Underwear That's Fun to Wear!

How do you take a portrait of an underwear designer? For V, you surround him with models in his designs. For their Powerhouse section (V49, with Brad Pitt on the cover) we dragged Tiago, David A, JT, Matthew L, and Manuel (Request) out into the elements and told them to stand around in their underwear for an hour or two. Not even their underwear actually. And there wasn't really anywhere to change, so the PR girls just closed their eyes (or pretended to). The Undergear designer Paulo had specific requirements ("Your thing must be pointing down!"), and Alan the hair and makeup guy kept making everyone do pushups in between bronzing touch-ups, but otherwise everything was pretty fun and low-key. Well, except when the police came to shut us down (no signs posted that the deserted location we were shooting is part of a national park, but they made it clear we were in violation of one law or another). Everyone got to keep their briefs.