Apart from premiering a new Yeezy Season collection and album at Madison Square Garden last week, we also caught glimpses of Kanye West’s new direction for what was arguably the 2015′s sneaker of the year, the Yeezy Boost 350.
Kanye West has been called many things. Musical genius. 21-time Grammy winner. Reality TV star. And, by USA Today, “the greatest artist of the 21st century?” Well, at least the newspaper posed the question. As of this afternoon, West is also fashion’s foremost disrupter.
Kai steps in front of photographer Matt Alves for a striking studio session where clean portraiture gives way to dramatic black-and-white studies of the male form. With hard light, deep shadows and an athletic physique, simplicity becomes seriously seductive.
David Lastra proves what consistency can build. This photogallery celebrates his powerful, beautifully proportional physique and the intersection of bodybuilding, masculinity, health and sensuality.
Gucci Primavera brings six very different visions of modern masculinity together as Tom Brady, Shawn Mendes, Jin, Xiao Zhan, Tarzzan and EsDeeKid join a campaign universe led by Kate Moss in Johan Renck’s And We Shall Dance Again.
Tennessee takes the crown. Meet Jaydon Kanipe, the athletic, small-town entrepreneur whose combination of physique, discipline and grounded masculinity carried him from Baxter, Tennessee, to the Mister USA 2026 title in Las Vegas.
Steven Meisel puts the male model back at the center of the fantasy for Dolce & Gabbana Fall/Winter 2026, photographing a commanding cast in tuxedos, sharp tailoring and sensual after-dark style.