UKRAINIAN BLUE FROM AMERICAN APPAREL… WITH OLEG B

So there was a bit of inauthenticity in this shoot. Though I like to do Elska shoots with the boys wearing their own clothes, I did make an exception for our shoot with Oleg in Lviv. I was in the American Apparel off Carnaby Street in London, rummaging through the bargain bin and saw these briefs in Ukrainian blue. OK, they’re actually a bit darker than Ukrainian flag blue, but I have a thing for American Apparel briefs, kind of almost to a festishistic level, so I was going to get them anyway.

So there we were by Yunist Stadium. To avoid being spotted, we found a big banner on one side of a fence and Andriy blocked with the reflector on the other side of Oleg as he stripped naked and squeezed into the briefs. Then, as usually happens, the model grew braver and we went out into the open.

There was a moment after when I wondered if I should, or could, ask for the underwear back. Hmmmm. But I let him keep them. I wonder if he ever wears them.

Elska Boy: Oleg B

Photographer: Liam Campbell

Location: Lviv, Ukraine

Elska Magazine: Issue (01) Lviv

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