I don't have any problem posing naked. For me, it is only work.—BAPTISTE GIABICONI
Four years ago, Baptiste Giabiconi, son of a corsican mechanic,  was working at a helicopter plant in his hometown of Marseille. "I met a  woman at the gym who suggested I create a photo book," says the  21-year-old model, who, prior to setting off for paris and une vie à la  mode, was saving up to start his own pizza delivery service. Since then  he has become one of the most sought-after faces-and bodies-in fashion,  in large part due to his ongoing collaboration with Karl Lagerfeld, who  has photographed giabiconi for numerous campaigns for Chanel, Fendi, and  the designer's eponymous line. As Lagerfeld himself has duly noted,  Giabiconi's lean, athletic physique looks good in clothes-and even  better out of them. Giabiconi, though, is now eager to bare himself in  another way: last fall he unveiled "Showtime," the dance-y first single  off his forthcoming debut album, which he describes as "mostly  electropop," but also inspired by a wide range of other sources. "David  Bowie, Depeche Mode, and Otis Redding, from the past, and now, Katy  Perry and Lady Gaga," he says, ticking off a handful of the influences  he hopes to reconcile on the record. "I hope I will go on tour," he  adds. "this is my dream."