Reminder!! Sephora Hourglass Cosmetics Event tomorrow

Friendly reminder to all of you, tomorrow we are happy to invite you to the Sephora Hourglass Cosmetics Event tomorrow at the Sephora Store located in Times Square...Event is from 2-7pm

We will be there taking snaps of attendees, of course making sure our guests are having fun and have some of our girls trying the new cosmetics coming out...

Models provided by Red Model Management

Come have fun, try some new make up...

We hope to see everybody there!

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Happy Birthday to Kristin Mautone from Red

Ms. Kristin Mautone fierce booker from Red is celebrating her birthday today...we had the amazing opportunity to celebrate this weekend with her and oh what fun we had...

Kristin! SOMW LOVES YOU! Happy Birthday and we cann't wait for all the exciting projects between Red and SOMW...

And do not even dare to ask us how old is she, you know there are some secrets we will never tell...she is young we can tell you that much, but there is nothing young or innocent about her performance as a booker, she will eat you up alive

Julius Becker back in town

Watch out everybody...Julius Becker with Red Models is back in town...he will be here for a short while but he will be taking jobs, campaigns and names with him...

Welcome back Julius

Happy Birthday Sarah Tyer

Our good friend and long time supporter Sarah Tyer is celebrating her birthday today (no we are not telling you how old she is...) Sarah has left the New York market to pursue more of the acting side and commercial modeling that is based in Los Angeles...

She also is one of the pioneers and supporters for our next chapter SOMW LOS ANGELES...that is right we are opening a chapter on the West Coast...aren't we excited? the blog will be live soon: somwlosangeles.blogspot.com so you can all follow us there...

Sarah is already making a killing in LA and taking it by storm...represented by LA MODELS over there, she is more than representing her mother agency RED MODELS...

Sarah...Happy Birthday Love!! Have a great time and we will be coming soon enough to go surfing with you!

Sportswear International #230 featuring some of our favorite friends...

Sportswear International #230 features in the cover some of our good friends and favorite models...



William Lewis (former model of the month January Issue www.somw.org) - Red Models
Patrick Phillips - Red Models


Colleen Koltick - Rocket Garage
Coco Young - Rocket Garage
Larissa - Rocket Garage (which you will be hearing a lot more from now...we are hooked on her raw rocknroll look...)

For some of you who are NOT familiar with Rocket Garage we will give you a more broad review on what they do and their board very soon...they are small but fierce...

http://rocketgarage.net/main.html

finally March is here...

We are glad to see a little of sunshine around now...means spring is very very near...

And with every spring new faces, new campaigns and new adventures...

Lets start with Red Models...they have been doing for a less than perfect word to use AMAZING with their mens board...and we are not talking about their TV SHOW on Centric, but their boys are on campaigns for companies like H&M, they are walking every major show in Fashion Weeks around the world...and on top of that we know they are getting ready for bigger things to come...which is just logical when they are about to become the next powerhouse.



Major Models...well we were honored to use their models for most of our shows this past fashion week season, new faces like Ruthie are truly fresh air to everybody...the young, the chic the fierce...



Ford with their amazing new girl Eleonora already getting top model status after just a few months of signing with them...




In a notch big things are coming...and of course so are we preparing for more...

have a great month everybody!

And remember to check the MIAMI and CHICAGO blogs also:

somwmiami.blogspot.com
somwchicago.blogspot.com

Model City Premieres Last Night - Another Model Reality Show?

For all of you who have not heard of this new tv reality show...MODEL CITY. Another Model reality show? Yes and NO...this one is actually worth watching.

Premiered last night, for a few words to say it was interesting. With a slight different twist of every other reality show (drama, beef between featured individuals) Model City can actually show in some way the world of male modeling behind the scenes.

We get to see 6 of the most recognized male models in New York, it gives us a small glimpse of the reality of modeling, yes unfortunately its sprinkled with a bit of glamour and celebrity status so it does take somewhat of the REALITY of it away, nevertheless the fact that they are showcasing more of behind the scenes model world not like ANTM gives us yet another way of taking a unglamorized glimpse of the model world.


Centric TV Network:

"MODEL CITY" A TV Reality Series About the Lives Of Six Male Models as they Live & Work in NY City.

Staring: Wendell Lissimore / Ibrahim Baaith / Nelson Nieves / Zeric Seymor-Armenteros
**The Series Also Feature: Salieu Jalloh & Henry Watkins

In this series you will see the mastermind management of George Brown and Dave Fothergill which are two of the best at what they do in this town, they are NOT to be messed with and definitely BRING IT when it comes to male modeling business.

We say congratulations RED MODELS this is a great opportunity and we wish you a great success with this project!!

You can catch Model City on Centric (Channel 89) at 8pm Eastern Time.

Meet: Julien Chanca at Red

We just heard about Julien signing with Red...we are already planning on having him walk one of the shows we are casting for...

another - born to be a model

height: 6'1.5"
hair: dk.brown
eyes: brown
suit: 38L
shirt: 15
waist: 31
inseam: 34
shoe: 10

Great work George and Dave!!! Your men's board just gets better and better...

William Lewis for CK again!

William Lewis to the left of the picture

Our good friend William Lewis, yes the same guy who you see on the world wide Diesel campaign and the one you saw on the CK One campaign...he is BACK with Calvin Klein, they decided to renew his contract so we will be seeing a lot more of Will in a lot more of CK campaigns.

Congratulations Will!! We look forward to having some champagne with you to celebrate!!

William Lewis is with Red Model Management in New York.

Sarah Tyer hits Fashion's Night Out

SOMW invited Sarah Tyer (Red Model Management) to be our official spokesperson for the evening, we had a great time running into the Olsen twins, Joanna Kruppa, Eve Salvail, Narciso Rodriguez (who kept complementing Sarah on her smile), The Head Casting Director of Abercrombie and Fitch and other fashionista personalities.

