Tim Boyce

Timothy Shane Boyce is an American fashion and fitness model regarded as a male supermodel of the 1990s.[1]

Tim Boyce
Born
Timothy Shane Boyce

(1968-07-09) July 9, 1968
San Francisco, California, USA
OccupationModel
Years active1993–present
Modelling information
Height1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Hair colourBrown
Eye colourBrown

Boyce has worked with photographers Peter Lindbergh and Bettina Rheims in advertising campaigns for high fashion designers such as Giorgio Armani,[2] Gianfranco Ferre[3] and brands such as Levi's.[4] He appeared on the covers of Arena Homme +[5] and L'Uomo Vogue[6] alongside a new generation of top male models of the 1990s, including Marcus Schenkenberg and Tyson Beckford, who attained celebrity status in the global fashion, movie, music, and media markets.[7]

In 1995, Out Magazine featured Boyce on its cover, photographed by Guy Aroch.[8] The Out Magazine cover story lead the Los Angeles Times to single out Boyce and other notable figures such as Gore Vidal and Candace Gingrich as out leaders contributing to the increasingly vibrant market of the gay press that was notable for changing the landscape of mainstream media in the 1990s.[9]

Early life

Boyce was born in San Francisco, California of Italian and Irish ancestry.[10] He moved to New York City, excelling in high school track and field, baseball and other sports before graduating from NYU with a degree in Communication Sciences in 1991.[11][12]

Career

In 1993, Boyce was photographed by Steven Meisel on the October issue of L’Uomo Vogue with a style team that included Garren and Lori Goldstein.[13] Boyce continued working in the fashion editorial pages of such magazines as British GQ,[14] Interview,[15] New York Times Magazine,[16] Arena, Vogue Hommes, Details, and Italian Vogue as well as on the runway in fashion shows for Calvin Klein, Giorgio Armani, Issey Miyake, Gianfranco Ferre, and Donna Karan.[17]

In 1994, for the Autumn/Winter issue of Arena Homme +, a spin-off of the bi-monthly Arena, Boyce was photographed by master fashion photographer Albert Watson for the cover with four other top male models of the era, including Tyson Beckford and Marcus Schenkenberg.[18] The two-page fold-out cover included the headline “High Five the New Supermodel Army - Tyson, Tim, Marcus, Gregg and Larry photographed by Albert Watson” and a quote by Boyce: “If I was a female supermodel I'd be Kate Moss – so I could be cute and tiny instead of big and ugly.”[19] The magazine celebrated the five men,[20] foretold their pop-cultural notoriety,[21] and with Boyce's words quoted as a headline on the cover, signaled a skill that he would demonstrate later in life as a writer.[22][23] The accompanying profile on Boyce stated that he had been modeling for just 18 months, was represented by Ford Models and Select Model Management, and included details on how he was discovered by fashion consultant Wayne Scot Lukas in New York where he attended NYU.[24] Lukas asked Boyce to test for a Levi's commercial which launched his career.[25] On the following pages, he is featured in ads for Gianfranco Ferre photographed by Bettina Rheims, Giorgio Armani Occhiali photographed by Peter Lindbergh, and in a fashion editorial photographed by Stephane Sednaoui with grooming by Michael Boadi.[26]

For the September 1996 issue of Interview, Boyce conducted a one-on-one interview with rock singer Pat Benatar, discussing the origins and legacy of her MTV era rock and roll image.[27] Boyce joined Molly Haskell who interviewed Jeanne Moreau, Danny Glover who interviewed Harry Belafonte, and Mark Marvel who interviewed Joan Didion as a contributing writer of the magazine.[28]

Out Magazine Cover (1995)

In the midst of his career, Boyce was featured on the October 1995 cover of Out with the headline: “Gay Model - Hanging Out with Supermodel Tim Boyce.”[29] The cover was accompanied by an article titled, “‘This Model's Life...24 hours on the trail of male supermodel Tim Boyce”[30] which covered aspects of Boyce's career, romantic life, and fitness regimen set against the streets of New York City.[31] The article, which also charted the course of the male modeling industry from the 1970s, noted that another gay male model pulled out of being included in the article despite recent advancements made by female gay and bisexual models such as Jenny Shimizu, Rachel Williams and Patricia Velasquez who made it safer to come out with less risk to their careers.[32]

Three years after Boyce's public disclosure in Out Magazine, the nation's leading gay and lesbian media platform,[33] he was mentioned in a 1998 article of another leading gay publication, The Advocate, that called out the fashion world for still not being a safe place for a gay model to come out and that being publicly gay was not perceived as an option.[34][35] In 2018, the reluctance of male models to come out remained an issue among fashion industry leaders, when the editor of British Vogue, Edward Enninful, explained that the Hollywood ideal of the “perfect man” prevented many gay male models from discussing their sexual preferences, that doing so may hinder their careers.[36] “It's like...this old notion of what it meant to be a man and that this perfect man couldn't be gay. We know that's wrong,” Enninful said, adding that more models are beginning to feel comfortable coming out, a sign that the fashion industry is progressing in a positive way.[37]

