{"id":15402,"date":"2013-05-21T08:43:13","date_gmt":"2013-05-21T08:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.talentmanagement.com\/blog\/?p=15402"},"modified":"2013-05-21T08:52:35","modified_gmt":"2013-05-21T08:52:35","slug":"models-direct-male-model-david-gandy-in-fashion-qa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.talentmanagement.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/models-direct-male-model-david-gandy-in-fashion-qa\/","title":{"rendered":"Models Direct: Male Model David Gandy In Fashion Q&#038;A"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_15407\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15407\" style=\"width: 642px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.talentmanagement.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/models-direct-male-model-david-gandy-in-fashion-qa\/david_gandy_with_mercedes_gullwing\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15407\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15407\" alt=\" David Gandy is also a car enthusiast and writes reviews for GQ\" src=\"http:\/\/assets.talentmanagement.com\/blog\/wp-uploads\/2013\/05\/David_Gandy_with_Mercedes_Gullwing.jpg\" width=\"642\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/talentmanagementblog\/2013\/05\/David_Gandy_with_Mercedes_Gullwing.jpg 642w, https:\/\/s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/talentmanagementblog\/2013\/05\/David_Gandy_with_Mercedes_Gullwing-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15407\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Gandy is also a car enthusiast and writes reviews for GQ<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Writers in the Models Direct offices are always interested to hear about <a title=\"male model\" href=\"http:\/\/www.modelsdirect.com\/our-models-say.php?section=men\" target=\"_blank\">male model<\/a> agency favourite David Gandy. Described as the world&#8217;s first male supermodel, his rise to fame began with a modelling competition win in 2002 and the 33-year-old hasn&#8217;t looked back since. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Following publicity from the comp and various modelling jobs, Essex-born Gandy got his big break in 2006 as the face (and body) of Dolce &amp; Gabanna fragrance &#8216;Light Blue&#8217;. His muscular physique was a big change from that of the very slim male models traditionally seen in this type of advertisement at the time, but it was a gamble that paid off for D&amp;G.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dolce &amp; Gabbana cast me as a more muscular man and the other designers followed suit. At the time people hadn\u2019t seen that type of masculine shot and it caught the public\u2019s imagination,&#8221; he recently told the Daily Mail. &#8220;The response to the ad campaign was pretty unprecedented, so I\u2019m loyal to Dolce &amp; Gabbana. 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