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Is the idea of a “lesbian look” outdated and offensive?
A new essay ponders the question after Jennifer Lawrence said she prefers a “slutty power lesbian” style.
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Major clothing retailer includes five trans people in new campaign
In the ad, five transgender creatives discuss gender in the fashion world.
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Hervé Léger exec fired: Our dresses aren’t for lesbians
A statement released by the company claims it’s “shocked and appalled by Patrick Couderc’s comments.”
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Celebrities join Elton John’s call for Dolce & Gabbana boycott
Several celebrities have joined the boycott bandwagon launched by Elton John after fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana criticized same-sex parents and the use of in vitro fertilization.
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Dolce&Gabbana react to firestorm over support for ‘traditional’ families
The designers, under growing social media pressure, issued a statement Sunday saying their comments supporting “traditional families” with a mother and a father weren’t intended to judge the choices made by others.
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Fashion industry, retailers and the challenges faced by the gender binary
A gender binary exists in fashion, and that’s a challenge for those who don’t conform. Masculine-presenting women are often destined for boys’ departments or bad fits, while people born male who transition or simply like to dress in femme clothes sometimes don’t know what to expect in sizing or from sales clerks…
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Acclaimed ‘supermodel’ Andreja Pejic comes out as transgender
Bosnian-born supermodel Andreja Pejic, known for her striking androgyny, has come out as transgender, announcing on social media Thursday that she’s transitioned from male to female, and that doing so has saved her life. The acclaimed model, who has appeared on covers of Elle and French Vogue, announced that she..
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Unauthorized ‘Saint Laurent’ film shows YSL’s dark side
CANNES, France — His surviving partner Pierre Berge didn’t want this film to see the light of day. But on Saturday, the controversial, no-holds-barred story of one of the 20th-century’s greatest fashion designers, Yves Saint Laurent, who died in 2008, screened in competition at Cannes.
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Here’s Johnny! Clothes make the man and vice versa
SOCHI, Russia — He promised himself something the first time he ever laced up a pair of skates. It’s the same thing Johnny Weir returns to in those quiet moments most evenings, just before the TV camera’s “on-air” light flashes red. “I’m wearing makeup, a double necklace and a cream sweater,” he said. “I don’t feel an obligation to tone myself down.
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Barneys highlights lives of transgender models in spring ad campaign
NEW YORK — Barneys New York, an American retail chain of luxury department stores, has partnered with the National Center for Transgender Equality and the New York LGBT Community Center to feature the lives and stories of 17 transgender models and their family members as part of its Spring advertising campaign.