i got the issue! it's amazing. packed with as many models as you can get and puts other men's titles to shame. so... the 5th anniversary thing was for good!
apart from the fashion story section (which is huge, see the review below), this issue has so many visually interesting features (i'm too lazy to name them all). i'm sure the previews will start flooding the internet soon, so in the meantime:
fashion story reviews:
lo stile sta nel mezzo (2 portraits)
model: tony bryan
photographs: paolo zerbini
styling: alessandra faja
nulla al caso (4 portraits)
model: paolo nutini
photographs: paolo zerbini
styling: rose forde
wawrinka vs berdych (2 beautiful b&w portraits)
photographs: tomo brejc
models/tennis players: stanislas wawrinka & tomáš berdych
sam claflin (6 pages)
photographs: tomo brejc
styling: emil rebek
moda a/i 2014 (mathias on the inside cover)
- this is the opener of the section, each model has his own page. it's like a yearbook. the styling is so good. very subtle and chic.
untitled 1/9 - posted already
models: reuben ramacher, rhys pickering, dimitri stampfer, connor paterson, alexander beck, michelangelo gruby, didier vinson, jackson rado, jester white, adam butcher, jeremy matos, axel hermann, tomasso de benedictis, andrew westermann
untitled 2/9
photographs: robert nethery
styling: jérome andré
models: marko brozic, max mondo, werner schreyer, matthew holt, morgan watkins, jackson hale, guerrino santulliana, simon clark, roberto sipos, karlis adlers, gustaaf wassink, elliot vulliod
untitled 3/9
photographs: pablo arroyo
styling: emil rebek
models: arthur gosse, bastiaan ninaber, matthew bell, nicolas ripoll, erik fallberg, clément charbernaud, rutger schoone, janis ancens, michael lange, erik van gils, vincent lacrocq, rogier bosschaart, alfons miari, otto lotz, jarrod scott
untitled 4/9
photographs: robbie fimmano
styling: anders solvsten thomsen
models: iain wallace, mathias lauridsen, alex ludqvist, marcel castenmiller, rj rogenski, brian britcher, cameron handley, ethan james green, nick rae, miles mcmillan, yuri pleskun, david agbodji,
untitled 5/9
photographs: carlotta manaigo
styling: davide brambilla
models: adrian otto, tim schuhmacher, botond cseke, armin kuchler, thibaud charon, toni petkov, nemanja maksic, anatol modzelewski, xavier buestel, richard detwiler, hideki asahina, chris beek
untitled 6/9
photographs: laurence ellis
styling: nik piras
models: luka badnjar, simon paul, sid ellisdon, timur simakov, bram valbracht, sang woo kim, sam lammar, daisuke ueda, johannes linder, matthieu gregoire, mihai bran, tom strangwick, callum ward
the rest of the untitled part consists of still life pictures of season's chicest jackets (7/9), fragrances (8/9) and cosmetics (9/9)