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Musician, movie maker and now mannequin, multiple media threat Travis at 1 Management is kicking up a modeling storm. He's landed coveted gigs in the FW02 Louis Vuitton with Mert n Marcus and H&M with Greg Kadel, as well as logging significant editorial mileage in L'uomo Vogue with David Slipjer and Another magazine with Horst. Catching up with MDC while at the Cannes Film Festival Travis summarized his view on the film/fashion continium by saying "I used to put on Blade Runner (not the directors cut, I think I'm the only one who prefers the studio release) when I was a kid and if I paused it anywhere in the film, it was a beautiful image that I could make up my own story about. That's what inspires me in fashion. I love fashion as a medium for creating incredible stories in 10 or 12 pages. When I see pictures from Helmut Newton or Bruce Weber I imagine the characters caught in the midst of some fantastic scene. I look at a Peter Lindbergh Italian Vogue story from a few seasons ago and even though you can't buy those clothes anymore the images are as amazing now as they were then and will still be in a hundred years". Amen to that!

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In other news on the men's side, IMG's instant sensation Sebastian Andriev repeats for Jil Sander and Roberto Cavalli, while his agency mate James Rousseau resurfaces for YSL with Steven Meisel along with Scott Barnhill. Barnhill in a bit of a comeback is also a featured player in the upcoming Versace.. Carl Brolin/IMG is back in both Versus and Hugo .. Fredrico/IMG is one of the gentlemen landing an exclusive for Gucci...At Ford, Michael Gandolfi explodes as one of the hottest commodities on the scene landing in campaigns for Miu-Miu with Mert n Marcus, CK Collection and Jeans with Inez and Vinoodh, Lagerfeld Gallery with Lagerfeld, Strenesse with David Sims and Lanvin with Solve Sundsbo, while another Ford newcomer Tim Culpin surfaces in Perry Ellis with Nathaniel Goldberg, Hush Puppies with Juergen Teller and Versus with Meisel... L.A. Models blazes a trail in the men's market with Calvin Klein sensation Travis (featured on the current cover of Dutch) landing a 2 year fragrance contract, while NY Models' Matt Duffie holds over for Dolce y Gabbana for a third season in a row, Ralph Jacob graduates to the Ralph Lauren Collection campaign as well as landing the Levi's campaign. NY Models face to watch? Jeremy Forlines (current MDC Model of the Week) scoring spots in Versus and Kenneth Cole Reaction while logging significant editorials in L'Uomo Vogue and Details...DNA holds down the fort with James Penfold repeating for DKNY while new sensation Andoni lands a berth in the Donna Karan, rounding out the mix is Harry Kinkead and Jeppe in the Hermes with the terminally cool Bill Gentle resurfacing in Loewe.

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