It is the symbol of the return of the sexy man and healthy within the male imagery fashion: Giabiconi Baptist, under the benevolent objective of his mentor Karl Lagerfeld, is confirming the upheaval of the aesthetic criteria concerning the mannequins man. The era of the servant boys androgynes and pale expensive in Hedi Slimane indeed seems to yield the place to a new wave, where the “himbo” – male of bimbo – trustent imaginary creators…
Whereas modeuses juggle easily with name of their signals model preferred (knowing perfectly which of Jourdan Dunn or Agyness Deyn was crowned better mannequin of the year), the situation is quite different when it is a question of quoting the first name of a male model.
It should be said that the latter do not have until now step profited from a great mediatization: in addition to Hollow Jethro and its legendary escapades, rare are those which, beyond the fashion weeks man, know their fifteen minutes of celebrity. That however did not prevent the small world of the mode from falling in pâmoison in front of a newcomer: Giabiconi Baptist. Still unknown one year ago, this young Marseillais points from now on top of the list of the classification of the Models.com site…
However, Baptiste Giabiconi did not predestine itself with a career of mannequin. Resulting from a modest family of the south, the young man leaves the school at 16 years and becomes workman in aeronautics. He then carries out a simple life, rythmée by the work and the meetings of musculation.
It is with the turning of a corridor of its club of gym that its destiny will take an unexpected way: charmed by the young man, a woman advises to him to make photographs and directs it towards a Marseilles photographer. Giabiconi constitutes a book then and from there quickly will canvass the Parisian agency Marilyn. This one appreciates the physique of this boy to the airs of Italian seducer and immediately incorporates it in its files.
A succession of castings is followed then from there: fringant Baptiste ravels, poses, but still does not defray the chronicle. It will have to be waited until June 2008 so that Karl Lagerfeld locates the young man – in a Milanese magazine – and asks him to come to make a photo test.
As from this moment, Kaiser decides to separate more from its new whooping-cough. It shoote Baptist for Number, for the campaigns of its line K, makes of it ideal Ken at the time of the shootings celebrating the birthday of Barbie, when it does not make it pose for some artistic photographs…
Between the workman with the beautiful mouth and the man with the catogan is woven then an improbable friendship based on fascination, one being subjugated by the world which is offered to him and the other hypnotized by the concept of youth. Consequently, the two men are not left any more: Baptist regularly appears at the sides of Karl, some that is the place of the sphere where this last is.
When they are not in Venice for work, they lead to Paris funny routine, the DA from Chanel claiming very often the presence of its foal. With the dires of this one, the one day timetable proceeds as follows: they are found towards 15:00 to lunch, then from go away to Chanel where each one is occupied with its occupations. They dine then towards 21:00, then leave drinking glass or will see a film…
As often with its protected (to read on this subject the work of Arnaud Maillard), Karl is shown more than generous and offers without counting, creating gilded bonds connecting body and heart those which succumb to its extreme prodigality.
Lagerfeld thus created of all parts – it is enough to see certain photographs of Baptist in 2007 to consider relooking carried out by Karl – the new Greek god with the mode. He considers besides that its pet incarnates the new rising class of the mannequins, whose obvious beauty reassures. He compares it in particular with Gisele Bündchen, celebrating his athletic body, as beautiful equipped as naked.
Let us hope just that Karl will not too quickly weary a sound new toy, so that Baptiste Giabiconi can continue to enjoy this modern fairy tale with the paces of fashion idylle…
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