The Lake Como Forecast Calls For Federico Cola
Veteran supermodel Federico Cola catches vitamin seas for a new MMSCENE STYLE STORIES exclusive photographed along the cool, cinematic edge of Lake Como.
Captured by Shay Cohen Arbel, the editorial trades loud summer spectacle for overcast light, wet textures and one very controlled presence. Cola sits, wades, climbs and gazes across the water as though the lake personally booked him for the season.
The scenery may be expansive, but the focus never drifts. Mountains dissolve into mist behind him while close-fitting layers, exposed silhouettes and relaxed knitwear keep every frame suspended somewhere between Italian escape and fashion-daydream tension.
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Giorgio Branduardi handles styling and art direction, with Nicola Destro assisting. The wardrobe moves through swim briefs, soft jumpers, fitted tanks, trousers and total-look moments without fighting the natural setting. Instead, the clothes echo it: stone, water, cloud cover and a few precise flashes of pattern.
The label mix includes Wayerob, MM6 Maison Margiela, KVRT STVFF, Tommy Hilfiger, Manuel Ritz, Dsquared2, Diesel and Dolce&Gabbana. It is a broad fashion vocabulary, but Branduardi keeps the story coherent by allowing texture and silhouette to do the talking.
Cola understands exactly how little motion a strong fashion image sometimes needs. A shoulder turns. A gaze lands somewhere beyond the camera. Wet hair, a stone ledge and the line of the mountains finish the rest. No frantic posing required when the face, frame and setting already know thee assignment.
The boat portrait shifts the mood without breaking it. Cola reclines in pale tones while the lake fades softly behind him, bringing a warmer sensuality into a series otherwise built around dark water, rugged stone and restrained masculine energy.
Federico Cola Makes Lake Como His Runway
The editorial moves from stark black-and-white swimwear portraits to knitwear, shoreline poses and a final MMSCENE title frame.
Federico Cola for MMSCENE STYLE STORIES. Photography by Shay Cohen Arbel; styling and art direction by Giorgio Branduardi; styling assistance by Nicola Destro.
Gazes and seas, indeed. Cola and Cohen Arbel turn Lake Como into less of a postcard and more of a state of mind—quiet, physical and just moody enough to make summer feel interesting again.
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