Posted on March 30, 2009 by sublimefemme
In her comment on my Tomboy Chic post, angiesyounglover posted a great Studio Show movie featuring the androgynous Danish model Freja Beha Erichsen. (Thanks AYL!) For me, Freja highlights the distinction between being a tomboy and being androgynous. Like Jenny Shimizu, Freja is so gender flexible that she’s almost post-gender. And yet, she really does take the risks of identifying with the [...]
Filed under: Beauty, Lesbian & Queer Genders | Tagged: androgyny, Freja Beha Erichsen, tomboy chic | 7 Comments »
Posted on March 25, 2009 by sublimefemme
I’ve always adored women in menswear or menswear-inspired clothes. (How hot does Katherine Hepburn look here? Enough said!) So of course I was pleased about the buzz for the new “tomboy chic” and the so-called “boyfriend look.” (Note to the fashion industry: Enough already with this boyfriend crap. Heterosexism is not cute.) Check out ”Tomboy Chic” in [...]
Filed under: Femme Icons, Lesbian & Queer Genders, Queer Femininity | Tagged: Annie Lennox, Katherine Hepburn, Linda Evangelista, Marlene Dietrich, tomboy chic, tomboy femmes still are the world's sexiest women | 7 Comments »
