At first glance anyone would take this striking svelte model
as your typical womenswear high fashion model. Andrej Pejic, however is no
typical model.
Last spring he modeled in the men’s and women’s Spring 2011
shows for Jean-Paul Gaultier, and on Oct. 13, he met the Queen of England
wearing a pencil skirt and heels.
“I wanted to just be myself - androgynous - and play with
the masculine blazer and pencil skirt,” Pejic told Vogue UK of his meeting with
the Queen.
Andrej Pejik is what they call the “androgynous” model. His
look is desired by designers to show off both women’s and men’s clothing.
Harriet Quick, Vogue fashion features director told The Telegraph, an
England Based arts and entertainment magazine, in February, “Andrej is
incredibly beautiful with a very striking face – sharp angles and planes that
look good on camera.”
The 20 year old grew up in Austrailia after he and his
parents fled Serbia following the 1999 NATO bombings. He emerged on the fashion scene just before he turned 17
when he was scouted while working at a local fast food joint.
In May Pejic was featured on the cover of the Dossier Journal,
a New York based magazine, where he is pictured wearing curlers while taking
his shirt off. Bookstores, Barnes & Noble and Borders, said the image was
too risqué,
fearing that customers would mistake him for a topless woman and the image was
later altered.
Pejik was also named “Stylemaker of the Year” by Out100’s annual list of influential LGBT people. He was described by Out as the “embodiment of intersections.”
His success in the fashion industry is paving the way for other androgynous models. Marcel Castenmiller is another male model who is used in both men’s and women’s fashion campaigns. He is a favorite of Burberry and Paul Smith and was also featured in Kenzo’s campaign.
His success in the fashion industry is paving the way for other androgynous models. Marcel Castenmiller is another male model who is used in both men’s and women’s fashion campaigns. He is a favorite of Burberry and Paul Smith and was also featured in Kenzo’s campaign.
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| Photo courtesy of Elle Hank |
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There is a whole host of both men and women models breaking on to the fashion androgyny scene.
“For the past decade, fashion has concentrated on the alpha male and alpha female stereotype,” Quick said to The Telepraph. “Now it’s all about questioning sexuality and blurring the boundaries. Andrej is reflecting our times – he’s what’s out there; he’s reflecting culture”
“For the past decade, fashion has concentrated on the alpha male and alpha female stereotype,” Quick said to The Telepraph. “Now it’s all about questioning sexuality and blurring the boundaries. Andrej is reflecting our times – he’s what’s out there; he’s reflecting culture”
Newlin Tillotson
