One of the most in-demand models of women’s
clothing isn’t a woman.
“Gender doesn’t make me who I am,” Bosnia-born and Australia-raised Andrej Pejic told CityNews duringToronto's Fashion Week.
“I think there’s always been male and female,and there’s always been in-between. It’s just that the in-between doesn’t have a place.
“If gender wasn’t so important, if it didn’t affect the way people treated you, or the opportunities you have in
life, like nationality didn’t or anything else, it wouldn’t be such a big deal, that in-between,” he said.
New York Magazine described Pejic as the “prettiest
boy in the world.” The model has been booked for
some of the most prestigious gigs in the fashion industry, posing for French
Vogue and walking the catwalk for fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier in both
the men’s and women’s collections. He also
strutted his stuff for the Canadian label Pink Tartan during Toronto’s Fashion Week last week.
Dressing in women’s or men’s clothes doesn’t matter to Pejic.
“For me, I don’t put on costumes. However, if
I were extremely muscled and hairy, I probably wouldn’t feel very comfortable with myself. I’m quite
lucky that how I feel inside pretty much matches what I look like. There are a
lot of people who don’t get that luxury,” he said.
“One of the flaws of the society is we like to define someone on their
race or on their gender or on their appearance — all
things that really aren’t the biggest part of a person’s whole being.
“I don’t get offended by being called ‘her.’ I don’t get offended by being called ‘him.’ But usually, for consistency, they use ‘he.’”
clothing isn’t a woman.
“Gender doesn’t make me who I am,” Bosnia-born and Australia-raised Andrej Pejic told CityNews duringToronto's Fashion Week.
“I think there’s always been male and female,and there’s always been in-between. It’s just that the in-between doesn’t have a place.
“If gender wasn’t so important, if it didn’t affect the way people treated you, or the opportunities you have in
life, like nationality didn’t or anything else, it wouldn’t be such a big deal, that in-between,” he said.
New York Magazine described Pejic as the “prettiest
boy in the world.” The model has been booked for
some of the most prestigious gigs in the fashion industry, posing for French
Vogue and walking the catwalk for fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier in both
the men’s and women’s collections. He also
strutted his stuff for the Canadian label Pink Tartan during Toronto’s Fashion Week last week.
Dressing in women’s or men’s clothes doesn’t matter to Pejic.
“For me, I don’t put on costumes. However, if
I were extremely muscled and hairy, I probably wouldn’t feel very comfortable with myself. I’m quite
lucky that how I feel inside pretty much matches what I look like. There are a
lot of people who don’t get that luxury,” he said.
“One of the flaws of the society is we like to define someone on their
race or on their gender or on their appearance — all
things that really aren’t the biggest part of a person’s whole being.
“I don’t get offended by being called ‘her.’ I don’t get offended by being called ‘him.’ But usually, for consistency, they use ‘he.’”
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