Is fashion finally broadening it's mind?

With stick thin, 6 ft tall, boyish figured models being the norm in the fashion industry, it's good to be finally seeing some diversity! The industry seems to be embracing the weird and wonderful with open arms, with designers wanting a unique model for their shows.

Rick Genest, aka Zombie Boy is one of the more peculiar to grace the catwalk. He is a thirty two year old man entirely covered by tattoos that resemble a rotting corpse. He rose to fame when Lady Gaga's fashion director Nicola Formichetti discovered him. Since then he has featured in the new Mugler Autumn/Winter mens collection, even headlining the collection on their website. Then with Gaga's backing, actually walked the catwalk for the menswear collection, and alongside Gaga herself for the womenswear collection.Since then he has appeared in numerous big title fashion magazines




He was even featured in Gaga's video for 'Born this way'.




Another anomaly to join the modelling world is the transexual Brazilian model Lea T. She was discovered by Givenchy's senior designer and became the face of Givenchy in late 2010. She has since modelled for many other designers and has been featured in Vogue Paris amongst many other titles, and was even the cover star of Love magazine alongside Kate Moss.








And again, gender truly isn't an in issue in the case of Serbian Australian model Andrej Pejic, as he models both male and female clothing due to his strong androgenous look. In Paris fashion week 2011, he walked both the men's and women's shows for Jean-Paul Gaultier. He also was weirdly voted no. 98 in FHM magazine's 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2011!





Can't believe how womanly they have been able to make him look here.



And now last but not least of the new faces, of maybe a less predujiced industry, is Charlotte Free with her amazing pink hair. I think i am in love with this girl! I think she deserves some of the credit for the beautiful array of bright barnet's out there at the moment (I personally went for a turquoise dip dye..it didn't go too great haha). The nineteen yeard old American has earnt incredible success in such a short period. She caught the eye of Vivienne Westwood and has been unstoppable ever since. I first noticed her on the cover of Wonderland, and it's crazy how much i wanted to buy the magazine just because of her striking image on the front.






Modelling for Westwood




She's even the new face of Forever 21