Here, he tellsVogueabout the launch of his modeling career.
A star has been born.
Of course Chopova Lowena is a brand Steff loves, so I knew I wanted to do this.
Photographed by Acielle / Style Du Monde
Next thing you know, Im on a plane to London.
I am very grateful to Emma and Laura for having me and for this experience.
Now, Ive stepped on the runway.
HiVogue!
Checking out London with my wife Elaine.
Chopova Lowena is more avant garde.
I took notes of certain things I liked.
At my fitting.
I liked look number 10, number 12, number 17, but really the whole thing.
Its the intricacies of what they do to the clothes that is impressive.
Not everybody is aware of how intricate and how nice it looks [in person].
Final look.
Theres a lot to work with!
I also like other lines like Christopher John Rogers, and Dries Van Noten.
I really like Dries.
Get the shoes!
Dries brings the color for me.
Its like magic, a lot of fun.
I really enjoyed the company of the people.
Casting board.
Its like a conveyor belt; you dont have time to get over-excited while youre in it.
But it was really interesting to be behind the scenes.
It sounds strange, but its a weird feeling, in a way, to become a celebrity.
With my fellow models Alex Kessler, Calvin Holmes, and Alice Lees.
Im not as fast as the other people, they are a lot younger than me.
Im older, and I take shorter strides, so I was concerned about that.
With my fellow models Alex Kessler, Calvin Holmes, and Alice Lees.
Look detaills.
Then it was game time.
All of a sudden were lined up.
There were these young ladies behind me [on the lineup].
Getting pampered.
Theyre young, but theyve done this before.
Were just chatting, but the minute the photographers came over and saidposethey went into a whole different look.
I thought, you know, theres a lot to learn here.
The looks.
I was really impressed with my look.
I was really impressed with the pants and, well, the whole thing.
It was all pretty cool, and they made it special for me from what I understand.
Ready to go.
Believe it or not, in my everyday life, I like to have a little bit of color.
Im wearing a Chopova shirt right now with some good color.
I do it to offset some of the dad vibe that Ive fallen into.
The blocks.
Im pseudo into fashion without being over the top, you know?
Though I do have a Dries shirt lying around here somewhere!
I would walk another show, why not give it another shot?
At rehearsal.
Im not an expert by any means, but it was exhilarating.
There are some fun lines Ive seen out there that I think are pretty cool.
Ive been a fan of Thom Browne, and I mean his shorts because I think I have legs.
With Steff.
And I like, on the other side, Brunelo Cuccinelli, the quality of that stuff is great.
Theres also Tom Ford.
With those clothes, you feel like youre James Bond.
I would definitely give it a shot if somebody was willing to take the chance again.
They would go through my agent, my daughter, of course.
It was pretty amazing to be in Steffs world.
Falling into her world is a lot different and a lot more than I expected.
I got to see a whole different side of her.
Putting it simply, she knows what shes doing.
I see a lot of the good stuff she does, she does a good job.
But heres my takeaway from this experience: Its not easy to be a model.
Fashion, Ill tell you, is a lot harder than people think.
