Andrew Westermann

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Marc By Marc Jacobs F/W 14.15 New York


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Tim Coppens backstage

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Exhibition Spring / Summer 2014 : Andrew Westermann by Pierre Debusschere

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Shooting something with Tom Van Dorpe & Pierre Debusschere



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T Magazine - The Moment Endless Sunday
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Louis Vuitton backstage



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Models.com Memorable Moments F/W14 (Men)

In our first installment of “Memorable Moments” for the guys, we catch up with a few of our favorite catwalkers and relive their favorite moments from the past season and seasons prior. Tune in below as they give us an exclusive sneak peek into the shows, castings and fittings, backstage mayhem, and all the moments in between that make it all worthwhile.

Photos by Ricky Phan
Creative Direction/Production by Kegan Webb
Grooming by Lacy Redway using Oribe Haircare

Andrew Westermann
HOMETOWN: Cologne, Germany
FW14 HIGHLIGHTS: Billy Reid, Dries Van Noten, Duckie Brown, Louis Vuitton, Public School, Raf Simons, Richard Chai, Robert Geller, Tim Coppens, Tom Ford, Valentino, Y-3

MEMORABLE MOMENT: The whole experience of fashion week is always going to be something I remember. All the people I’ve met. New friends that have become best friends. The many, and I mean many hangovers. Seeing almost the same guys at every show that you are familiar with. I know everyone is kind of happy to go home after, but I also know everyone can’t wait to see each other at the next one.

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Andrew does the vocals on this song https://soundcloud.com/matteoluis/sets/cantgiveback




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T magazine
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Apropos Journal
Models: Benjamin Jarvis, Dae Na, Andrew Westermann & Fernando Cabral
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He's now with Success in Paris


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Model in the Spotlight: Budding Designer Andrew Westermann and His €120,000 Louis Vuitton Jacket

"I didn't expect anything, because you see so many guys at castings…so you never think you will get to a certain point, whatever point that is."
BY Jonathan Shia

IN OUR ONGOING series, Model in the Spotlight, we get up close and personal with the world's leading male models.

Dedicated watchers of male-model street style have no doubt noticed in recent months a proliferation of t-shirts and baseball caps emblazoned with the bold logo of ROC Line, the new clothing line from Andrew Westermann, better known as the current face of Hugo Boss and an edgy favorite of houses like Lanvin, Louis Vuitton, and Raf Simons. It's a savvy bit of promotion for the multitalented model, who is working to build interest in advance of the coming launch of a full online shop with a collection of 20 or so streetwear designs that play with long shapes and abstract prints. Westermann, who says he knew nothing about fashion until he became a model, gamely acknowledges his neophyte status, but is clearly passionate and ready to learn—and it's not every new designer who can count heavy-hitters Kim Jones and photographer Pierre Debusschere as mentors.

Age: 22

Height: 6' 2"

Hometown: Cologne, Germany

Agency: Tomorrow Is Another Day

How were you discovered?
I was 16 and doing some shopping and I just walked down the street past the agency. Eva, who runs the agency, approached me, and I was with them for years and years and I never did anything. Then when I was eighteen or nineteen, Eva saw me again on the same street and asked if I wanted to come to Paris and I said, "Why not?" I was finally tall enough and I finally looked old enough.

What was your first modeling job?
I did the Valentino show straightaway, I think on my second day. It was my first casting ever.

What's the most memorable modeling job you've had?
Closing the Spring 2014 Louis Vuitton show was really special, because I'm so close to Kim Jones and stylist Alister Mackie, and for years I've been watching the collections start from zero through to the end. David Beckham was sitting there, and I'd been to dinner with him before, so before the show, he came up to me and asked if I was nervous, and it was just surreal that he remembered me. The jacket was €120,000—with all this mother-of-pearl woven in by this one Japanese lady—and I had two security guards at my rack, and when I came down, they took the jacket straightaway. We hadn't seen it in sunlight, so when I went out in the glass box, it just started glowing. I didn't know it was going to do that, so it was crazy. I felt like a superstar that day.

What expectations did you have before you started working as a model?
I didn't know what to expect. When I started, I didn't even know half of the brands—even huge brands like Lanvin. I didn't expect anything, because you see so many guys at castings, and there's thousands or millions of guys who want to do it, so you never think you will get to a certain point, whatever point that is.

What would you be doing now if you weren't modeling?
I don't know! I thought about that the other week, and I just can't imagine which way I would have gone. I have so many friends who are in fashion that have become almost like family now that it's unthinkable—even if I stop modeling—not to be in it anymore. I have no idea, I'd probably be studying something I didn't want to study and trying to play music and that's it.

