RAF SIMONS MUSE YANNICK ABRATH (ELITE LONDON) LAUNCHED HIS CAREER WALKING IN THE BELGIAN DESIGNER’S SS09 CATWALK SHOW A MONTH AFTER BEING SCOUTED.
SINCE THEN YANNICK HAS BECOME A REGULAR FEATURED IN THE RAF SIMONS SHOWS AND CAMPAIGNS AND CAN BE SEEN FRONTING THE MOST RECENT CAMPAIGN FOR AW12.
HIS EDITORIAL CREDITS INCLUDE ARENA HOMME +, GQ STYLE ITALY, 10 MEN, VOGUE HOMMES JAPAN, GQ STYLE GERMANY, I-D, DAZED & CONFUSED, VOGUE ITALIA PLUS CAMPAIGNS FOR RAF SIMONS AW10 / AW11 / AW12 AND JIL SANDER SS11.
AGE: 23
BIRTH DATE: 6 MARCH
BIRTHPLACE: ANTWERP
ETHNIC ORIGIN: BELGIAN
NICKNAME: FEEL FREE TO INVENT ONE FOR ME!
HOW WERE YOU SCOUTED: I MISSED MY BUS AFTER A TRIP TO THE CINEMA IN ANTWERP AND WENT FOR QUICK SNACK IN A RESTAURANT. SOME DESIGNERS FROM RAF SIMONS APPROACHED ME AND ASKED ME TO COME TO A CASTING IN THEIR STUDIO AND IT ALL TOOK OFF FROM THERE.
BEST FEATURE: PATIENCE.
FAVOURITE GROOMING PRODUCT: A SHOWER EVERY MORNING TO WAKE UP.
FAVOURITE FOOD: JAPANESE FOOD IS MY NUMBER ONE FAVOURITE, CLOSELY FOLLOWED BY ITALIAN.
HOBBIES: MUSIC LISTENING, PLAYING AND CREATING. FASCINATED WITH THE UNIVERSE; CONSTELLATIONS, STARS, PLANETS,…
FITNESS REGIME: I REALLY WANT TO RUN THE MARATHON NEXT YEAR, SO RUNNING.
FAVOURITE MOVIE: BIG FAN OF HORROR AND SCIENCE FICTION MOVIES. DONNIE DARKO, CONTACT, MOON, A NIGHTMARE ON ELMSTREET.
WHAT WAS THE LAST TRACK YOU LISTENED TO ON YOUR IPOD: “DANCING WITH A GHOST” BY VALENCIA
GUILTY PLEASURE: CHEEKY ROMANTIC COMEDIES (YOU KNOW THE ONES WITH JENIFER ANISTON, OWEN WILSON, ADAM SANDLER AND SO ON; EVERYONE SAYS THEY HATE THEM BUT SECRETLY EVERYONE HAS SEEN THEM!)
DISLIKE: EUROSTAR
DREAM PLACE TO VISIT: I WOULD LOVE TO VISIT THE WEST COAST OF AMERICA.
IF YOU COULD RELIVE ONE DAY IN YOUR MODELING CAREER: OPENING MY FIRST EVER RUNWAY SHOW, I WAS TREMBLING ON MY FEET. I WAS JUST SCOUTED A MONTH BEFORE AND WITH NO KNOWLEDGE OF FASHION NOR ANY IDEA WHAT TO DO I GOT TO WALK MY FIRST RAF SIMONS SHOW.
WHO ARE YOUR IDOLS: TOM HANKS (BEST ACTOR EVER; HE CAN TRULY BECOME ANYONE IN A MOVIE), TOM DELONGE (REASON WHY I FIRST PICKED UP A GUITAR) AND RON BURGUNDY HA!
WHAT WAS THE LAST THING TO MAKE YOU LOL: PLAYING UNO WITH THE PHOTOGRAPHER PIERRE DEBUSSCHERE AND HIS TEAM DURING A POWER CUT.
WHAT WAS THE LAST DREAM YOU REMEMBER: A REALLY LONG, CINEMATIC DREAM ABOUT DIFFERENT SOCIETIES ON EARTH.
ONE WORD TO DESCRIBE YOURSELF: PUNCTUAL
TWITTER NAME: @YANNICKABRATH
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