July 14, 2011 |
FROM THE VAULT (WINTER 2010)
NAME: Olivier Lalanne.
MAGAZINES/EMPLOYERS: Vogue Paris/Vogue Hommes International.
OCCUPATION: Deputy editor/editor-in-chief.
OFFICIAL JOB TITLE: Editor-in-chief and creative director.
STAR SIGN: Leo.
FIRST JOB: Selling sandwiches.
WORST JOB: Selling sandwiches.
WHAT ARE YOU WEARING (ON THE DAY YOUR PORTRAIT WAS TAKEN)? A Dries Van Noten jacket.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT? Not that much.
ARE YOU PART OF THE ZEITGEIST? Let me ask Heidegger.
HAVE YOU EVER USED/WOULD YOU EVER USE SEX TO FURTHER YOUR CAREER? Not yet, but you never know.
WHAT DO YOU LIKE? Honesty and V-neck T-shirts.
WHAT DO YOU HATE? Smugness and mini-socks.
WHO ARE YOUR INFLUENCES? WHO DO YOU LOOK UP TO? Rainer Fassbinder, Michel Houellebecq, Serge Gainsbourg, Burt Bacharach.
IF NOT YOU, WHO/WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE? Laetitia Casta.
WHAT’S YOUR POISON? Good white wine (Ladoucette).
ARE YOU A BITCH? Just don’t step on my toes.
WHAT TURNS YOU ON? Talent.
SELL YOURSELF IN 10 WORDS: honest, enthusiastic, obsessive, daring, workaholic, good Swiss kisser, altruistic, faithful, perfectionist, bad cook.
WHAT’S UP AND COMING? Don’t tell me.
by Natalie Dembinska
Photograph by Maria Ziegelboeck – www.mariaziegelboeck.com
