newfashion: Libre at Last!

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Libre at Last!

Rive Gauche et Libre

Vogue Paris

Photograpy Mert Alas, Marcus Piggott

Styling Carine Roitfeld

Model Andrej Pejic

The Australian model, well known for his androgynous looks, takes his ambiguity even a step further, as he emulates glam divas such as Juliette Greco and Ziggy Stardust (David Bowie's epicene alter-ego).

Is this cross-dressing? Or, as a blogging friend of mine might put it, is Andrej "femulating"?

I guess each reader has his, her (or hir) own answer. And if he were, I'm OK with that.

All I can say is that I don't see why men fashions shouldn't be inspired by a female raw model, just as a lot of women clothing derives from male subjects.

Source

http://www.fashionising.com

Smell the smell

Brand New Face

S/he's My Man

3 comments:

AnonymousOctober 17, 2010 at 3:31 PM
Where was this 25 years ago?...sigh...
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Laura BorjaOctober 18, 2010 at 6:02 AM
There's a great mentality shift going on, and things have sure changed a lot since 1985, Wendy. But: all the fashion freedom were men are just starting to enjoy originate in the flower revolution back in the 70's (when the very term "unisex" was cooked up, and Gaultier came up with men skirts), particularly, I believe, in the women's lib movements of the time: If girls are finally free to wear whatever they please, why not us men?
That being said, the eighties were cool as well: "Disco music" and "aerobics" came with colorful flashy outfits, or, if you were a punk, you could dye your hair blue, wear makeup, and look as androgynous as you pleased.
I wish we had met when I lived in Chicago! Best regards, and thanks for commenting, Juan
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AnonymousOctober 31, 2010 at 7:54 AM
Hi Juan,
Thank you responding...I am a middle-aged PT CD'er at one level... and wanting to incorporate an androgynous look as well when drab...lessen the drab {;o)
To be young again...sigh..
Wendy
P.S. my little website www.wendyward.com
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Footloose and Fashion-Free!

We are living exiting times in many senses: technologies allow us to stay in touch with people from around the word and humanity even starts reaching for distant planets.

When it comes to gender, we have gone a long way into accepting our ample, rich sexual diversity that goes way beyond the traditional gender binary: after many centuries of stereotypes, people finally start presenting themselves as bi-gender, non-binary, genderless, genderfluid.

Even cis-gender people, i.e. those falling into the conventional ”male” and “female” categories, are acting, even unconsciously, in ways far removed from traditional patterns: Ladies are becoming more assertive, while gentlemen are allowed to show their emotions and display their “feminine” side.

All this slow but steady modifications in our conduct, which I consider to be extremely healthy and honest, cannot help but being expressed in the way we dress.

Ladies wear pants and “power suits”, while the creativity, the flair, the colors, the design, which used to be reserved for the girls only, are finally reaching the menswear department. Males don’t have to settle for the same old boring, gray, stuff.

Skirts, heels, jewelry and flower-patterns in bright colors for men are not uncommon any more.

My blog, promotes designers and creators of non-conforming fashions.

WARNING: It’s not a blog about "cross-dressing". That's a word that hopefully will one day vanish from our vocabulary as everyone dresses the way they feel suit and that's that!

Feel free to post your comment!

Feel free to wear whatever you please!

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I do not own the copyright for any of the pictures I publish. My only intention is to promote the creative work of designers, photographers, stylists, and all the artistic talents involved in the production of alternative, inventive, unusually creative fashions.

I'm pretty sure that all those creators benefit from the costless publicity and world-wide promotion they obtain from bloggers around the globe. As a matter of fact, many of them have actually recognized our work.

I make my best effort to always include all the due credits and, whenever possible, to link them to the source where the images were originally published.

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I'm always pleased to read and to publish all your comments, personal opinions, and whatever experiences you are willing to share with us about the featured fashions and styles. So don't be shy: go ahead and post your input.

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