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wwd.comOVER READY: Male models tend to get short shrift compared to their female counterparts, but VMan shines a spotlight on a batch of new faces each year. The magazine awards a cover to the winner of its annual VMan/Ford Models competition and this year’s winner is Joseph Dolce, a 22-year-old boxer from Oceanside, N.Y., who had never set foot in a photo studio before landing the prize. The cover, shot by Mario Sorrenti, hits newsstands next week. Previous winners and runners-up have scored campaigns with brands like Calvin Klein, Versace, Saint Laurent, Jil Sander and Uniqlo.
“We were hoping to do [a competition] that had true relevance in the fashion industry,” said Stephen Gan, editor in chief and creative director of VMan. “What a joy it is to see someone like Matt Terry’s face on a Calvin Klein billboard on Broadway and Houston, a few months after he’s discovered on a VMan cover.”
Only unsigned newcomers are eligible for the contest and the magazine receives several thousand entrants on vman.com and fordmodels.com each year.
NAME Joseph Dolce
AGE 22
HOMETOWN Oceanside, NY
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN Cancer
WHAT DO YOU DO OUTSIDE OF MODELING? I’m in the dental field as a salesman for equipment.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT FASHION? I like how fashion is always changing yet it repeats itself from time to time, so you get to see a style you might have seen growing up brought back. It helps you think of that time in your life. Fashion is powerful, it’s an art form, and I would love to be one of the lucky few who get to express themselves through that work.
WHY WOULD YOU LIKE TO WIN THE VMAN/FORD MODEL SEARCH? I would like the opportunity to be able to express myself through fashion. Being a model would allow me to show my artistic side.
vman.comA DAY IN THE LIFE
PHOTOGRAPHY Phillippe Vogelenzang
FASHION TOM VAN DORPE
TEXT MARTIN HAMERY
MEET JOE DOLCE, THIS YEAR’S VMAN & FORD MODEL SEARCH WINNER, AS HE SHOWS US AROUND HIS HOME TURF IN OCEANSIDE, NEW YORK
“Fashion is powerful. It’s an art form,” says model search winner Joseph “Joe” Dolce. A 22-year-old former dental equipment salesman, Dolce entered the model search hoping to find an opportunity to express himself creatively. “Being a model allows me to show my artistic side. I get to step out of my comfort zone and broaden my horizons.” Having just recently become interested in fashion, Dolce enjoys trends that hit close to home. “I really love the James Dean vibe. I was born and raised in Long Island, so I grew up on pinky rings and gel.”
Dolce lives in Oceanside, New York—“The Dirty O,” he calls it—a place where everyone knows everyone. His mother is a hairdresser in a neighboring town and his stepfather taught him how to play golf when he was 10, which he’s been passionate about ever since. Joe developed a penchant for individual sports because when you lose “there’s no one to blame but yourself.” Dolce spends much of his time with his two pit bulls, Bella and Maximus. “Pit bulls aren’t bad dogs,” he says. “They can be big mushes.”
Dolce reps his heritage by wearing a tattoo of his last name on his chest, and describes his Italian family as “big, loud, and ridiculous, with sauce every Sunday. But I wouldn’t have it any other way.”
CREDITS
PHOTOGRAPHY Phillippe Vogelenzang FASHION TOM VAN DORPE
Grooming Laura de Leon for Cutler/Redken (Joe Management) Model Joseph Dolce (Ford NY) photo assistant Emilio Garcia Hernandez Video Director Cycy Sanders stylist assistants Carrie Weidner, Pablo Marcus Bien, Fleur Hoogeveen Special thanks Martin Carvajal Carrie Weidner Assistant Director Adam Rossmann Styling Julien Alleyne Hair & Make up Rebecca Robles Special thanks to The Bowery House