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..."arraso" in Chile's Viña del Mar festival... ..."arraso" in The Roxy, Buenos Aires, Argentina, almost exploding the venue... ... and hopefully will be the new International Ambassador for the Latino Commission on AIDS... I'm beyond proud to know him and work with him... to meet him in person "es otra cosa." Thanks Rene and Eduardo! "Without a song or dance what are we?" BTW, Rene was so "macho con tres pares de cojones" when it came to grooming. He just sat down and was like "do me." That's a self-assured man!

I wish I had a portable wind machine, girl was baking in those 60's Anna Sui's. ...her fall shoe campaign and some. Anyone who is not from New York City loves to get iconic imagery in their photos when they are in The Big Apple, like 'cabs', street names that identify they are in NYC, herds of people, especially on the "L" train in the morning, etc. That is, of course, contrary to the local mindset of oblivion towards the everyday-life staples like 'cabs', tourists, messengers on bikes, and the subway and it's 'people crunching' to name a few. But hey, we, the city dwellers, have to admit that we live in one of the most amazing cities in the world and sometimes, with our blindfolds, we just simply ignore it while on our way out of our four walls we sip on coffee, listen to our IPod, make the to-do list... of the month, hail a cab, withdraw money from the ATM, flirt, say FCUK a hundred times, check the PDA (every minute), and do some window...

(ALL IMAGES ARE COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL) Cielo Latino is about to happen again on May 13th, 2008. We are at it again, and Nuria Net from Remezcla.com has given me the starting oomph I need to dive in and wake up some people again. Here, a reminder of last year's Cielo. An interview by Nuria Net for www.Remezcla.com ( Fact : In 2004, Latinos accounted for 20 percent of new AIDS cases and 19 percent of total AIDS cases in the United States . The numbers speak for themselves, the AIDS pandemic keeps affecting Latinos, our communities, here at home and in Latin America. Its real, its serious, and its deadly. Personalities such as La India , Miss Universe 2007 , Gael García Bernal and more are coming together to support the cause and help save lives. And countless others from volunteers, to researchers, to photographers, stylists and development officials have put in their grain of sand to make not only the gala happen, but to educate Latinos and help eradicate AIDS once and for all....

A photo-editorial I produced for Collezioni Uomo celebrating the 25 years of Calvin Klein undies... what a celebration... what a glorious day! Photography by: Joe Oppedisano Styling: Giorgio Ammirabile Hair: Adrian DeBerardinis MakeUp and Production: Karlo for MAC Cosmetics Location: The Rivington Hotel, NYC Travis from B1 Models Travis and I in-the-making Tyler Garceau @ Major Models James Guardino @ Major Models Nelson @ Red Models Travis @ B1 Models Carlens @ Red Models Ryan Cooper @ New York Model Management Jensen @ New York Model Management Ryan Daharsh @ Major Models Brian Jankic @ New York Models Dare @ B1 Models Thanks to all of you that made this possible. Thank you Joe for being available... Tom Eubanks, Joe's agent... Allesandro and Giorgio from Collezioni for trusting me.... Jeffrey Felshaw at The Rivington for such a fabulous suite!... Ivonne Carlo Sellés for helping me rub these men and run like a mad woman in order to feed the gods! Yes, G...

A series of images for the Baldinini Spring/Summer shoe campaign. Shot in LALA land... look in Italian Vogue Feb. issue!

It was an honor to have been chosen to be in a section of El Nuevo Dia newspaper called "Vidas Unicas" or Unique Lives translated literally. Following is the original article from the newspaper written by Janirah Figueroa Fontánez. Thanks to all of you that have given me the opportunity to tweak your lives with a little beauty. Thank you Janirah! Thank you Francisco! My apologies to the non-Spanish speaking community, but the newspaper is in Spanish. La Belleza al Poder (Photo by Javier Romero) http://www.elnuevodia.com/diario/noticia/vidasunicas/noticias/la_belleza_al_poder/302825 By Janirah Figueroa Fontánez/ Especial para El Nuevo Día Aunque en su trabajo se dedica a ocultar las imperfecciones de modelos, reinas de bellezas y celebridades internacionales, Karlo sabe distinguir muy bien entre lo superfluo y lo sustancial. El secreto de su poder está en su maleta negra, donde guarda sombras multicolores, rímel, pintalabios, brochas y otras herramientas de su ofi...

(The model Omahyra after a makeup test I did for the Carlos Campos show) Yes, it's been a while after September 11, 2001 when I started getting panic attacks and did not feel comfortable in enclosed areas like The Tents at Bryant Park , where most of the New York Fashion shows take place... So, little by little with the help of Xanax , Champagne and Tequila, of course, not taken simultaneously, you get back to "normal," if "normal" I can ever be. To this concoction add a little bit of healing time and... you can now take the subway, go over bridges, be comfortable in high-rise buildings and, sort of, enjoy flying once again without slapping a few flight attendants and getting kicked out of the freaking plane a-la Zuleyka Rivera. Hence, your life gets back to business and you start finding the pieces of the puzzle you were missing. This season for the Spring/Summer 2008 Men's/Women's Collections I'm happy! You have to understand that I love t...

(After Party @ The Roseland) (James Marsden @ the Red Carpet) (Full Marsden ;-) in Dolce and Gabanna) (Mr. and Mrs. Marden. Mrs. Marsden has THE one and only body.) (Stephanie Canciello (my agent), James Marsden and Karlo @ the after party.) (James Marsden and Alexa Vega.) (Sureal @ the afterparty of Hairspray!) (Bob Shaye, Executive Producer) (Adan Shankman, Executive Producer and Choreographer)

(Cover of Collezioni Uomo 2007/08. James Marsden.) In-the-making of the cover: Stephanie Canciello, president of Unali Artists, spent a month producing this cover even while she was on vacation amongst Polar Bears and all, drove 8 hours to-and-from Rhode Island, and worked on lots and lots of other etceteras (mind she still owes me an iceberg) . Giorgio Ammirabile flew trunks full of designers clothes from Italy, mingled with " Calle 13 " and went to many sample sales. Karlo (me :-), molded hair, painted, and told Katie Bleacher she could not have guests in her own country home while we were retouching James, lol. And last but not least, Bleacher & Everard captured the right moments and angles for the cover of Collezioni Uomo 's "Confessions of a Superhero" with James Marsden . Of course it is team work! You kidding? We all at one point molded, re-molded, shaped and re-shaped plans, courses of action, direction, location, images and even the tuna fr...