Same aristocratic nose, full lips and blue eyes. His features can only be remembered immediately one of the most iconic faces ever, immortalized by famous photographers in glossy magazines and billboards. James is indeed the grandson of Christy Turlington, one of the top that in the 90’s have made the history of fashion, together with Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell e Claudia Schiffer.
It must be recognized that, in this case, good blood does not lie: the similarity between the two is in fact almost shocking.
Such a face could not remain hidden for long and indeed Aunt Christy encouraged her handsome nephew to follow in her footsteps, posting her photos on his very popular Instagram profile.
Twenty-five years old, six feet tall, James is born to Los Angeles, but raised in Danville, in California, in the East Bay. Studied sociology at the University of Santa Barbara and is a sports lover from an early age. His myth? The athlete Kobe Bryant. Growing up he became a star of baseball and played on a professional level in various teams of the junior league up to be enlisted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2016.
The fashion, therefore, it did not seem to be on the horizon. Until in 2019 he announces on social networks that he has decided to abandon the sports career and to be ready to embark on a new path. The casting director of CR Fashion Book he notices him and immediately sends his photos to a well-known agency. It is done, a few days later he is under contract with IMG Models (with Gigi e Bella Hadid, so to speak). Back to Santa Barbara for to continue the studies and change shape, considering that at the time he weighed nearly a hundred kilos due to baseball. Then vola in New York, since Christy invites him on the set of a shooting for Vogue Brazil, signed by photographers Luigi and Iango, who take his first incredible shots. It makes its debut on the Spring-Summer 2020 catwalk of Brandon Maxwell and from there it never stops between covers, editorials and campaigns, the first important for Etro.
Everyone seems to love hers look «fluido», masculine and feminine at the same time, which makes him the perfect face for an era that wants to eliminate any label. He has fun, takes every opportunity that presents itself to him and documents his new life on his social networks between photos of workouts, backstage images and prestigious red carpets like that ofAmfAR. It looks like the former baseball star is set to follow in the footsteps of supermodels like Kaia Gerber e Lila Moss. Don’t believe it? Then browse the gallery at the opening, with all the best looks of James Turlington.
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