Andres Velencoso Segura, Jon Kortajarena and Jake Davies shows us how to wear denim, by Mario Testino for V Man (styled by Clare Richardson).

V Man unveils 3 of modeling’s hottest commodities wearing the best in denim by Diesel Black Gold, Dsquared, Levi’s, Adam Kimmel, Polo Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein Jeans, Versace Collection, D&G. It’s going to be a sexy spring.

All images courtesy of VMan, new issue hits the stands this Thursday January 28th.

In the midst of the frenetic men’s castings for Milan and Paris, come a plethora of top new campaigns and faces to ogle:

Ollie Edwards, the winning Brit continues his hot streak as the campaign face for Giorgio Armani by Josh Olins.

Garrett Neff reaffirms his top model billing with the Trussardi campaign by everyone’s favorite Renaissance man Milan Vukmirovic.

New face Paolo Anchisi emerges in the Mario Testino lensed Versace campaign sharing the spotlight with stars Simon Nessman and Georgia May Jagger.

Though Jacob Coupe‘s Prada image is the only one to appear so far, Love Magazine gives a preview of the main campaign which was filmed and shot by artist and filmmaker, Yang Fudong who has “has created some of the most staggeringly beautiful works of independent cinema to come out of China.”

Paolo Anchisi and Georgia May Jagger. Versace S/S 10 by Testino.

Adrien Sahores and Jacob Coupe. A still from the Prada short movie by Yang Fudong (from Love blog). The film will be unveiled on January 18th on Prada.com and NYTimes.com.

(Ollie and Garrett scans courtesy of d Management, Versace courtesy of VGL, Prada still courtesy of Love blog)

The young men of the season’s liveliest party have been revealed. We recognize Thomas Hoefnagels, Sebastian Lund, former MOTW Vincent Dienst and Andrea Petri for D&G S/S 10 by Mario Testino. Readers, help us out with the 5th young man. (image courtesy of IMM Bruxelles).

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Modeling:
Lily Cole talks about the making of Dr. Parnassus.

I did a quick interview about the modeling industry for my friend, photographer Lara Rossignol. Lara is a true professional, having shot everyone from Johnny Depp and Liv Tyler to Jermaine Dupre.

She is not the Jersey Shore, that’s for sure! Model Jacquelyn Jablonski‘s on The NY Times Nifty 50.

Made in Brazil said it first.. Arthur Sales would be major… and here’s the first of much to come.

Fashion and photography:
Venetia Scott is one of our favorite stylists out there.. here is a fantastic interview she did with Ponystep. What an insight into her world.

Douglas Perrett‘s malendar (male calendar) is really too cute with some of the top up and coming straight male photographers, including Sebastian Kim and Dan Martensen. Buy it here.

Tsk, tsk.. just more tsk from us for Ms. Lindsay Lohan about her straight out copying of up and coming designer Jen Kao and her dress for Lindsay’s new line, especially as Lindsay was photographed wearing Jen’s dress a month ago. As my little girl would say: Not Nice!

Miscellaneous:
And in case you haven’t heard… Lady Gaga is the new creative director of Polaroid. If she can’t get our beloved Polaroid into the modern era, we don’t know who can.

In the NY Times’ story about MDC’s special preview of V’s size issue, one of the funniest comments was this person who called Karl Lagerfeld a “vacuous, vapid, old parvenu”.

Just because we know that you want your campaigns and you want them NOW, here’s a peek at some of the season’s best and most anticipated campaigns during the last few days of the decade. The madness starts again in 5 days.

Toni Garrn and Lars Burmeister by Peter Lindbergh for Hugo Boss S/S 10

Jamie Strachan, Angela Lindvall, Erin Wasson and Mihaly Martins by Matt Jones for Hugo Boss Orange S/S 10. (thanks to ASF from tFS for  the Hugo Boss info)

Natalia Vodianova by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin for YSL S/S 10

Viktoriya Sosonkina and Sasha Pivovarova for Mulberry S/S 10

? by Steven Meisel for Prada S/S 10. Could it be the mysterious Rasa Zukauskaite?

Katrin Thormann, Jules Mordovets, Daria Strokous, Jacquelyn Jablonski, Cato Van Ee by Mario Testino for D&G S/S 10

Claudia Schiffer by Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel S/S 10

Baptiste Giabiconi, Freja Beha Erichsen by Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel S/S 10

Georgia May Jagger by Mario Testino for Versace S/S 10

Claudia Schiffer for Salvatore Ferragamo S/S 10

Kate Moss and what looks like Baptiste Giabiconi… we will get back to you on that! Just Cavalli S/S 10

(Thanks to the energetic efforts of Norhern Star at tFS for the above scans).

