ALTON MASON - 2020's TOP MALE MODEL

WRITTEN BY GRACE NEAVE EDITED BY PETER HOSKINS NARRATED BY PAUL G ROBERTS Music credit for Alton Mason video is R&B TRAPSOUL BEAT INSTRUMENTAL | [Prod by Sejji Bonz] 2020 Not since Tyson Beckford arrived on the scene in the early 1990’s has a man of colour started making so many waves as a male supermodel. Twenty-two year old Alton Mason is without doubt taking the modelling world by storm, one runway at a time. With his show-stopping good looks and Michael Jackson-esque style, he credits his grace to his dance training and lifelong practice of martial arts. It’s not hard to understand how Mason’s popularity within the fashion industry has skyrocketed. Impressively named model.com’s Male Model of the Year and GQ Australia’s Man of the Year in 2019, Alton Mason has played an important role in breaking down barriers on diversity and reshaping the idea of what it means to be a male supermodel in 2020.. In L.A at the time, dancing for Laurie-Ann Gibson, Mason’s modelling career began with a comment from an agent on an Instagram post in 2015. “I thought it was a joke,” he said in an interview with W magazine. “But then my agent contacted me through email and I saw all the confidentiality stuff and I knew it was real.” In 2016, Mason shot straight up to the big leagues, modelling for none other than Kanye West’s Yeezy Season 3 collection in New York Fall Fashion Week. However, the turning point in Mason’s career wasn’t until he was selected to present Gucci’s 2018 cruise co