Time Features Female Male Model
The internet is buzzing about “Male Models: The Female of the Species,” a Time.com article featuring Casey Legler.
Legler, who identifies as a female, is signed to work EXCLUSIVELY as a male model with Ford Models. While androgyny and gender-bending are not new to the fashion world, it is rare that a female model is placed exclusively on an agency’s male model roster.
via thegloss.com
via Tetu
Here’s her video interview with Time.
Dec 02, 2012 @ 10:13:07
I think she’s adorable. But why do they call her a “male” model? She models men’s clothing. But she’s not male or “male.” She’s a woman modeling clothing made for men for a male consumer. Great. I applaud. But I don’t applaud the laziness of calling her “male”
Dec 11, 2012 @ 08:19:53
when on earth would they start making men’s clothing for women?
it’s high time fashion went androgynous all the way
i’m so tired of having to stick with clothes for teen boys
Jan 04, 2013 @ 03:56:41
@yuki I would be so down with that, and even better if they didn’t have to call it “men’s” or “women’s” maybe FAAB & MAAB or just different cuts, but that seems like far too radical a thing so I’d be down with them just making the same stuff in “women’s” haha. I’m 5’1″ and absolutely nothing for men fits me. It makes me wonder what short cis men do actually…