MM- A Conversation with Hamid Onifade

Modelogs Moment: A Conversation with HamidOnifade

Post Fashion Week for Men, we were excited to !nally interview and feature rising star, Hamid Onifade. Afterseeing him on runways, editorials and major ad campaigns, he has quickly climbed the male model ranks, makingthe cover of Details top male models last fall. He is working — quite frequently and we couldn’t be happier for hissuccess.

image courtesy of Red Models

Join the conversation to learn more about his culture, how he was scouted and his thoughts on his future in thefashion industry:

MD: Where are you from? What’s your ethnic background?

HOME MODELOGS MOMENT SERIES GLOBAL FASHION WEEKS EDITORIALS CAMPAIGNS INDUSTRY NEWS ABOUT US CONTACT

Modelogs Moment: A Conversation with Hamid Onifade – Modelogs Daily http://daily.modelogs.com/?p=7695

1 of 7 6/20/16 11:43 AM

HAMID: I was born in Paris but grew up in Cotonou, Benin (West Africa). I’m Yoruba [and it’s] the reason why a lotof people assume I’m Nigerian.

MD: Name something you love about your culture.

HAMID: The parties. Yorubas are known for their extravagant parties. When I was a kid, I used to love those sinceyou get to get to see all your cousins. And since we were separated from our parents during these events, wecould be as mischievous as we wanted (as long as we didn’t get caught). Also, these events were a great way tomake money as kids, since adults were almost always very generous.

image courtesy of J. Crew

MD: Where were you scouted?

HAMID: Actually the !rst time I was scouted was 3 years ago when I was working at Pret on 38th but I never reallypaid much attention to it. During the fall of 2014 my friend, Ibou Diouf, that I met in class, was interested inmodeling and told me he was going to an open call for Red and asked me to tag along. The week after, we bothwent together. We both got handed contracts. I went home and did some quick research and everythingseemed legit so I signed.


2 of 7 6/20/16 11:43 AM

Hamid Ona!de Gap Campaign FW15

photo credit: Mikael Jensen for Gap

MD: This AW16 season we saw you cast for presentations including David Hart, Todd Snyder, John Elliott

and Calvin Klein in New York. How did you "nd the New York Men’s fashion week experience?

HAMID: I wouldn’t really call it an experience since it’s my third fashion week in New York so I’m very used to it. Ihowever really enjoyed working with all these di#erent brands. I loved the atmosphere, the clothes, the peoplehelping.


3 of 7 6/20/16 11:43 AM

Hamid walks for Todd Snyder FW16 Hamid walks for John Elliot FW16

photo credit: Vogue Runway

MD: Favorite Catwalk song so far?

HAMID: Siren by this Mortal Coil – I don’t actually remember if we used that track for the catwalk but Iremembered doing the rehearsal for my !rst show with Calvin Klein FW15 listening to that and I got chills. It tookme like 7 months to !nd the track.

MD: Where do you see yourself in the next 3 years in this business?

HAMID: It is really hard to tell since everything has been going so fast for me in the past year. At this moment, I’mstill learning a lot about the industry and the works so it’s almost impossible to say really. My head is still not 100%on modeling since I still want to get my degree but hopefully in a year or two I’ll have a clear idea of what I want. For now I’m just riding the wave.


4 of 7 6/20/16 11:43 AM

photo credit: Details Magazine

MD: Where in the world of fashion would you like to travel for work?

HAMID: I really want to go to Southeast Asia and Brazil because I’m very intrigued by the landscape, the food, thedances and the gorgeous women.


5 of 7 6/20/16 11:43 AM

PREVIOUS POST

Tendencias by Vogue Spain

iohma • 5 months ago Follow

216 likes 8 comments

MD: Social Media kryptonite: Snapchat, Tumblr or IG? Handle?

HAMID: Tumblr. IG & Snapchat: @iohma

Hamid is a rising star and is represented by RReedd MMooddeellss in New York..

ARCHIVES

Select Month

CATEGORIES: Modelogs Moment Series

NEXT POST

Fei Fei Sun in Junya Watanabe

Tobé

Nice read. I’m curious about the song too.

Dave Fothergill

REPLY EDIT


6 of 7 6/20/16 11:43 AM

Truly proud of you!!!! Much more to come.

Leave a Reply

Logged in as Christina. Log out?

Comment

Post Comment

REPLY EDIT

Go

Chosen WordPress Theme by Compete Themes.


7 of 7 6/20/16 11:43 AM

MM- A Conversation with Hamid Onifade

Documents

Transcript of MM- A Conversation with Hamid Onifade