PLAYGROUND|CONNOR STANLEY

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IN CONVERSATION: CONNOR STANLEY

Name|Connor Stanley

Age|19

Hometown|Venice Beach, California

How did you get discovered?

I was discovered at a gas station

What were you doing prior to modeling?

I was graduated from high school, still determining what I was planning to do, possibly stage set design for performing artists

People would be surprised to know that I...

have been a ballet dancer my whole life

What's your latest obsession?

Asparagus, I tried it for the first time and I fell in love with it!

Your most prize possession?

My grandmothers and modeling portfolio from the earlier days, I have it framed on my walls at home

Growing up, who did you look up to as your hero?

My grandmothers...no words could describe our bond, she is the best!

When is the last time you said "I Love You" to someone?

My mom, 10 minutes ago on the phone

Your favorite place you have travel to

Beach in California, summer, 5pm and sun setting, perfect!

Your favorite scene from a film

Lords Of Dogtown—Seeing vintage Venice Beach

Describe your personal style

Simple, relaxed and effortless—plain t-shirts and shorts is ideal

Your favorite sport or sports figure

Sport—Volleyball

Team—USC

Player—My brother

If there's a destination or item you would recommend us to check out or visit about your native country/city or town, what would you recommend?

The beach in Malibu and get organic real Mexican food at Howdy's—www.malibuhowdy.com!

Your favorite song/artist

Simple Man by Lynyrd Skynyrd

Your greatest moment in modeling so far...for you

Living in Europe for the summer and living life like a European and walk the shows in Paris!

What is your new year wish for 2011?

Loads of traveling, meet lots of new friends and get inspired to possibly develop some new personal projects!

MODEL AGENT|Jody Gordon|Fusion Models

IMAGES|John Tan

CONCEPT|STYLING|CASTING|John Tan

MODEL|Connor Stanley|Fusion Models

Special thanks to Jody Gordon from Fusion Models and the mens board at Fusion for their support; Connor for his time and showing up to JTC for a shoot/interview right after getting into NY directly from the Paris menswear shows!

NIGHT MOVES|TYLER JOHNSON

A Special JTC Editorial

Clothing: Boots and hat by Lanvin; blazers (2nd spread, right and 4th spread, right), both by L.B.M. 1911; blazer and tie by Luigi Bianchi Mantova; jeans by Levi's; striped pullover by Shipley & Halmos; shoes by Billy Reid and Florsheim; shirt, sweater and striped coat, all by Timo Weiland; scarf, stylist's own

MODEL AGENTS|Karen Long|Spencer Salley|Root Mgmt

IMAGES|Mr. X

CONCEPT|CASTING|John Tan

MODEL|Tyler Johnson|Root Model Mgmt

Special thanks to Karen Long and Spencer Salley and the mens board at Root Model Mgmt for their support; Reuben Teik Hansen at Lanvin; Cristiano Magni and Amanda Lulewicz at Cristiano Magni PR; Whitney Saffel & Natalie Conor at Maguire Steele PR; Brett Anderson at Levi's and Tyler for shooting at night with JTC

CLOTHING:

Lanvin-www.lanvin.com

Luigi Bianchi Mantova-www.lubiam.it

Timo Weiland-www.timoweiland.com

Shipley & Halmos-www.shipleyhalmos.com

Billy Reid-www.billyreid.com

Florsheim-www.florsheim.com

Levi's—us.levi.com/home/index.jsp

STEADY AS HE GOES|LEWIS VALLEAU

"Skate Thing" - Dave Bondi

"UNKL Skatecycle" - Derek Welch

"Spectrum Skate" Matt Jones "Lunartik"

"Monster Skate" by Motomichi

"tee-pee-suke-tobo-do" - Tokyo Plastic

Woodland Dragon by Chen Dewitt

ABOUT THE BOARDS:

Less then a year on the market and the Freerider Skatecycle from Brooklyn Workshop (www.brooklynworkshop.com) has already won an international design award and has become part of the permanent collection at the Henry Ford Museum. Now it has inspired 12 of the top vinyl artists to customize the Skatecycle. The custom Skatecycles will go on sale June 23rd on Gilt.com and all the proceeds will benefit earthquake and tsunami relief efforts in Japan via Globalgiving.org.

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IN CONVERSATION: LEWIS VALLEAU

Name|Lewis Valleau

Age|16

Hometown|Poughkeepsie, New York

How did you get discovered?

I was discovered through my brother and my friend, Justin Passmore (who are both RED models as well)

What were you doing prior to modeling?

I was working with my band—Twenty to Twelve—www.twentytotwelve.com and doing music production (I have my recording studio—Iron Curtain Studios

People would be surprised to know that I...

do a lot of rap music production

What's your latest obsession?

Fixed gear bike riding

Your most prize possession?

Custom built bike from Brutal Cycles

Growing up, who did you look up to as your hero?

Led Zeppelin's drummer, the late John Bonham

When is the last time you said "I Love You" to someone?

Last night...

Your favorite place you have travel to

Brooklyn, New York

Your favorite scene from a film

True Grit—The court scene

Describe your personal style

Hipster/skater look

Your favorite sport or sports figure

Sport—Biking

Your favorite song/artist

Any of the tracks my band, Twenty to Twelve makes

What is your new year wish for 2011?

Keep making great music and get to travel through modeling and make new friends

MODEL AGENT|Dave Fothergill|Red Models

IMAGES|John Tan

CONCEPT|STYLING|CASTING|John Tan

MODEL|Lewis Valleau|Red Models

Special thanks to Dave Fothergill from Red Models and the mens board at Red for their support; Gene Kogan for organizing it and referral; Alom Karpman for creating/bringing the cool skateboards to shoot; Lewis for his time and making it effortless!

NOSTALGIA: VICEVERSA|BELL SOTO

A Short Film Collage

JTC PRESENTS: VICEVERSA|A FILM COLLAGE

DIRECTED BY BELL SOTO

STYLING|CASTING BY JOHN TAN

STARRING TRENT KENDRICK (AIM)|SHAUN HAUGH (RED)

MUSIC BY PAOLO PALAZZO