May 27, 2011 |
FROM THE VOLT (WINTER 2010)
NAME: Hector Castro.
MAGAZINES/EMPLOYERS: 10, 10 Men, Harper’s Bazaar.
OCCUPATION: fashion editor/stylist/creative director.
OFFICIAL JOB TITLE: depends on the job…
STAR SIGN: Capricorn, Capricorn, Capricorn, Venus in Scorpion, Mars in Aquarius.
PORN-STAR NAME (FIRST PET’S NAME + MOTHER’S MAIDEN NAME): Coo Coo Cachew.
FIRST JOB: counter at a Chinese takeaway.
WORST JOB: counter at a Chinese takeaway.
WHAT ARE YOU WEARING (ON THE DAY YOUR PORTRAIT WAS TAKEN)? Jacket Yohji Yamamoto, T-shirt Comme des Garçons, shorts Rick Owens, sandals Prada, sunglasses Persol.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT: Many things.
ARE YOU PART OF THE ZEITGEIST? I am the zeitgeist… though spelling it is challenging.
HAVE YOU EVER USED/WOULD YOU EVER USE SEX TO FURTHER YOUR CAREER? Is this a trick question?
WHAT DO YOU LIKE? I hate everything.
WHAT DO YOU HATE? I think I answered that above…
WHO ARE YOUR INFLUENCES? WHO DO YOU LOOK UP TO? Diana Vreeland, Grace Coddington, Rei Kawakubo, Yoko Ono, Helmut Newton, Guy Bourdin, Larry Clark, Franca Sozzani, Yves Saint Laurent, Miuccia Prada, Carine Roitfeld, Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Azzedine Alaïa, Almodovar, Siouxsie Sioux, Catherine Deneuve, Helmut Lang, Martin Margiela, Sophia Neophitou, Björk, Blondie, Irina Ionesco, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jean-Paul Goude, Anna Wintour, Klaus Nomi, Lou Reed, Nick Cave, Robert Mapplethorpe, Andy Warhol, Bruce Weber, Kenneth Anger, Marc Jacobs, PJ Harvey… This could go on and on.
IF NOT YOU, WHO/WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE? Beyoncé.
WHAT’S YOUR POISON? Yoga and hot water with lemon.
ARE YOU A BITCH? I will leave that for others to answer… though, it probably depends on the time of day.
WHAT TURNS YOU ON? What are we talking about?
SELL YOURSELF IN 10 WORDS: I really hate the idea of having to sell myself…
WHAT’S UP AND COMING? Work. Love. Paris. Life.
by Natalie Dembinska
Photograph by Maria Ziegelboeck – www.mariaziegelboek.com
