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The new Spring 2007 Versace ads with Jonathan are now starting to show up in magazines. Big thanks to Italian fan Regina for sending in a beautiful scan from a fashion magazine in Italy. The ad is gorgeous. Looking forward to seeing how the rest turn out!
From WWD, comes word that Jonathan will also be featured in the Spring ad campaign for Versace.
Donatella Versace certainly worked hard while she was in New York last week. After giving a keynote speech at the WWD/DNR CEO Summit and hosting a private dinner for Allure editor in chief Linda Wells, the fashion house’s creative director started shooting Versace’s spring ad campaigns on Friday. While the company did not confirm any information about the campaigns, sources said it has tapped a similar cast of characters to those featured in its fall ads. Mario Testino, who shot Versace’s fall campaign and recent ads with Halle Berry and Madonna, photographed the men’s ads in a Manhattan studio on Friday with actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers and a female model in a relatively straightforward (for Versace) style. Meyers also modeled clothes and accessories for the fall campaign. Meanwhile, the women’s ads will feature many of the same supermodels as the fall ones, which included Kate Moss, Christy Turlington, Carolyn Murphy, Angela Lindvall and Daria Werbowy. — Stephanie D. Smith
Jonathan also attended a party last Thursday at the Gramercy Park Hotel in New York City thrown by Donatella Versace celebrating Allure magazine editor in chief Linda Wells’ new book, “Allure: Confessions of a Beauty Editor.” Thanks to Shelia for the links.
A few images from the dinner party are now in the Gallery.
FashionTribes has a preview of the Hugo Boss ad campaign featuring Jonathan and this to say:
Starting in December, sex god Jonathan Rhys Meyers - who most recently appeared opposite Scarlett Johansson in Woody Allen’s latest, Match Point - will be the face of the P&G-owned Hugo Boss. Rankin-shot print ads will appear in Men’s Health and Blender. Additionally, a Hugo by Hugo Boss Limited Art Edition flanker will be available in 2,000 department and specialty stores starting in February. A gambit to make the label appeal to younger, cooler hipsters, Rhys Meyers marks the first time that Boss has used a celebrity… probably, in part, because of the hefty price tag: rumor has it the actor is pulling in a cool million — annually! - to shill for the brand.
Thanks to JRM Update for the link.
A preview of Jonathan’s Versace ads above thanks to Meaghan for sharing. Credit to the Versace website that has posted the new campaign preview. And more details on the Versace ad campaign thanks to Shelia:
Rhys Meyers Following in Halle & Demi’s FootstepsPosted Jul 18th 2006 12:38PM by TMZ Staff
“M:I:3″ star Jonathan Rhys Meyers is the new face of Versace’s fall ad campaign.
After enlisting the services of beautiful Hollywood heavyweights like Halle Berry, Demi Moore and Madonna in seasons past, Versace chose the Irish heartthrob to spearhead its sophisticated fall men’s line.
Jonathan will be joined by a gorgeous gaggle of supermodels like Christy Turlington, Carolyn Murphy and the very in demand Kate Moss.
The ads, shot by famed photographer Mario Testino, will appear in all the major fashion magazines starting in August.
Jonathan is featured in the June issues of Instyle (as a Man of Style) and Out (called “Hottest Straight Guy We Wish Was Gay”) magazines. And the Versace and Hugo Boss rumors appear to be true. He has signed deals to appear in ad campaigns for both companies. From the Irish Examiner:
Speaking from a promotional tour in Amsterdam, Rhys-Meyers said: “They felt it was the right time to ask me and, naturally, I jumped at the chance.” And he joked: “It’s certainly handy to earn the extra few bob, although I will get a mocking from my friends back in Cork.”
Club Monaco has finally released their new fall/winter 2001 ad campaign on their site. And guess who is their star model? Take a look at their site to see plenty of gorgeous photos. Thank to k_czaplinska for alerting me about this.
Also, thanks to Nerd from the message board, SCI FI Wire is reporting the following:
Tony Todd told SCI FI Wire that he’ll be starring in Minotaur, a fantasy film based on the Greek myth about a supernatural creature that’s half bull and half man. Todd (Candyman) will star with Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Derek Jacobi; Jonathan English will direct, the actor said in an interview at the Fangoria convention in Pasadena, Calif.
“It’s … sort of Lord of the Flies, about a group of village kids who go searching for the mythological Minotaur, and they stumble upon my kingdom,” Todd said. “I play a demented king who’s into hedonism and sadism. I control the Minotaur. It parallels modern society. It starts shooting on Oct. 15, six weeks in Wales and London at the legendary Pinewood Studios. I’m really looking forward to it, because I like going out of this country and working.”
