at grand central station & stay under the stars, always
things 2 put in the front pocket of your blazer
besides a pocket square, a bar of chocolate can also be nice for decorating your blazer
san francisco is beautiful
around 20 years ago, i came to the states for school & san francisco was the first american city i set foot in. here i watched phantom of the opera for the very first time & walking into urban outfitters thrilled the hell outta me so. two decades later, i have done a heaps of growing up & seen quite a lot of what the rest of this world can offer, i have to say revisiting this place kind of freaks me out a little bit since for an original city boy like me, too chilled of a city or too mellow of a pace is really not my cup of tea. but thanks to kim for showing me the real san fran & i begin to appreciate when people simply don't care what you wear or how much clout you have but just into the quality of living & taking it slow to enjoy the most; they smile a whole lot here & look you in the eye when they talk to you. not to mention the always-blue glorious skies & the sea breeze & the colourful houses & the fat sea lions at pier 39. this is actually a beautiful city
we are shooting with :
everyone, meet lucky blue smith! he's like the love child of two of my all time idols - james dean & river phoenix. this gap & levis campaign boy just turned sixteen not too long ago. we flew him from la to san francisco for a shoot that i have been looking forward to for oh so long. i remember seeing his modelling pics back when he was 13 & dropping my jaw & his recent editorial work in popeye magazine just reinforced my wish to do a story with him big time! then it finally happened & this shoot still feels like a dear dear dream to me till this moment ...
lets fix our fancy socks
the folks in san francisco are too chilled to not care about anything fashion. it's like "lets put on an old t shirt & a pair of sweat pants & go to dinner y'all!" so when i see these fine young men all dolled up, i couldn't pass the chance of photographing them; they must be heading to a wedding or somethin'
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the hotel i'm staying in san francisco is called HOTEL TRITON, just right next to the dragon gate of china town, where mah people hang!
the #wecouldgrowup2gether charm school lesson
cross you legs not too high ( so you won't reveal the bottom of your fancy shoes ) ; not too low (so you won't look like a madame guest at a late night talk show ); & never spread your legs ( cos your junk is not for the public to see ); this is how a fine gentleman should sit. illustration by PORNPOT RODKROH