Here are some of the picture our photographer snapped during this crazy evening...

Sarah waiting for the SOMW crew to be ready at the SOMW studio in the Fashion District...

walking towards Anna Wintour's genius creation: Fashion's Night Out (around the 5th Ave area).

*if you would like a copy of a picture taken of you, please write to us to secrets@somw.org and tell us what picture it is and we will be happy to send it to you...

Dan Felton with Red Models is blowing up!!

Dan Felton shot this magnificent spread for iNscena Magazine, absolutely a rockstar model for sure...

Also we can see him on the covers of U Magazine

And cover for Sportswear International


We are just thrilled to see him walk this upcoming New York Fashion Week, we definitely have our eye on Dan!

William Lewis is killing it!!

Our good friend William Lewis (represented by Red Model Management http://www.rednyc.com/) or like we like to call him "Willy" has become quite the model icon of his time...he already has under his belt severl campaigns, and not to mention the latest Diesel Campaign who has just came out in every fashion magazine known to man.

The cool thing is Will is a laid back guy, he loves to ride his bike (bmx) yes he is into extreme sports, and just like to chill with his friends...when he is not in the studio shooting or at some runway somewhere around the world, Will also likes to do the computer thing, oh yes! he is a technological geek...and quite the good one, he happened to fix our servers quite some times...

Keep an eye on this guy, he is not done yet, we expect a lot more from him!

New Agency in town

So came to our attention Ms. Wendy Levene left RED Model Management leaving us a note with her new contact information. All of you know who Wendy is, and if you don't she was the main booker for Women's division at RED, we think she finally realized her potential and decided to take matters into her own hands, leaving Neil and the RED family to start her own family, so we welcome FentonMoon Models to the world.

Their offices are located around 63rd Street on the Upper West side, they are already building up quite a board, we look forward to see what Levene has to offer and we can predict it will be the agency we have all been waiting for, something fresh something new.

If you want to meet with them for a possibility of being represented by them send us an email we will set up a meeting with them. You can write Rogelio at rogelio@somw.org and request a meeting with them.

Tattoo Artist Turned Male Model: A Story of Career and Continent Change

Okay, so I'm going to start from the beginning...

I was here in NYC with my girlfriend visiting my dad with my girlfriend. We stopped to eat lunch in Cafe Felix, located in SOHO. As we were leaving the restaurant, I noticed a buff bloke staring at me. Initially I thought,

Man, what's the muscly bloke's problem?

He then approached me, and that's when I realized he was a friendly dude. He introduced himself as Dave from RED, and proceeded to tell me I had the look of a model, etc. So, naturally, I took his card and went into the agency. A short time later, after reading through his company's paper work and contract, I signed it, and flew back to england the following day!

We kept in contact, and I would occasionally book a few castings to go to, but couldn't really swing it, as I was a full time tattoo artist back home. Weeks passed without any opportunities for me to attend bookings, since there was no time off was allowed. I finally got a day off and got to do an editorial shoot for 10+ Magazine.

Once the issue finally came out (3 months later), we realised I got the front cover and a 6 page spread inside the mag. From then on I started getting more steady work; again, not being able to take much of it because of the tattooing. Another month passed, and I realized I wasn't enjoying the tattooing anymore, so I thought,

What the hell? If they sack me, they sack me.

So, I  took a few days off to come to NYC, where I did an editorial and ad campaign. After that, I decided to jack the job in and enjoy myself. I've done so much more now, having the time to commit to it. Leaving tattooing was definately the right move. I then decided to leave England for a few months to come over to the U.S., which is where I am now.

I've been here for a month or so and have been crazy busy every day, including weekend; although, I still finding time to hit up the NYC club scene. Coming over here as a "model" and going to these exclusive clubs is totally different from England. The free drinks and skipping the line to get into these places is surreal, and I would never have expected it back home. I'm not really sure what else to say, other than I'm totally enjoying myself, and I'm not just talking about the parties and clubs. I'm talking about modeling as a whole. I'm traveling around, seeing places I wouldn't usually get to see and meeting amazing people. All of this I owe to the guys at RED (Dave, George and John) for giving me a once in a lifetime opportunity, so for that I can't thank them enough :-)

-Dan Felton

From the OC to NYC: A Mother and Son's Modeling Discovery

A short recap of how I fell into modeling...

I'm a 19 year old guy from Southern California and currently living a God given dream: going to school and modeling when time allows, with Red Model Management in New York City. I got into the modeling industry kind of by accident. I was home in January 2008, talking with my mother who, like any good mother in Orange County, was reading up on the current fashion trends. While peering through the ads, she kept on pointing out how thin the male models were. I am a pretty thin guy, I don't try to be, it simply comes that way. Not thinking much about her observations, I packed up my stuff and headed back to school not knowing that two months later I would be signed with a top New York agency. So, in early February I get an email from my mother with a New York Times article, with a note:

This is you! You should look into this!

How many times in our life have our mothers encouraged us to do something, knowing that we may not succeed? With the knowledge that my mom would want me to email RED, and that she would want her son to at least "attempt," in inquiring about modeling possibilities, this became one of those moments that changes one's life. Long story short, my mother's keen eye matched perfectly with my agent's, and I was signed to a two year contract. I have learned a lot from my short time in the industry thus far, and I am excited about how God will develop this as I head to Tokyo come summer. The lesson I can pass onto all readers is to always try to make the "big" step towards success, though you may fail, you will learn key attributes about yourself, which will help develop a stronger sense of self.

Stay tuned for updates later as I head off to Asia...

-Drew Kelly