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"A male model is the talk of the womenswear shows at London fashion week. So why is a man gaining plaudits for modelling women's clothes?

A svelte blonde standing over 6ft with cascading platinum hair, dewy skin, lush lips and chiselled cheekbones, Andrej Pejic is not untypical of the models strutting the catwalk for womenswear labels, except in one respect.

Pejic is a man.

His look is quite the opposite of the lantern-jawed, muscled men that often pose for advertisements and glossy magazine covers. Indeed, for the layman who has not heard of the striking model it's undeniably difficult to even spot he is a man.

And in fashion's world of gender ambiguity, he is quickly emerging as an "it" face."...........................

"But how can a man pull off this role?

"Andrej is obviously beautiful and he has the most amazing figure. When you consider that a lot of designers are designing for this impossible ideal for someone who is 5ft 11in, no hips and no chest," says the Daily Telegraph's fashion director Hilary Alexander.

Pejic has captivated designers, with his build regarded as nearly perfect for modelling high fashion looks.

Couture wear is made for the tall, twiggy and flat bodies that most women, even models, don't have. Essentially, the clothing is quite suitable for a lean man or even a boy.

Despite the model's convincing femininity, Pejic has also walked in fashion shows for men's collections."

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Personally I'm not sure I agree with this. It's not because he's a man as such but because it's putting even more pressure on women to try and obtain a "perfect look" which to be truthful is based on a lean man/boy's figure. As a percentage how many women are that tall, with a flat chest and no hips?

Perhaps the Designer is hoping to cash in the trans-sexual market???

It has been said that a number of male designers in the past, don't/didn't actually 'like' women and the female form. Maybe this designer is being true to themselves? Or alternatively, they are trying to move back to the androgenious ideal. What is considered beautiful does change through the eras, so nothing new.

Hopefully, females with an image/eating problem will realise that it is impossible to achieve that shape.......because he *is* of the opposite gender!