Most androgynous celebrities – Androgyny is generally defined as a person who “does not fit neatly into the typical masculine and feminine gender roles.” According to psychologists, androgyny has less to do with fashion, but more about how an individual sees himself.
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Androgynous people “don’t fit neatly into the typical masculine and feminine gender roles of society.”
Let’s extend that definition to include individuals who don’t even look like the typical girl or guy, have you seen Australian model, Andreja Pejić?
With her delicate cheekbones, thin frame and sharp androgynous features, she turned the traditional concept of beauty on its head. After she was scouted in 2008, it didn’t take long for her to be dubbed the ‘poster boy for fashion androgyny.’
The former McDonald’s employee was considered so ‘pretty’ that when she signed with Storm Models, she was listed in both its male and female divisions. Pejić walked in both the male and female Jean Paul Gaultier fashion shows in Paris in 2011. Her likeness was so uncanny that an edition of Dossier Journal was pulled from the news stands. On the cover, Pejić posed shirtless with her long blond locks in curlers. Barnes & Noble and Borders deemed the cover too risqué because customers would think Pejić a topless woman.
Since Pejić, the world of fashion has become even more enamored with androgyny. The androgynous look has been valorized, with with male models walking runways in female clothes and vice versa. But while it’s a passing trend in the fashion world, androgyny has existed in the arts for decades. Annie Lennox, David Bowie, and Prince have been praised for their androgynous style for decades, and more recently Ruby Rose.
Some people channel androgyny through the clothes and makeup they wear (Boy George), others have distinctive facial structures (Grace Jones) that stop people in their tracks. Since Pejić, there have been other models that make you do a double take; here are ten gender benders that made us do a serious double-take.
11. Jaye Davidson
Remember Jaye Davidson?
With a simple plot twist in 1992’s The Crying Game, he landed in the record books as one of the most convincing transgender women in cinema history.
Despite being nominated, he was passed over for the Academy Award because movie critics really didn’t know how to nominate him. Some nominated him as an actor, others as an actress, others didn’t know what to believe. He kept the confusion up by doing interviews as an actor AND as an actress.
This ambiguous sexuality allowed him to play the female character so well that even after the big reveal, audiences still doubted his sex. Add his delicate facial features and that big 90s hairdo, and you’ll be just as confused. The part-time fashion buyer quit acting after only two movies, citing an inability to deal with the fame.
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