MUSE: Model Gianni Di Cioccio

Freshly signed to Wilhemina, Gianni Di Cioccio is booking jobs at Gilt, Blue & Cream, and VK Nagrani, where we first met him while on the job at the latter's NYFWM event. Affable and charming, Di Cioccio took our attention for the night, and captivated our interest to learn more. Not just another pretty face, he first started to think about modeling while attending Penn State when photography majors would constantly request to use him as their muse. After graduation in 2014, he got scooped up by a smaller agency on the streets of Manhattan and now has "graduated to the big school" with Wilhelmina, which has "changed the game" for him forever.

Meeting us at a cafe after a Blue & Cream shoot - one of his favorite clients which he's previously shot digital campaigns for. Besides that, one of his other favorites to date was a yet-to-be-released shoot for emerging menswear company EFM, which stand for Engineered For Motion, for their Spring/Summer 2016 lookbook. One fact that we would have never guessed was how his college fencing skills would lead him to land this job. "During college, I was actually recruited as a fencer, Division One. I did it for 14 years, it was a big part of my life. One of the kids I grew up with fencing is also a model now with Wilhelmina and an Olympian and we both happened to get cast for this lookbook and it was because we were both really good fencers. We got to fence together with the clothes on and the video is going to come out, which overall was an amazing experience."

Coming to visit us in a his go-to casual outfit around town, he was rocking a A$AP Rocky top, which he loves to rep since they both come from Harlem, slightly distressed r13 black jeans and clean Nike shoes completed the look. Playing our game of 21 Questions, we found commonality in our mutual love for all things French - and this #JockOfAllTrades even speaks French fluently. Find out his go-to-item, favorite grooming product, and why you'll be "in love with Di Cioccio."

Full given name?

Gianni Le Melle Di Cioccio.

Star sign?

Virgo

Instagram handle and why?

@iminlovewithdicioccio. Last year when the song "I'm in love the COCO" came out it sounded like the improper pronunciation of my last name, thus, my insta handle was born.

Three current songs on repeat?

"Self Righteous" by Bryson Tiller, "Yamborghini High" by ASAP Mob, and "Summer Sixteen" by Drake.

Do you prefer runway or print?

Print.

Favorite current menswear trend?

Oversizing.

Dream designer to work for - even if you have already?

I think with a first name like mine it would only be right to do a campaign with Versace.

Dream designer clothes to live in?

Public School.

Three favorite brands?

R13, Public School, and IRO.