Remember that kid who won the V man magazine's first Ford model search contest( btw they should totally change the name to Ford Trophy or something), and got his name incorrect addressed as"Petey Smith" and then the correction="Wright" and as promised featured in V man magazine's cover and edits shot by Hedi Slimane, signed with Ford and Elite and did some works in Paris ( was it YSL catalog and McQueen's catwalk?) and headed to new york snapped by models.com and then got lost?
In the business of magazines, (some of you naive kids might think it only works like one certain editor in chief, say Anna Wintour, bossing around all the time, then a magical fashion bible just popped like that. But No.) one such a power fashion magazine has to led the way by massive strong clients and they have to offer something that unique than others, say special features. ( like bazzar has the world best dress list, vanity fair has the hollywood issue, the Times has the "most influential"), V man magazine came up with the idea called " the model contest".
What's not to like, Ford is one of the sponsors, meaning money will paid. Promotions getting people to talk, meaning attentions will paid. So the thing is really not about some kid's modeling career, nobody cares. In fact we have 10.000 proofs that half a dozen of the boys who entered the final were from certain agencies, not that anyone is cheating, they did the right thing, it has to be like that or out of control. Petey didnt even got that much votes online, we are not saying that he is not qualified, he's beautiful, and he was the best among these kids. But really, being an apple pie in super-agents eyes has nothing to do with the popularity to the public.
Vman has all the dream sources that will put a teenage little nobody on the map, we have to admit, when petey's black and white sensation was out, the first thing we did was to search Ford's website. Even now look at his face reminds us that "this was the next face of men's fashion". Vman 11 is still on the newsstands and petey's silhouette is still covered with golden lines. Yet no one got anything new from the man himself despite a remade blurred casting card on the board of Ford. He is still out there apparently, he was in new york and we just said, but shouldn't a V man cover star and fashion master's lover boy be a lit bit more on the spot, like at least kick in top 10 of the world's ranking?
Yeah.. we miss him too. He disappeared on the glossy pages as soon as he started glowing on us. Maybe he's home at school or wrestling....he should be 20 years old by now and at the second year of college in Tennessee. Or maybe he is just 5 blocks away from you. (one of our dear dear friends spotted him 2 days ago at beige, yeah the hippest GAY BAR in town, no, I m not suggesting that hes gay, yes he was with another male model, but also, another girl.)
While the V man Ford second model search is about now, (the deadline is set to 24th Nov.) there is a consideration: if the first winner already gone with the wind why so bother for the second? If shot by Hedi Slimane and signed with Ford dosent mean that much in this area then what will? Either Petey was already tired of that shallow, glamour world or the world didnt offer that much to him to stay, we seriously doubt that either of them is the reason, then it must be the " no booking calls" bummer!
In the business of magazines, (some of you naive kids might think it only works like one certain editor in chief, say Anna Wintour, bossing around all the time, then a magical fashion bible just popped like that. But No.) one such a power fashion magazine has to led the way by massive strong clients and they have to offer something that unique than others, say special features. ( like bazzar has the world best dress list, vanity fair has the hollywood issue, the Times has the "most influential"), V man magazine came up with the idea called " the model contest".
What's not to like, Ford is one of the sponsors, meaning money will paid. Promotions getting people to talk, meaning attentions will paid. So the thing is really not about some kid's modeling career, nobody cares. In fact we have 10.000 proofs that half a dozen of the boys who entered the final were from certain agencies, not that anyone is cheating, they did the right thing, it has to be like that or out of control. Petey didnt even got that much votes online, we are not saying that he is not qualified, he's beautiful, and he was the best among these kids. But really, being an apple pie in super-agents eyes has nothing to do with the popularity to the public.
Vman has all the dream sources that will put a teenage little nobody on the map, we have to admit, when petey's black and white sensation was out, the first thing we did was to search Ford's website. Even now look at his face reminds us that "this was the next face of men's fashion". Vman 11 is still on the newsstands and petey's silhouette is still covered with golden lines. Yet no one got anything new from the man himself despite a remade blurred casting card on the board of Ford. He is still out there apparently, he was in new york and we just said, but shouldn't a V man cover star and fashion master's lover boy be a lit bit more on the spot, like at least kick in top 10 of the world's ranking?
So, do you have what it takes to be on the cover of VMAN?
