Back in May, WWD reported that Givenchy’s fall ad campaign has cast a transgender model. Designer Ricardo Tisci cast his personal assistant Lea T.,”a Brazilian with delicate features previously known as Leo, appears alongside an ethnically diverse range of faces in the spots.” Tisci says: “She’s always been very feminine: superfragile, very aristocratic. She’s part of the family.” He explained to WWD that “including a transgender person exemplifies the masculine-feminine dichotomy that has become one of his design signatures and follows coed casting for his Paris runway last March.” The were shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott.
On the heels of this, NYMag.com says that French Vogue is highlighting Lea T with a nude portrait in its July issue. She was also featured in last month’s Italian Vanity Fair.
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