For fine and talented boys.

The Borthwick Academy

For fine and talented boys.

The Borthwick Academy

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Casting

Industry

Editorial

Year

2022

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What happens in a strict boys' academy when the boys let loose? Australia's leading boys star in a licorice drama framed and composed in a chaotic cinematic style; an indirect homage to Wes Anderson, classic Britishness, and symbols of Americana. The result is a smorgasbord of male stereotypes revisited through a humorous lens.


The story is divided into several chapters: the suits (the absynthe generation), the resistance (resistance is futile!), the cowboys (spaghetti western), the almost spinsters (the boys in their summer dresses), the doomsday flashers, the wedding party, and the advent of self (one of us, one of many). The main menswear fashion story for Jane Magazine features the boys captured in the best designer finery from Prada, Céline, and Saint Laurent, alongside vintage classics and archival pieces for cinematic realness.

Photography: Jake Terrey
Styling: Tom Townsend
Hair and make-up: Daren Borthwick
The boys: Duke, Jed, Nitesh, Elliot, Baily, Koyla and Reuben

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