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One of our favorite men’s magazines, HERO Magazine is back for Summer/Fall 2012 with fantastic new face Arthur Gosse glowering in Givenchy with those unforgettably covetable nose rings from the F/W 12 collection. The theme for issue 7, DARK+STORMY will come with a collector’s special edition slipcase, only 25 of which will be available for purchase worldwide at select locations. Interviews with Calvin Klein’s Italo Zucchelli, Dior Homme’s Kris Van Assche and stories by Paul Jasmin, David Armstrong and Danielle Levitt make this issue a must buy.
MDC visitors have the chance to win one of five limited edition DARK+STORMY slipcase copies – by tweeting why they should win them @models @hero_magazine with the hashtag, #hero7limitededition; the winners will be announced on Monday May 7th.
For our friends in the Far East, Hero comes out with their first Chinese and Japanese editions.
SUMMER/FALL 12
THE MENSWEAR LANDSCAPE IS ABOUT TO CHANGE RADICALLY.
DESIGNERS ARE MOVING TO NEW HOUSES, EXPECTATIONS ARE RUNNING HIGH AND EVERYTHNG IS UP FOR GRABS.
HERO 7 IS A TRIBUTE TO THE PENT UP ENERGY BEFORE A STORM: THE FRICTION, ELECTRIC CHARGE AND STIR-CRAZINESS OF AN UNPREDICTABLE, VOLATILE AND UNDENIABLY EXCITING TIME.
STAND BY FOR A NEW ERA IN MENSWEAR.
An exclusive interview with Italo Zucchelli, Menswear Creative Director at Calvin Klein on his 12 years at the house, the future of fashion, and his latest AW12 collection.
Beau Mirchoff, star of MTV’s Awkward up close and personal in an in-depth interview, plus 14 page fashion story shot by Fabien Kruszelnicki and styled by Elizabeth Fraser-Bell, set in the eerie stillness of an abandoned motel.
Murray Healy takes us through the history of sportswear with the master of it: Junya Watanabe accompanied by an exclusive glimpse at AW12, shot by Frederike Helwig.
Dean Mayo Davies expertly navigates the latest collections and reveals his conclusion: Power + Control.
Five of Hollywood’s most promising up-and-coming actors including Nico Tortorella (Scream 4), Alex Shaffer (Win Win), Kyle Gallner (The Haunting in Connecticut), Connor Paolo (Gossip Girl) and Max Thieriot (My Soul to Take) talk to us about their art, their dogs and their hopes for the future.
PLUS
Danielle Levitt travels to Alabama for an epic 18 page documentary with the all-American Prattville High Lions football team, Dior Homme’s Kris Van Assche tells us about everything (loves thunderstorms, buys tulips, hates St. Tropez), iconic photographer Paul Jasmin captures the beauty of a sun-kissed LA hazy afternoon, David Armstrong creates a series of intimate portraits, Russian design maverick Gosha Rubchinskiy shoots his moodboard for his next collection and Mihara Yasuhiro reveals his love for Sunday surfing.