We want to give a big Thank You to Melek Nazenin & Nazreen Tajudeen, administrators at David Gandy Fans Australia’s Fan Page (Facebook / Twitter). They are our guest bloggers today and the authors of this great post about David Gandy's collaboration with David Jones in his early years in the modeling industry. The challenge in finding these old pictures made this post even more special and we want to emphasize their effort in coordinating with us to get the final result. You truly are amazing and we are looking forward to repeating this experience in the future!A special mention and acknowledgment from the whole team involved in this post to one of Australia's most highly regarded international fashion photographers with over 20 years in his field, Paul Westlake, who was so gracious to reply quickly to the emails regarding dates and locations from these vintage campaigns so that we could share them all with you. It has been a pleasure to collaborate with you. Thank YOU!
David Jones is Australia’s oldest department store, offering the finest brands across fashion, beauty and home to customers worldwide. David’s collaboration with the store began early in his career, in 2004 through to 2007 appearing in a number of its catalogs. David worked with David Jones in locations including Antibes, Capri, Greek Islands, Shanghai, Spain and Tahiti and was also featured in catalogs together with Australian model, Megan Gale.
David Gandy for David Jones - GQ Australia Magazine (Summer 2004)
David Gandy in Capri for David Jones 2005 (by Paul Westlake)
David Gandy & Megan Gale for David Jones F/W 2005
David Gandy in Shanghai in 2005 and in Tahiti in 2006 for David Jones
David Gandy & Megan Gale for David Jones SportsCraft 2007
David Gandy & Megan Gale for David Jones' Summer Catalogs 2007
David Gandy with photographer Paul Westlake in Antibes and David behind the scenes for David Jones both in 2007
Source:
- GQ Australia Magazine
- Paul Westlake (Photographer): paulwestlake.com, paul_westlake (IG)
- Andrew Henderson (Art Director): andrewhenderson.com.au