Jean Paul Gaultier: Pejic is a beautiful modern woman boy

Wednesday Mar 21 2012

http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/independent-woman/fashion/jean-paul-gaultier-pejic-is-a-beautiful-modern-woman-boy-3056487.html

Jean Paul Gaultier has praised Andrej Pejic, calling him the "modern woman boy" of today.

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Gaultier has opened up about why he picked the model.

"What I should say is that he has a role - an important role because it's like a threesome, three people - he is one of the three. He is quite beautiful and incredible. I think he has something, like, everybody can recognise his beauty," the designer told Fashionista. "It must be male, but not straight male, it can be women even find him beautiful and it can be gay men, but gay men maybe they don't find this... [laughs, trails off]. But in reality, he's like, what can we say, like, a modern woman boy of today. He's not like the old type of let's say, maybe like a drag queen or a ->-bleeped-<-, not at all. He's Andrej."

I agree with Gaultier. What Andrej us doing isn't traditional crossdressing and he certainly doesn't come off as a transsexual. He doesn't hide his masculinity any more than he hides his femininity. He's feminine on his own terms to the extent he wants to be. In that way I think he's a great role model for personal creativity. He's removed duality from the equation and exists as one feminine male. It's not everyone's lifestyle, but I love that a new option is being popularized for others to consider.

Lyric ~

Andrej Pejic is cute.

But I find the photos of his pretty, girlie face, in a shirtless pose disconcerting.