Tuesday, January 25, 2011

As the theme from 1964's Goldfinger poured into the room

Introducing the new "It" model, Andrej Pejic...the "It" Male model, rather.   With long, wavy, blond hair and feminine features, the 19-year-old Serbian is in high demand this season.  He's been recently seen on the runways of John Galliano and Paul Smith, and now Jean Paul Gaultier.

Gaultier's recent Paris Fashion Week show, was supposedly based on famous movie spy, James Bond.  But Gaultier provided James Bond with a twist.  As the models emerged, the "Bonds" started dropped hints they were perhaps more sexually ambiguous than Sean Connery originally let us believe.

Fishnet tights and garter belts holding knives peeked out from under the menswear.  The backs of the suit jackets bore a web of peek-a-boo cutouts.  Tuxedo coats were paired with leggings, all in the name of fashion and art.

As the theme from 1964's Goldfinger poured into the room, Pejic appeared as a blend of James Bond and one of the many Bond girls.  He wore a revealing fur vest, packing a pistol of pure gold.  Gender-bending has long been Gaultier's calling card.  Many of us were introduced to the designer in the '90s during Madonna's famous Blonde Ambition tour.  During the tour, we saw male dancers dressed in the famous "cone bra", structured suits, with a bondage theme.

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