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I just got back to England from Sweden! I was there visiting some good friends and, when I found out it would be fashion week in Stockholm, I asked my agency at home to find me an agency in Sweden. They found me an agency, Modellink, who lined up a show for me on Friday and Saturday. Here's a backstage group photo from the show.
I headed for Gatwick Airport on July 28th. After being searched for terrorism, and passing through security twice, I boarded my EasyJet flight to the capital of freedom.
The reason it has been taking so long to let you know about the experience is that I began writing a long story to accompany the photographs. I am fed up of writing so for now will just post the photographs with captions.
A couple of interesting highlights were fashion week and bumping into my old Jr High / High School friend Ali on the street. All in all, a great trip.
Me with long time buddy Anuj who I visited while he was working in Alkmaar.
The lovely and happening central square in the small town of Alkmaar.
Febo: fried croquets in heated coin operated chambers, an Amsterdam institution.
Car garden
Sunset
Club 11; creatively named for the floor it's on
Dam square and the national phallus... I mean "monument"
Me and the canals
Joost (rhymes with toast), my excellent host
Nish and Ali, both Western Canada High School grads
Where red light means go not stop
Replay fashion week party
Acrobatics at the Replay party
I am in the latest issue of @UWaterloo, the monthly alumni e-newsletter from my alma mater, in an article by Jude Doble entitled "From Math to Milan". Perhaps that is what brought you to the site! Enjoy.
I finally got a copy of the Dutch magazine "Avantgarde" I did while I was in Milan. My friend Joost, who graciously hosted me in Amsterdam, picked up a copy for me while it was on the stands. I will post my stories from Holland later. For now, here I am, as he put it, in "Eight glorious full colour pages":
Translation of the main text:
O SOLE MIO!
The new man is not afraid of some good old fashioned romance. Something for which we do not have to go back all the way to the era of the Brönte sisters. A more modern romantic hero like ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev is THE source of inspiration today. Wear a cape, put on a hat and let the hunt (m/f) begin. And finally bring that abaude beneath the window!
Fotography: Luciano Volta
Styling: Bastiaan van Schaik