What kind of music do you play?
I used to be in a band called Tommy and the Krauts. We played plain old rock-and-roll and, in Germany, we were quite well-known. We played concerts in big halls, but then that stopped because everyone finished school and went off in different directions. I went solo and started playing more acoustic, singer-songwriter music. At the moment I'm working with different producers from Germany and just doing the vocals and playing guitar, so it's gone from rock-and-roll to electronic.

Do you want to pursue music more in the future?
Yeah. It's hard at the moment because I don't have the time and I don't really have the space to sit down and play as loud as I can, but I want to try and combine everything. The modeling could help with the music, and then the clothing line could work with both too. I want to see how far I can get with everything.

How did you decide to start ROC Line? Anders Hayward (seen above at left) looks good wearing one of your shirts in this photo.
I was doing looks for so many designers—Lanvin, Marc Jacobs, Louis Vuitton—and I was always surrounded by so much inspiration, and I thought, "Well, someone had to start it." I'm never going to get up to that high-fashion level with what I'm doing right now, but it's more about seeing if I can do the same thing that they did, if I can build something out of nothing just from having an idea.

How has your experience as a model shaped the way you work?
I don't have much design experience myself, so what I'm doing right now is more about prints. I work with Kim a lot, and he is so good at what he does because he goes through fabrics, he goes through hardware, and he makes everything look so rich. He could make a yellow rain jacket look like it costs $10,000. I can't really do that at the moment, so what I'm trying to do is more about shapes that are inspired by what I see on the street and then using prints. My good friend Pierre Debusschere, a photographer, showed me lots of different abstract ways of seeing things, so I combine a bit of Kim and a bit of Pierre—classic and abstract in a print—and that's the most I can do at the moment.

What's the best piece of advice you've ever been given?
I thought about this for quite a while, but it's probably that you're not doing the job until you walk out. For a show, you're not doing the job until someone sends you out, and for a campaign, you haven't done the job until it's out in the magazines. So don't get your hopes up, and if it doesn't happen, it just doesn't happen. If you're not what they're looking for, don't cry!
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His clothing line ROC Line

More than just a pretty face, model Andrew Westermann (Tomorrow Is Another Day), who has appeared in ad campaigns for Raf Simons, Hugo Boss and Costume National, and continues to walk for just about every major design house, is a budding designer. The German-born 22-year old industry favorite just launched the online shop for his Cologne-based collection, ROC Line. Westermann started the collection in 2012 and has served as his own model for quite awhile now, along with his friends. More often than not he’s being snapped by both backstage and street style photographers during the various fashion weeks in his ROC Line wares, making the collection the ultimate model off duty wardrobe staple.

Despite the Louis Vuitton lookbooks, the placement on models.com’s “Hot List” and the countless runway shows he done, Westermann is humble about his up-and-coming brand. He is not a formally trained designer, but instead, is learning along the way; he says: “I’m absorbing everything I can get, either whilst running down the runway and working with the biggest designers in the world or just walking down the streets and looking for inspiration, mood, silhouette and style. Anybody can inspire and anything can inspire, whether it be a song, a painting, a movie.”

And Westermann does, in fact, have some impressive designers to learn from. As for particulars, Westermann is close with Louis Vuitton’s Kim Jones but doesn’t pick favorites. He told me he “looks up to almost every designer that can show where he’s coming from and what his concept is.” In the world of high fashion, Westermann, who made his debut walking in Valentino’s F/W 2013 show, says: “There are so brands that I find inspiring but also some I just cant identify with. ROC Line is a street wear brand.” He is concentrating right now, like any smart emerging designer on the fundamentals of the brand and its aesthetic: “I am trying to get the concept right and make it clear. Because it’s not high fashion, I can’t really work with expensive materials. So, for me it’s more about concept.”

Of the current collection Westermann says he is focusing on prints (think: lionskulls, bold graphics and even some historical references) and silhouettes; “I want to see if I can build something out of nothing just from having an idea.” As for expanding the collection beyond its current offerings, Westermann says this is “definitely” something he is hoping to accomplish. “I would like to do pants, shorts, shirts and go into accessories, like hats and pocket squares, etc.” You can shop ROC Line at the brand’s newly launched e-Commerce site and be sure to keep an eye out for Westermann and his pals at the mens shows this June, where they will undoubtedly be giving us a sneak peek at what designs are to com

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the sublime andrew westermann paris 31 rue Marbeuf 3:38 pm june 24th, 2014 weirdiary.com andrewweirphotography.com @successlabparis @andrew_westermann #tiad #acw #acwworldwide tomorrow is another day #pfw #chic

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Backstage at Carven w/ @frederikruegger @santulliana @robertosipos @roclineclothing #rocline

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Reppin' mr westermann's brand ROC LINE. @andrew_westermann @santulliana

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Backstage @ CARVEN SS15 #fun #crazypeople #friends #rocline @santulliana @andrew_westermann #parisfashionweek #ss15 #paris #palaistokyo

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