Adnan Taletovich ( hr, Taletović; ) is a

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n male model, photographer and fashion designer of his own clothing label, Adventuryx. He was born in the Bosnian town of

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in a

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family, to parents Vezir and Ešefa. He grew up, was educated and started modeling in the Croatian city of

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. Taletovich came into prominence during the early 1990s and was photographed by fashion photographers such as

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, Albert Watson and

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. He appeared in several magazines, automobile commercials, advertising campaigns for luxury fashion houses and fragrance brands like

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and

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. Notably, fashion designer and photographer Karl Lagerfeld used Taletovich as a model for some of his work in the 1990s, particularly from 1992 to 1997. In 2015, Lagerfeld cast Taletovich in

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's film ''Reincarnation'', portraying the night porter in the fantasy scene.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Taletovich, Adnan 1966 births Croatian models Living people People from Brčko District Male models Bosniaks of Croatia