A fashion shoot with Leslie Porterfield at the BMW Aerodynamic Test Centre.
When you’ve assembled a collection of Haute Couture from top designers such as Karl Lagerfeld, Marcel Ostertag and Thomas Kirchgrabner, you need a stunning location and a beautiful model to show off the clothing in all its glory. Fortunately for top fashion photographer Markus Hofmann, he was able to gain access to one of the most unique locations in Germany – the largest and most sophisticated wind tunnel in the world at the new BMW Aerodynamic Test Centre in Munich.
The closest a lot of fashion models get to feeling the wind in their faces is when they are having their hair blow-dried in preparation for modelling the latest designer collections on the catwalk. However, selecting the right type of girl to suit the challenging conditions in the BMW Wind Tunnel was an easy task for Markus Hofmann, as he knew exactly who he wanted to photograph in these special designer creations. Her name is Leslie Porterfield and – apart from having the exact look he wanted – she is a role model to women and an expert in aerodynamics. In fact, her obsession with speed and streamlining made her the ideal subject for this latest fashion shoot.