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By Liana Satenstein
Photographed via Pamela Hanson, GQ, June 1995
John Pearson is announced as the first male model. The name matches: the 55-year-old has a good aristocratic appearance around him with deep cheekbones and soft eyes. His vintage but electric appearance has caught the attention of Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Valentino, Burberry and Etro in his 30-year career. .
Pearson’s résumé continues to grow as well, and not just in modeling: his last effort was Mr. Feelgood, an online page – or virtual magazine as it is called – that he presented with journalist Pete Samson. The site raises the concept of publication, about men’s lifestyles with an emphasis on mindfulness and intellectual health. In his opening letter, Pearson exclaims, “Finally, a voice to complete my silent career in a different way!The concept took shape when COVID-19 began to spread through the United States. “We thought, ‘There’s a genuine position for this,'” Pearson said on the phone from Los Angeles. “It would be glorious to be in a network to move things forward, communicate with experts in various fields, and verify to raise people. “
The release was also obtained from his style friends. It made the impression in the past due to George Michael’s video, “Freedom! “90” as one of the masculine styles alongside superstars like Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington, Linda Evangelista and Tatjana Patitz. Pearson lip-syncs in the steamy video alongside his colleagues at the opening, sitting in a chair and peeling an orange. To celebrate the launch of his site, he reached out to his teammates and styles for a heartwarming and heartwarming interview. The concept seemed natural – the video’s 30th anniversary is approaching. Pearson is a stellar interviewer, like someone who was on set while the video was being made. It was relatively easy to come into contact with women. Pearson notes that he still sees Patitz, who lives nearby, and when he approached her with the concept, she was on board. He then touched Turlington, who answered everyone. Campbell called Pearson from a number in New York. “I was at home doing things, and they gave me this call from a number in New York, and the voice asks, ‘Is that John Barnes Pearson?’ I thought, ‘Who knows my middle name?’ And I was like, “Who the hell is that?” Pearson said. “And they said, ‘Oh, it’s Naomi Campbell. “I hadn’t talked to Naomi in 15 years and in 15 seconds it was like we were on set together. “
In the interview, the six communicate about the filming. Naomi Campbell communicates about a busy schedule (“I don’t forget that we had the Thierry Mugler exhibition the day before in Paris and I was the first to shoot. The exhibition ended at 3 am, so I didn’t sleep because I had to see this. Plane at 6am. “), While Evangelista commented that she and Michael were a bit” naughty offside. ” Of course, Pearson was in a prime position to unearth various gems from his “Freedom” teammates. The favorite moments come with Crawford learning the words on a walkman on a plane, while Turlington does not forget how in one scene she and Evangelista prick their hands with blood sisters. There are also the more emotional aspects: all the models communicate about the exhausting times in the pictures and the price of remaining in a healthy intellectual state. “I think the most vital thing in those difficult times right now is to remain a healthy and positive mind,” Campbell said in the interview. But perhaps Pearson has one of the best moving memories: the woman a friend he had recently split from, journalist and stylist Alison Edmond, was sent through British Vogue to cover the video. At the time, he had no idea that Pearson would be there. On set, the two reconnected. “They looked for John to shoot the next day, but he had nowhere to stay that night, so he ended up staying with me,” he recalls. 25 years later, Pearson and Edmond are married with 3 children.
This willingness to move to a deeper point is reflected in the content of your site. While there are popular articles on what to wear, such as “Six Great Shoes for Men,” Pearson aims to upload a layer of sagacity to the site and turn routine fashion themes into new ones, such as “What the hell is it to dress carefully, “Showing men with their own unique looks (including Jimi Hendrix and James Dean) who don’t fit trends. Consciously nod plays an important component on the website. (You’ll see articles about wellness and intellectual fitness apps owned by black people. )”It’s smart to go to basics. Maybe it’s generational; maybe we didn’t have to. We didn’t have access to science because we couldn’t communicate about things, and that would be a smart position to have that discussion,” he said, rising. “It’s about how you look and how you feel. “
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