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How gender-bending model Andrej Pejić is pushing the boundaries

How gender-bending model Andrej Pejić is pushing the boundaries
4 January 2013
Pooja Sahny
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Pooja Sahny
4 January 2013

The January 2013 issue of Serbia’s Elle magazine has a pioneering cover star in gender-bending model Andrej Pejić. Andrej is now equivalent to Neil Armstrong taking his “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”

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The talented Mr Andrej previously modelled lingerie and wedding gowns. He says: “My gender is open to artistic interpretation. I don’t really have that sort of strong gender identity – I identify as what I am. The fact that people are using it for creative or marketing purposes; it’s just kind of like having a skill and using it to earn money.”

Inside the aforementioned January issue, Andrej exhibits his versatility thanks to some clever camerawork as he poses in saucy lingerie and wrestles with a duke-like male model. It is a very impressive photo shoot, a symbolic representation of his real life gender struggle. He is a chameleon in every way.

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This up-and-coming androgynous model is high in demand. Andrej has become Jean-Paul Gaultier’s muse, while Kate Moss has described him as “beautiful”.

He has modelled wedding dresses for Rosa Clara, looking like a blushing bride-to-be, as well as a push-up bra for Dutch department store Hema. Andrej’s lack of cleavage did nothing to ruin his appeal.

His life might sound rosy now, but Andrej fled to Australia as a political refugee at the age of 8, following the 1999 NATO bombing of Serbia. He has worked hard to get where he is.

In order to portray a woman, Andrej needs to maintain a woman’s figure. He told Grazia: “To do womenswear I have to be disciplined. My waist has gone from 29 to 25 inches, my hips are 35 inches.” Even women have a tough time getting to those measurements.

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Andrej has broken all the boundaries by becoming the first cross-dressing male model to grace an Elle cover. Being different is what makes you successful in fashion, and Andrej is unquestionably different.

Pooja Sahny

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