References
  1. Lacey, Hester (March 9, 1997). "Why Paul and Tim Won't Ever be Kate and Naomi". INDEPENDENT DIGITAL NEWS AND MEDIA LIMITED. Independent. Archived from the original on May 7, 2022. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  2. "GIORGIO ARMANI I FALL/WINTER 1994". UOMOCLASSICO.COM I 2014. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  3. "GIANFRANCO FERRE I FALL/WINTER 1994". www.UomoClassico.com. Uomo Classico. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  4. Siman, Ken (October 1995). "This Model's Life". Out - America's Best Selling Gay and Lesbian Magazine (26): 68.
  5. "Arena Homme +". Magazine Canteen. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  6. "L'Uomo Vogue, October 1993". The Fashion Spot. TotallyHer Media, LLC, an Evolve Media LLC company. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  7. Worthington, Christa (September 4, 1994). "Time for the men to try it: Are these the new supermodels? Can they achieve parity with their female counterparts? Yes, if men's magazines have anything to do with it. Christa Worthington reports from New York". Independent (Culture/Fashion). Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  8. Siman, Ken (October 1995). "Gay Model - Hanging Out with Supermodel Tim Boyce". Out Magazine. 26 (Fall Fashion Issue): 66–135.
  9. Hanania, Joseph (October 29, 1995). "Closeted No Longer : Magazines: Increasing ad revenues, mainstream media interest and attractive demographics have made an increasingly diverse gay press a vibrant market". No. SPECIAL TO THE TIMES. Patrick Soon-Shiong. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  10. Leggett, Carole (1994). "High Five The New Supermodel Army". Arena Homme Plus. 1 (2): 15.
  11. Siman, Ken (October 1995). "This Model's Life". Out Magazine. 26: 68.
  12. Caldwell, Nicole (June 7, 2011). "In Bed With Tim Boyce: This supermodel is more than just a pretty face". Playgirl. 55 (Man Of The Year): 27.
  13. "L'Uomo Vogue - October 1993 by Steven Meisel". The Fashion Spot. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
  14. Schneider, Hanspeter (November 1994). "Cold War". British GQ (65): 182–189.
  15. Eberle, Todd (June 1993). "Summer Clothes, Salt of the Earth-Style". Interview Magazine. XXIII (6): 88–93.
  16. Hales-Took, Hugh (September 26, 1993). "Men's Fashion Of The Times". New York Times Magazine: 44.
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  18. Worthington, Christa (September 3, 1994). "FASHION / Time for the men to try it: Are these the new supermodels? Can they achieve parity with their female counterparts? Yes, if men's magazines have anything to do with it". Independent UK. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  19. "ARENA HOMME PLUS MAGAZINE (AUTUMN/WINTER 1994 - ISSUE 2 - MARCUS SCHENKENBERG, TYSON BECKFORD, TIM BOYCE, GREGG SPAULDING AND LARRY SCOTT". Crazy About Magazines. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  20. Worthington, Christa (September 3, 1994). "FASHION / Time for the men to try it: Are these the new supermodels? Can they achieve parity with their female counterparts? Yes, if men's magazines have anything to do with it". Independent UK. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  21. Siman, Ken. "This Model's Life". Out. 26: 66.
  22. Boyce, Tim (September 1996). "Frock 'n' Roll: Benatar Seminar". Interview Magazine.
  23. Boyce, Tim. "Frock 'n' Roll: Benatar Seminar". lemuseumdebenatar.com. Harold Bottomley. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
  24. Leggett, Carole (1994). "High Five". Arena Homme +. 1 (2): 15.
  25. Siman, Ken (October 1995). "This Model's Life". Out. 26: 68.
  26. Sednaoui, Stephane (1994). "Jeux Sans Frontieres". Arena Homme +. 1 (2): 130–135.
  27. Boyce, Tim (September 1996). "Frock 'N' Roll - Benatar Seminar". Interview Magazine. 26 (9): 106.
  28. "Contributors". Interview Magazine. 26 (9): 26. September 1996.
  29. Hanania, Joseph. "Closeted No Longer". LA Times. Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
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  31. Siman, Ken (October 1995). "This Model's Life". Out Magazine. 26: 66–70, 132–135.
  32. Siman, Ken (October 1995). "This Model's Life". Out Magazine. 26: 134.
  33. Abelson, Reed (February 21, 2000). "Out Magazine Acquired by The Advocate, a Key Rival". New York Times. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  34. Meers, Erik. "Runway Renegades: Surprisingly, Gay and Lesbian Models Find That Even in a Business Dominated by Other Gays, It's Still Not Safe to Be out on the Catwalk". The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian news magazine).
  35. Meers, Erik (March 17, 1998). "Runway Renegades: Surprisingly, gay an lesbian models find that even in a business dominated by other gays, it's still not safe to be out on the catwalk". The Advocate: 27–28. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  36. Barr, Sabrina (August 17, 2018). "EDWARD ENNINFUL EXPLAINS WHY GAY MALE MODELS FEEL AFRAID TO COME OUT". No. INDY/LIFE. Independent Digital News & Media Ltd. Independent. Archived from the original on May 7, 2022. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  37. Foster, Alistair (August 16, 2018). "The Hollywood image of a perfect man stops gay male models coming out, says Edward Enninful". No. Fashion News. Alexander Lebedev. The Evening Standard. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
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