Out of Milan/Paris this past January stampeded a number of fantastic breaking faces. We are not going to lie, it wasn’t easy to compile the following list of our favorite faces of F/W 10. We excluded young men who have top tier campaigns out like the new Brit pack Alex Dunstan/Charlie France/Isaac Carew/Sebastian Brice and the young Swede Alexander Johansson; young men around whom clients have already been buzzing ferociously. Because these premium clients and those influential casting directors exert such a profound influence on the entire industry, we’re adding a honorable mentions section to come as a special bonus (after NY fashion week). Only time will tell which of these 10 young men below are in it for the long haul. NY Fashion Week begins today, you may not see a lot of these faces here in snowy Gotham, but count on them for the F/W 10 season.
Aram Gevorgyan. His breakout season walking in Dolce & Gabbana, Giorgio Armani and John Varvatos, closing Prada. (image betty/mdc)
Collin Tennant. First season walking Prada, Pringle, Alexander McQueen.
Danny Arterr. First season; Burberry, Dunhill, Lanvin, YSL, Miharayasuhiro
James Smith. Jil Sander exclusive; Lanvin, Dunhill, YSL
Johannes Niermann. Burberry, Prada, Z Zegna, Viktor & Rolf, Gucci, Versace
Niclas Huentelmann. 2nd season as exclusive for Jil Sander; Lanvin, Raf Simons
Oskar Tranum. 2nd at Prada (exclusive); Raf Simons, opened/closed 3 shows including Viktor & Rolf
Thomas Penfound. First season, opened Lanvin, Burberry exclusive
Vladimir Rotar. Jil Sander, John Varvatos, Ferre, Raf Simons, Pringle, Kenzo
Zakaria Khiare. First season, Dior Homme, Hermes, Kris Van Assche, Wooyoungme, Cerruti, Paul Smith.
Favorite face missing? Watch this space after NY shows.