men to be there except fantasy, which usually means handsome and well defined men competing for the women.
And also, a few brothas on this site invariably get upset whenever black male models are booked with white female models. In fashion, unless its a male fashion shoot, all the male models are accessories, the women always command more attention and money.
Posted by: Faison | 21 December 2010 at 17:51
well, i work in the high fashion editorial work and i kind of get the sentiment..a little bit. slave auction would be a total stretch..lol. but i agree on the fact that this editorial is kinda...predictable? then again, who cares if you can show off your abs like that. and yes, it's true that this ed is meant to sell women's clothes, so the men's outfits are kept to a bare minimum.
Posted by: Byron Monte | 21 December 2010 at 18:15
What Byron said. The editorial is bland and typical, ie super-built almost nude male models lusting bejeweled woman in evening wear. But the two photos featuring both men are composed very well and the shot with the fuschia dress is killer!
Not to say Rob and Taejahn (hey boo!) aren't off the chain and have abs and pecs of life! The layout is just ... meh?
Posted by: Moore | 21 December 2010 at 18:49
FIYAH!
FIYAH!
FIYAH!
So unnecessarily Sexy! WOW. I love that some men in the world are just SexyComfortable in their skin!
Posted by: TheRevKev | 21 December 2010 at 19:11
Excuse my fashion ignorance, but what is that bizarre seam in the front of her “outfit” in the second photo?
It looks like she is wearing a sofa cover inside-out.
Posted by: Jim | 21 December 2010 at 23:11
Three beautiful people!
Posted by: JBK! | 22 December 2010 at 07:13
Absolutely GORGEOUS men!! Swoon 3x...
Posted by: MW09 | 22 December 2010 at 09:20
a sofa-cover jim? fashion points deducted for actually knowing what THAT is!
Posted by: Byron Monte | 22 December 2010 at 09:24
HELLO!!! The Bike shot takes the cake!!....literally!
Posted by: Deja Vu | 22 December 2010 at 15:36
They both have the most amazing jaw line.
Posted by: chris w | 22 December 2010 at 16:26