What it feels like to want to be a girl when you're a boy
As a child, Olivier Theyskens wasn't interested in boys' stuff. But as the fashion designer's body developed, he contented himself with the androgynous look
http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/relationships/article7089198.eceWhen I was young, about six, I was very jealous of girls because I wasn't one of them. I was so sad to be a boy. A girl in my class told me that, in America, you can have a sex change, so I read everything there was about it, and told my friends at school that I would have this done. Wanting to be a girl was my first impression in life; I was not interested in boys' stuff. I even did ballet, though I left because I was the only boy in the class. I remember experimenting with cheap make-up with my sister. I was very attracted to all beautiful women — actresses, singers, but it was like a girl who loves these women, not a boy. I was always imagining what it is to be a beautiful girl. And I was drawing pictures of women all the time — I diverted my energy into the pictures. The moment I had a pencil, I was creating women, paying a lot of attention to details. This picture was, of course, not complete without a dress, so I was designing fashion as a small child. I always knew I wanted to be a fashion designer.
