Givenchy Puts Transsexual Model In Fall Ad Campaign (PHOTOS)

Givenchy's Riccardo Tisci has cast a transsexual model in the fashion house's fall-winter ad campaign, WWD reports. Lea T., formerly known as Leo, is also Tisci's longtime personal assistant and former fit model.

Tisci said, "She's always been very feminine: superfragile, very aristocratic." He added that including a transgendered person in his campaign illustrates the "masculine-feminine dichotomy" he is now known for.

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[kittenboots]

01:41 PM on 05/30/2010

I meant to say lose, not love.

[caad4]

06:46 PM on 05/10/2010

Awesome and HOT!!!

[JonB2057]

11:04 AM on 05/10/2010

@cjk002

"Not all transgenders are like the ones you see on Jerry Springer, who go on the show to reveal to the person they have been dating that they have been deceiving them about their gender."

The last part of the above comment (deceiving them about their gender), is what I base my response on. If that is what you want to do with your life in this society, more power to you. The fact that one will go to such lengths in an attempt to be something that they never will be, is deceiving. My thing about it is, why does the rest of society need to know of such a personal issue?

[cmugs]

12:52 PM on 05/09/2010

androgyny = hot x a billion. awesome.

[marlalovestyler]

07:28 PM on 05/08/2010

What a sexy ad.

[Michele Himmel]

08:13 AM on 05/08/2010

What? Not a plus sized trannny?

[Pema]

01:14 PM on 05/08/2010

please explain i am sure you didnt mean plus size models are trannys.

[mollygos]

07:07 PM on 05/08/2010

I'm fairly sure she was making a joke about how all the designers are starting to use plus-sized models. It's becoming "trendy". Now Givenchy's using a transexual model.

[sulalives]

01:57 AM on 05/08/2010

strong and lovely ads...was I suppose to say something else...

[Very Berry]

08:41 PM on 05/07/2010

Hot.

[CreativeKitty]

06:05 PM on 05/07/2010

Lea T., The TRANSSEXUAL Model is in the lower photo. She is wearing the white feathered top (confirmed by other websites) And she is beautiful!

[Art Dodger]

11:54 PM on 05/08/2010

Thank you CreativeKitty for identifying Lea T. I think that was the weak point of the article. As to some of the other comments, yes why not models that are transsexuals and plus-sizes, and all colors and all shapes? Then they would (oh my gawd) look like a diverse group of people!

[Tulka2]

05:23 PM on 05/07/2010

Gender is a bell curve. My prediction is as we relax about gender, we shall find the people out at the extreme of both ends of the curve are fewer in number than the people in the middle.

[samknox]

06:49 PM on 05/07/2010

Not to pick nits, but that's true by definition. There are always fewer at the ends of the curve.

[Tulka2]

09:07 PM on 05/07/2010

Well, of course you get it, you're a border collie.

[GrownupStewie]

05:19 PM on 05/07/2010

I cant find the transexual....im sorry they all look transexual...

[Tulka2]

05:24 PM on 05/07/2010

That's sort of the point, cowboy.

[pinkeyelemonade]

05:03 PM on 05/07/2010

OKAY, I've sent my replies, now time for my official stance: Yippee!

[spudnic]

04:51 PM on 05/07/2010

Crappy "article" Huffpo. Would it kill you to indicate exactly WHICH model is being discussed? They ALL look like they could go either way. Just sayin'

[pinkeyelemonade]

04:57 PM on 05/07/2010

C'mon. It's pretty obvious.

[Tulka2]

05:25 PM on 05/07/2010

No it's not "obvious". That's the point. They walk amongst us, right? I'm not afraid.

[JonB2057]

05:02 PM on 05/07/2010

@spudnic

This is what happens when androgyny, is seen as beauty.

[Tulka2]

05:28 PM on 05/07/2010

Transgendered people have often been living gods in many cultures and throughout history. It's only when there's a lot of pressure for breeders that they are forced underground. Now that there are plenty of people walking the planet....? Expect less pressure to hide.

[rbryanh]

10:24 PM on 05/07/2010

Androgyny causes superfluous commas?

[falco]

04:37 PM on 05/07/2010

Imprints on your psyche. What about our children? Is this the world you want them thinking exists? I'm sure these designers are also behind the torture campaign on women's feet.

[pinkeyelemonade]

05:01 PM on 05/07/2010

What about them? News to me that it harms a child to photograph a person for being his/herself within the fashion industry. 'Sides, don't see too many tots attempting to choose between Hilights and Vogue from off the coffee table, only to settle for sinking their teeth into the latest celebrity gossip and makeup bargains. If they see it by accident, well then, gasp, must be social progress.

[marianproletarian]

07:20 PM on 05/07/2010

Ha, seriously. My 3-year-old son loves to dress as (be) a girl, but it's not because he's seen Givinchy ads, but because he's seen...girls!

[samknox]

06:51 PM on 05/07/2010

What about the children?!

Oh, the humanity...

[killerbarbie]

04:09 PM on 05/07/2010

Congratulations for this beatiful and courageous advertisement...Europe is much more advanced in Gay and Trans rights and visibility than US will be in a century...really a pity!

[cef911f1]

10:22 PM on 05/07/2010

Europe is much more advanced, period. But, in our defense, they have been around a lot longer.