New Barneys Campaign Features Trans* Models

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Although Barneys was in hot water over racial profiling allegations several months ago, the high-end retailer is making strides in the LGBTQ community with their latest ad campaign, which features trans* models.

The series - shot in black and white by famed photographer Bruce Weber - features 17 models (some professional models, while others are students, activists, and musicians) dressed in designer duds and situated among their family members. Titled “Brothers, Sisters, Sons & Daughters," the images will be accompanied by interviews with the models sharing their personal stories regarding their lives as trans* people. “I hope that my photographs and films of these 17 new friends, who are transgender men and women, convey the respect I have for them and how I stand in awe of their courage to face the world,” Weber said.

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Andrej Pejic Makes History with ‘Elle’ Cover

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The current poster boy for the fashion world's love of androgyny, Serbian-Australian Andrej Pejic made history by becoming the first transgender model to grace the cover of a major fashion glossy. The 21 year-old appears in both masculine and feminine Jean Paul Gaultier pieces on January's Serbian Elle, which happens to be the Elle of his home country.

With the constant demand to have him appear in both womenswear and menswear, it's only a matter of time before Pejic lands a Vogue cover. Here's looking at you, Vogue Paris!

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