Lara Stone is the queen of rebellious and brazen sexuality. We’ve come to expect a certain devil may care attitude from Ms. Stone – how many Lara editorials feature the Dutch beauty wearing Balmain and smoking a cigarette? Perhaps that is why her sugary sweet cover for British Vogue seems so very fresh. Soft pastels, a frou frou dress and Lara looking almost (dare we say it) innocent. Leave it to Mario Testino to show another side of one of our favorite girls.

Lara Stone by Mario Testino for British Vogue | Scans by McQueezy @ tFS

For most girls getting one Vogue editorial per month is more than enough but for Karlie Kloss it is a whole different story. Miss Kloss’ meteoric rise continues as she graces three editorials in the November issue. First up she is shot by Mario Testino for an autumnal story with actor Tom Sturridge, then Patrick Demarchelier captures her for an out of sight studio shoot featuring Marie-Amelie Sauve‘s eclectic styling. Finally, Karlie displays the exotic wares of designer Alabama Chanin as part of  Norman Jean Roy‘s CFDA nominee portfolio. While this just may be wishful thinking we can’t help but think an All-Karlie issue would be a wonderful thing.

Karlie by Patrick Demarchelier

Karlie by Mario Testino

Karlie by Norman Jean Roy

Yasmin LeBon. Ph: Philip Riches for L’Officiel Netherlands, courtesy of Elite New York.

I’m going to date myself a little now by saying that Yasmin was one of my favorite 80′s supermodels. Her incredible Vogue and Elle covers (jumping! on the beach!) were some of my most remembered visuals of that long gone era. It’s of course utterly thrilling to see her comeback, with her recent work with Vogue Paris, American Vogue, i-D and Wonderland. Here’s to one of the originals!

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Karla Otto, PR powerhouse, Karla Otto sexy Gentlewoman?

Anja Rubik is a supermodel. And an avid yoga practitioner. Sign us up right now to get those legs

Here are more pics of the AMFAR event in Milan, including Giovanna Battaglia and Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld, called “fashion royalty”.

For those who know Chris Rock‘s “Clear Heels” diatribe, you’ll find The Cut’s essay on Milan’s shoe of the season, pretty funny.

Aspiring photographers, get your work published in W, how COOL!

Balenciaga’s casting by Ashley Brokaw elicited some nice surprises for the week: Miranda Kerr (click here to see the 2 sides of Ms. Kerr, the sexy VS Angel and the transformation on the runway), Rasa Zukauskaite, Jenny Sinkaberg with IMG, former feed face Marlena Szoka, new faces Jacquelyn Jablonski, Mirte Maas, Patricia van der Vliet, Lisanne de Jong, Gwen Loos (Marilyn).

Balmain had Daria Werbowy in her only show (opening and closing).

Check out Cathy Horyn‘s conversation with Nicolas Ghesquiere backstage; listen to his wonderful French tinged English and of course take a look at his incredible collection: why Paris is the premier reasons they will always rule Fashion Week.

As for Rick Owens (which the Imagist loved!) he cast 4 of our favorite (and totally underrated) black models: Georgie Badiel, Kinee Diouf, Aminata Niaria and Rose Cordero.

Speaking of Miranda Kerr, she’s launching her own skincare line.

Stylist Melanie Ward‘s first collection, Blouson Noir (Black Shirt), sounds amazing.

Bad for your wallet, great for your closet. Style.com offers “Shop the looks”.

Style.com sits down with Gareth Pugh.

V Man and Showstudio are on the last legs of their male model search.

Speaking of V, how much do we love how they showcase the transformation of a fresh new Ford face, Sydney Roper. See the before and after!

Alexandre de Betak is quite a genius but now he’s officially approved by the Times who calls him “The Fellini of Fashion”.

Here’s the info for the Victoria’s Secret open casting this weekend.

Speaking of shopping: Isabel Marant, a favorite designer of the supermodels, will be opening in New York’s Soho. Isaac Mizrahi will be opening his first “shop” because of his psychic!

If you’re in Paris, go to the outdoor Vogue cover show, like Olivier Zahm did. You won’t be anywhere as fabulous as he, but you can pretend!

If you love the Rick Owens show, click here to see more dramatic black and white runway shots from Mr Purple himself.

“Every once in a while I’d feed one until it let me pet it, but it usually just ended up being more trouble than it was worth.” Um, not sure what to think about this, Rick Owens, but we still love your collection.

Fashion at the Vogue Party in Paris, celebrating 90 Years of Vogue Covers. See Mario Testino, Anja Rubik, Lara Stone and La Wintour looking tres, tres chic .

How cool are Greg Kessler‘s Model Morphosis for NY Times’ The Moment? See Karolin Wolter at Gareth Pugh.

VMan knows there is nothing quite like a man in uniform. Mario Testino introduces us to the very sexy Mike Derr in a series of camo looks that leave little to the imagination. If Mike’s chiseled cheekbones look familiar its because the Iowa native was not only a contestant in the Ford/VMan contest but also a former Model of the Week. With a stunning start like this we see big things in his future.