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Earlier this year, the fashion industry was fixated with transgendered and androgynous models like Jana K., Lea T., and Andrej Pejic who have appeared on runways, magazine covers, and fashion campaigns. Today, New York magazine released its Fall fashion issue featuring Andrej Pejic in shirtless stance similar to the one he posed for Dossier magazine a couple months back. That issue received much Read more
A Danish brewer has launched a gender-neutral marketing campaign for its new beer, Copenhagen, and it may be the first of its kind. Even though women make up 25 percent of the beer market, when was the last time you saw a beer commercial or advertisement aimed at female drinkers? Well, Carlsberg is attempting to break the mold by designing a clean, androgynous campaign for its light beer that Read more
Fashion has always played with androgyny, but lately it has taken a provocative step onto center stage. Remember when Balenciaga sent a bevy of androgynous-looking models, including the fierce Jana K., down the Spring '11 runway? Since then, we've seen Lea T. smooching Kate Moss on the Love cover, a major moment for the transsexual model who made her debut as the Givenchy muse. Jean Paul Read more
One time, I tried wearing a bow tie and suspenders and ended up looking more like a waiter than a fashionista. Boo. At the Inglourious Basterds premiere in Australia, Diane Kruger stepped out wearing a Chanel ensemble, consisting of a sleeveless white shirt, dotted bow-tie, black suspenders, and black tapered trousers. I'm semienvious she has the confidence to wear not one but two men's pieces on Read more
One of the first shows of London Fashion Week was Maria Grachvogel. Downstairs in the Savoy Hotel, we saw all of the amazing styles and preshow beauty prep. The collection was sensational: full of color and depth that recalled the 1920s, but with a bit of art-deco androgyny mixed in among the artwork prints. Take a peek at the detailed hair and makeup from behind the scenes. Read more
Tired of saccharine Taylor Swift? Meet the young, blond opposite of sweet Swift, 23-year-old Evan Rachel Wood, who opened up to Esquire about what attracted her to ex-fiancé Marilyn Manson, her bisexuality, and her inked body parts. Here are five things you may not have known about this fair-skinned actress: Her death is all planned out, from her written will to where her ashes will be Read more
One of the highlights of visiting the beauty breakfast was meeting Isabela Capeto, a Brazilian designer with an eye for creating quirky, bright, breezy clothing. She was there to introduce her signature fragrance, which is available exclusively at Henri Bendel in the states. After smelling so many floral and citrus scents lately, exploring Isabela Capeto — the fragrance, not the woman — was a Read more
