Urs Althaus – Signed Photo – Arrapaho

Born and raised in Switzerland with his Swizz Mother, his Nigerian medical student Father he never met. After finisihing buisness studies in Switzerland he stormed the fashion runways of this world. He walked for designers like Calvin Klein, Valentino, Armani, Kenzo, Yves Saint Laurent. He was the first black model ever to appear on the cover of the American fashion Magazine “GQ”. He danced with Liza Minelli, Cindy Crawford and Brooke Shields in the Clubs of Paris, London and New York. In 1978, in New York, he founded the company “Xtazy Ltd.”, the first Model Ensemble in the World. Eight years later, also in New York, and together with Gary Gatys he created the fashion label “Gary Gatys Ltd”. As an agent between 1990 – 2001 he represented Supermodels like Giselle Bündchen, Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss and Claudia Schiffer. He had a private audience with His Highness the Dalai Lama and breakfasted with Richard Gere. As an actor he stood before the camera next to Marcello Mastroianni and in the filming of Umberto Eco’s “The Name of the Rose” – worked with Sean Connery in the 1986 film The Name of The Rose which grossed 77 million dollars worldwide.