2002. The year of the artistic resurrection of George O’ Dowd, aka Boy George. And Uli Weber photographed him for Uomo.

That issue’s subject: “Stand out from the crowd”. And it sounds so appropriate today: then it was a “dedication” to fashionable transgressors. Today this happens with a different feeling: standing out from the crowd, today, means breaking the conformism with the need to express one’s own personality. Ph. Maria Vittoria Backhaus. Jacket Comme des Garçons.

“Uomo” was a theme quarterly magazine: the subject of the april 2003 issue was Water. And in this picture by Rodolfo Martinez the model posed as a “castaway”, wearing Emporio Armani clothes.

Valentino was still far, in menswear, from today’s top. But there was already the will to transform the brand from classic to fashion. Ph. Christophe Meimoon, Styling Alessandro Calascibetta.

Simple is beautiful. Photo Jacques Olivar, Styling Paolo Turina.