close
The Wayback Machine - https://web.archive.org/web/20150418090656/http://ikranm.blogspot.com/2013_11_01_archive.html

Friday, 29 November 2013

Cover woman of stature

To get on the cover of magazine one has to be the following. A model, actress, singer or someone who is famous for being famous.
ImageSo it is great when magazine puts someone such as France's Minister of Justice Christiane Taubira.
Christiane is force to be recong with who has fought for human rights and has law named after her. Taubira Law was the result of Christianne's fight for  marriage equality. Image
ImageElle France did incredible thing by putting her on the cover of magazine. This great message their readers. Moroccan descendant Rachida Dati was France's first female Minister of Justice. Image
Image Rachida and IMF Head Christine Lagarde 

Wednesday, 6 November 2013

Next step in evolution

ImageCarmen Carrera, the curvy transgender model was once contestant in RuPauls' Drag Race season 3.ImageImageImageSince the show, the transgender model has been evolving both in body and career.
 ImageCarmen has gone from being contestant on RuPaul's DragRace to appearing in W magazine's Show Girl editorial shot by Steven Meisel with Linda EvangelistaThe Libertine Magazine.'Show Girl' .Carmen Carrera, Linda Evangelista And Others By Steven Meisel For W Magazine . September 2013. 91Image
 The Libertine Magazine.'Show Girl' .Carmen Carrera, Linda Evangelista And Others By Steven Meisel For W Magazine . September 2013. 2The Libertine Magazine.'Show Girl' .Carmen Carrera, Linda Evangelista And Others By Steven Meisel For W Magazine . September 2013. 4 to walking  the catwalk for Marco Marco showImage.  And now fans of the model are hoping  for her to make history on the catwalk of upcoming Victoria's Secret show. As there is a petition on change.org.
 If Victoria's Secrets picks Carmen for the their show she would become the first transgender model to walk for the lingerie giants.
Image
Carmen isn't the only Transgender model around. 
ImageIn fact most famous of them is Caroline Tula Cossey.
ImageCaroline appeared on PlayboyImage Imageand was Bond girl in  For your eyes onlyImage 
Her autobiography I am woman inspired Ines RauImage
Andrej Pejic
ImageBosnian/Serbian Andrej Pejic is one most  of the famous models and most famous transgender model around. Andrej's successful modeling career has taken her to the Imagecatwalks, cover of magazines.
ImageImageImageImageImageAndrej PejicImageImage
ImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImageAnd has fronted campaigns for the likes Jean Paul Gaultier, Silvian Heach, Marc by Marc Jacobs and Duras Ambien.
ImageAndrej PejicImageAndrej Pejic
And was a video girl in David Bowie music video with fellow androgynous model Saskia de Brauw and legend Tilda Swinton.Image Andrej also controversially fronted an pushup bra for Dutch retail store company Hema 
 Image
                                    Lea T (Tisci)
ImageBrazilian Lea T is another hugely successful transgender model who has fronted campaigns for Givenchy. 
ImageLea is one of Riccardo's muses,Riccardo encouraged her to be a model. 
She is regular fixture on Givenchy shows.ImageImage
Apart from Givenchy,Lea has also fronted campaigns for Philipp Plein with Terry Richardson, United Colors of Benetton. ImageImageImage
ImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImage
INES RAU
ImageFrench North African descended Ines Rau is another transgender model doing well in world of fashion. The newcomer just did a racy photoshoot with Tyson Beckford for French magazine Image
ImageImageImage
Image