Kenya Hunt

- photo by Zé, The Lisbon Tailor

Liven up your work day by wearing a boldly colored skirt with a simple white tee. It’s a fresh and easy to pull off look that can take you from the office to that summer rooftop party.

Eleonora Crisi

Thank the house of Jil Sander for helping to spark fashion’s current obsession with color and introducing the easiest way to wear it, by pairing the flashiest of colors with the simplest of T-shirts. No need to go to fancy on top. A pack of Hanes in XXS will do.

(l-r): Jil Sander ss’11, Zara, Tibi, Whistles Erica

- street style by Giia, Tonics

Spruce up your outdoor living with a few statement accessories that pop. These versatile pieces will work in any space, whether you’ve got a tiny terrace, compact rooftop garden or palatial backyard.

(l-r): Missoni Sdraio deck chair, Ikea Borrby lamp, Egg bird feeders, Urban 650 firepit

-Richard Peckett

“I’m a big believer in don’t believe in your own hype,” says, David Gandy. As muse to Dolce & Gabbana, he’s arguably the fashion world’s most famous male model at the moment. But as he says, “I wouldn’t have the audacity to call myself a supermodel.” This is a man who walks down runways dressed in nothing but tightie Whities for a living, so you might assume he’s being facetious. You’d be wrong.

We met at his model agency in London following the especially lavish, movie star style launch in Milan of his eponymous book by Dolce & Gabbana. “It’s been a surreal weekend, going from driving a classic Triumph around with a police escort and everyone screaming one day to going back to Sainsbury’s supermarket the next,” the 30-year-old says.

Yes, David Gandy goes to the supermarket. He may be shaped like an inverted triangle with abs of steel but he is in layman’s terms a regular “nice guy” working in a notoriously bitchy field. Take this gem from Gisele Bündchen: “She literally told me, I don’t like British guys,” he says. “Gisele—actually, we don’t get on,” he adds.

So how has such an unassuming man made it to the top of one of the world’s most notoriously back stabby industries? “I have more determination than a lot of people and I’m absolutely stubborn,” he says. He’s so headstrong, in fact, that he once stormed out of an important casting when asked to shave his trademark mane. “They said, ‘That’s our look and that’s what we have to do. But it’s your choice if you want to leave,’” he explains. “So I packed my bags and left.” It’s a willfulness that Gandy assures me he asserted when making the book, which includes more than a few ass shots and photos of him playfully holding phallic objects near his mouth. He explains: “For a lot of the photos, [Domenico and Stefano] probably wanted to go further than me, but we reigned it in a bit. They’ve done books with more nudity but I prefer it when things are provocative,” he says.

In fashion terms, the union of man and brand was a game changer. “People said I changed the industry but it wasn’t me, it was Dolce & Gabbana and Mario Testino. We did the white pants in Light Blue and then [Emporio] Armani followed with David Beckham,” he says. Gandy represented a breakaway from the effete-looking, super skinny Dior guy that had become so popular.

A waif, Gandy is not. And he’ll be promoting his muscle man ethos with his very own fitness and nutrition iPhone app later this year. “After 10 years in the industry, I can actually say what, fitness-wise, absolutely works. There’ll be new techniques from America and I’ll be simplifying complex terms,” he says. Sounds like supermodel material to us.

Giia,Tonics

Before they moved in together over ten years ago, the New York-based contemporary art duo Lovett/Codagnone, had completely different tastes. Alessandro Codagnone preferred a clean and sparse aesthetic, while John Lovett liked things crowded and busy. Together, they’ve built a look they like to call “minimal, but eclectic” in a spacious glove factory-turned loft. The duo let us snoop around their West Village home.

-photos by Kashish das Shrestha

Too bad I don’t know how to properly arrange these beauties. I need to take a workshop.

Love the song. But on a hot day like this, I also love the imagery of Coco O. lazing about in a car, top down. (Thanks for sending Kimani!)

Giia,Tonics

Have you ever tried to free a man from his trusty, old brown belt? You’d think you were asking him to cut his own umbilical cord. Guys, loosen-up – look-wise, that is. Put a little spring in your jeans and tee combo by trying a colorful belt like one of these zingy styles.

Top: Bottega Veneta
Bottom: Andersons
Right: Zara