Pièce de résistance

The Passion

'Try this on. Let's see...not quite...what about this? That's just...perfect! We're good to shoot!'

'Let's do it then.'

The wardrobe stylist for the French Cosmopolitan magazine gave Kendall several non-prescription glasses to try on for his editorial spread within the magazine that day. The photo shoot theme was a Harry Potter meets Fifty Shades concept shoot for Banana Republic. The spread was scheduled to appear in the September issue and was given the title The Magic of Dominance. He was teamed up with former Britain's Next Top Model contestant and current working model, Catherine Thomas, for the provocative photo shoot. The spread would run for eight pages, beginning with a milder Harry Potter inspired styling and make up and moving on to more revealing and racy styling and make up in the vein of the controversial Fifty Shades series. The photographer for the shoot was Steven Meisel. It was Kendall's first time working with a top photographer like Meisel so he was a little nervous but also excited at the same time.

Once the creative director asked Kendall and Catherine to get into position, both models were able to exude the much needed chemistry on film. It was nothing new since both of them were by then professional working models. By the time the first three sets of photos were done for the spread, they were given a break before moving on to the sexier part of the photo shoot.

When they came back from their break, Kendall wore a crisp, white shirt with the buttons undone and slacks with the zipper down, revealing the band of the Banana Republic boxer briefs he was wearing underneath the pair of slacks. He was also holding a Banana Republic tie in a stretching manner, as though it was some sort of weapon. Catherine, on the other hand, had a spaghetti strap tank top on but both straps were deliberately left off her shoulders, hanging on her upper arm instead. She tugged suggestively on the cream colored pants she was wearing. As the shoot went on, the pair's wardrobe choices would be more and more revealing, eventually with Kendall in a pair of briefs only and Catherine in black, lacy bra and panties. Both of them were on the floor, with Catherine in a sitting position and Kendall in a crawling pose, reaching out to Catherine in an angle that seemed to suggest that he was kissing her neck. Catherine was the only one looking at the camera with her seductive hazel eyes while Kendall was only focusing on her. Additionally, Catherine had a riding crop in her hand where she placed the tip of it on Kendall's butt, as though she was spanking him with it.

By the time they were done, three and a half hours had gone by. Meisel looked impressed and even told both of them personally that he was looking forward to working with them again. Kendall was elated upon hearing that; he not only scored himself a photo shoot with one of the top fashion magazines in the world, for a well-known international brand, shot by a successful, in demand fashion photographer but he may potentially get to work with the American photographer again. Even though it drizzled when Kendall was on the way home, the sun was beaming brightly in his very own heart, his very own world.

Meanwhile, on another part of Paris, Logan was also shooting a racy if not racier six page spread for the September issue of French Vogue. The September issue had always been the most anticipated issue of any Vogue magazines, known for its extravagant contents and unpredictable choice of the model or models appearing on the cover. Even though Logan would not be featured on the cover, his appearance in the editorial spread was a big deal as not many male models had the opportunity to land even a page in the coveted magazine. Unlike Kendall, Logan will be working solo with famed French photographer, Patrick Demarchelier. Logan had heard of Demarchelier before but the thought of working with him remained a dream until now. It felt surreal now that he was in the same photo studio as the man himself. This was his biggest assignment yet and Logan had butterflies in his stomach.

The theme of the photo shoot was being comfortable in one's own skin with a hint of Dali-esque surrealism. To achieve the result, Logan had to be photographed nude but he would be directed to pose in certain angles that will make the end result artistic instead of pornographic. For the first set, the make up and styling on Logan was done in the manner where he would look like a tiger. He was covered in body paint and he was given hair extensions to get the tiger ear look. The photograph would be edited later where his ears will be airbrushed out so that only the tiger ears can be seen. He was directed to crouch on floor, facing away the camera and focus hard on something as if he was a predator waiting to feast on his prey.