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Interview
by Edo Q ©
2009 CoverMen
Mag!
February, 2009
-Hello
Jamie, I am proud to interview you, just to start it
off, though you are very famous, please give me some
background information.
So my name is Jamie
Strachan, I grew up all over the place, attending 11
schools in 3 different countries. I lived in Connecticut
(USA), Paris (France) and all over the UK. The places
in the UK, I really remember and had an effect on me,
are Manchester, Bristol, Hertfordshire and Dorset. Dorset
is in the south west of England, and is where my parents,
little brother still live, my older sister is there
now, but she is quite jet set too, so she probably wont
be for long! I currently live in the depths of Brooklyn,
which I love! With my roommates (and best mates) Boyd
Holbrook and Vincent Lacrocq.
-Let's
look back at how you started modelling, tell me about
how you got discovered.
Well the only person
that discovered me was my mum. Basically both mum and
dad had done a little modelling back in the day. So
then mum got my sister into it when I was about 10 (I
was very chubby cheeked and had a rather fancy bowl
cut). It wasn't until I went from the smallest in class
to pretty much the tallest when I was 17\18, that mum
tricked me. We met up one day when we were both in London
for what I thought was to buy school clothes or some
crap. And we ended up in a modelling agency with me
running for the door and my mum holding me back, they
signed me up. (Thanks mum!!)
-For whom
was your very first runway show for? What was it like?
My
first runway show was for Jil Sander. It was great cause
I missed school and got paid! I hung out with some cool
people and visited Milan, which I had never been to
before. I told school I was on exam leave, but then
a picture of me came out in The Telegraph newspaper
walking the runway, so I was busted.
-You
have modeled for almost all the major designers and
have appeared in their campaign ads for a number of
times, who was the first designer you modeled for and
your very latest?
Well I guess Jil sander
was my first proper job, my first campaign I think was
Nicole Farhi. My latest campaigns are CK One and
Calvin Klein White Label.
-You have
done a lot of major campaigns, which of them marked
the beginning of "a new level" in your career
and made you one of the most successful male models
today?
I don't know which one marked a new
level in work for me. They all really had a hand in
me being where I am today. I was never that guy who
smashed on the scene overnight. I have just trucked
along, getting good stuff. Which I guess are the reasons
I am still here!
-Do you have any projects
coming up? What is next for you?
As far as
what's next, I don't know! You never know, until you
actually are on the job pretty much. I am packing my
things and heading to Germany today for the Hugo Boss
show in Berlin.
-Do you have a personal
motto that sums up your thoughts about life in a sentence?
A
sentence! Um.... Look after your friends and family,
and always try and be happy!
-Who are
some of your model friends and what do you do during
your spare time? What is the meaning of fun and having
a good time for you?
Model friends! Haha
I guess Boyd and Vincent, my girlfriend Behati Prinsloo.
Michelle Deswarte, Heidi Vorstead, Racheal Alexander,
Leah Dewavrin, Robert Pattinson, Steffan Forester-Walker,
Chris Beltcher, Andy Smith, Jamie Burke, Alistair Coldry,
Lee craig, Jayce, Danny Beachamp. To name a few, I could
go all day. I am quite a social person.
Boyd, Vincent,
Michelle and Behati, are kind of my creative gang, Boyd
is about photography and sculpture, Vincent is about
film, photos and animation. Me and the girls paint.
I also design jewelry with old friend Philippa Holland.
www.philippaholland.co.uk.
These kinds of things are what I do for pleasure, and
I guess drinking, playing pool, going to gigs.
-If
you weren't modelling, what do you think you'd be doing
now? What did you wish to be when you were a kid?
If
I wasn't modelling I would probably be a graphic designer,
or a barman, or a broke artist. I wanted to be a dustbin
man when I was little, so I could working in the morning
and surf/skate all day.
-Thanks
Jamie for taking the time to reply to my questions,
it was a gift for me and for my readers!
Not
at all! And thanks for the support!
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