Christopher Horne
The first mainstream transgender mannequin, Tracey “Africa” Norman, was hand-picked in 1971 by Irving Penn at a casting name for Italian Vogue. From there, Norman walked for homes like Balenciaga and signed contracts with manufacturers like Clairol and Avon. Her future in vogue appeared boundless—however when she was outed as a transgender lady, the work disappeared. Despite the prejudice proven towards Norman at the peak of her profession, the vogue world has lengthy maintained shut ties with the LGBTQ+ neighborhood. Some of the trade’s largest leaders have had transgender muses: Stephen Sprouse labored carefully with Teri Toye in the ’80s, Thierry Mugler with Connie Fleming in the ’90s, and Jean Paul Gaultier with Roberta Close, additionally in the ’90s.
Today, trans fashions grace the runways with out anybody blinking a watch. Hunter Schafer, initially a runway mannequin, now boasts a starring function on the hit HBO present Euphoria. This summer time, Valentina Sampaio grew to become the first transgender mannequin to grace the cowl of Sports Illustrated. Andreja Pejić, who walked catwalks in Paris as early as 2011, helped pave the approach for them each. Ahead, a few of the trans fashions poised to change into family names—if they don’t seem to be already.
Valentina Sampaio
To grace the cowl of Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit concern is an honor. To be the first trans mannequin to take action is historic. The Brazilian mannequin has walked for Victoria’s Secret and been featured on the covers of magazines like Vogue Paris and L’officel. She has additionally been the face of magnificence manufacturers together with L’Oreal, Marc Jacobs, and Dior.
Lea T
Having graced the covers of the Italian editions of Vogue, Grazia, and Glamour, this Brazilian-born magnificence who calls Riccardo Tisci her BFF is one in every of the most nicely-identified trans fashions on the market. When talking with Love in 2011, the mannequin mentioned, “When I first started taking hormones I remember being in the bathroom crying..I was thinking, No one will give me a job; how am I going to do this?”
Hunter Schafer
A fan favourite on the hit HBO present Euphoria, the mannequin-turned-actress has been featured on the covers of V, Dazed, and Paper. She has additionally walked for designers together with Dior, Miu Miu, and Rick Owens. When talking to the New York Times about gender as an idea, she mentioned: “Earlier in my transition, I think I relied on a vantage point of the world that was very close to the gender binary and was only able to be myself in the gender-binary viewpoint. And as I’ve learned more about my community and come to understand gender as a spectrum, and the gender binary as something that’s nonexistent and a construct and a product of colonialism, I have sort of let go of the idea that I need to do the one or the other—and just let myself be.”
Fabiana Gomez
A small-city woman, Gomez has mentioned she was hardly ever uncovered to queer folks rising up. In her adolescence, she found vogue and commenced modeling. Now she volunteers at an LGBTQ+ homeless youth heart, works with numerous organizations to help younger queers of coloration, and speaks at conventions about AIDS and trans rights.
Rue Charlotte
This 5’10”, 22-year-previous magnificence was born in Berkhamsted, England, and presently lives in London. She’s walked in exhibits for Rick Owens and Vivienne Westwood. The budding starlet is enthusiastic about drawing and writing, citing Sylvia Plath and Haruki Murakami as inspirations.
Jari Jones
The latest face on that famed Houston Street billboard, Jari Jones starred in the 2020 Calvin Klein Pride marketing campaign. On Instagram, she wrote: “It has been such an honor and pleasure to sit in my most authentic self and present imagery of a body that far to often has been demonized, harassed, made to feel ugly and unworthy and even killed.”
Teddy Quinlivan
In 2015, Nicolas Ghesquière found Quinlivan. Since then, Quinlivan has walked for Fendi, Chloe, and Marc Jacobs. Speaking to Elle in 2018, the mannequin mentioned, “Transitioning isn’t just a matter of growing out your hair, wearing heels, and piercing your ears. Taking hormones affects your mood; it’s like being born again. It changes not only the way you look but the way you see the world. While my career was taking off—I was signed when I was 22—I was going through a lot emotionally. All of a sudden, I was acting like a prepubescent girl. And since I was concealing my identity, no one understood. So about a year ago, I decided to come out to my bookers, Michael and Pedja. They had no clue. Telling them opened their eyes and helped them better understand my situation. I realized I was ready to tell the world.”
Nathan Westling
Nathan has walked for designers together with Marc Jacobs, Michael Kors, and Helmut Lang. In an interview with Vogue, the mannequin commented on his transition, saying, “It wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows in the beginning. My first two months of the transition were tough, and it wasn’t until I started to see physical changes that aligned with…my mental state that I finally woke up and [started] living. I’m happy. I can’t even imagine going back to how I was before because it’s just darkness.”
Laith Ashley
Ashley, who studied psychology at Fairfield University in Connecticut, was the face of a Barney’s marketing campaign and has labored with Bruce Weber. When talking to Vogue Paris about his transition, the mannequin mentioned, “I didn’t know what transgender was until I was 19 years old. However, at 4 or 5 years old I just knew there was something different about me.”
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