Avie Acosta
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Avie Acosta is a genderqueer American former fashion model.[5] Acosta was signed as a trans woman to Wilhelmina Models amid what The New York Times described as growing visibility for transgender models in fashion.[4][6] At the Fall 2017 New York Fashion Week, Acosta walked for Marc Jacobs in a diverse casting that also included transgender models Stav Strashko and Casil McArthur.[6][7][8]
Early life
Acosta grew up in Edmond, Oklahoma, and worked at a sports bar in Oklahoma City.[1] They[lower-alpha 1] changed their name to Avie and began hormone treatments while still in Oklahoma.[1] They moved to New York City at 19.[1]
Career
Acosta was photographed by Ethan James Green for Teen Vogue in 2016[9] and appeared in Green's book Young New York.[10] Acosta was discovered at a Marc Jacobs party in New York,[2] and was signed by Wilhelmina Models. In June 2016, they were the only transgender woman in Wilhelmina's men's division, while fellow trans models, including Hari Nef and Andreja Pejić, were signed to women's divisions.[1][2]
Acosta has walked for Baja East,[1] Eckhaus Latta,[1] Gogo Graham,[1] Hood By Air,[1] Marc Jacobs,[6] Moschino,[3] Philipp Plein,[11] Random Identities,[3] Christian Siriano;[12] has been photographed for Candy,[13] CR Fashion Book,[14] Document Journal,[15] Interview,[16] Lampoon (Italy),[1] Paper,[17] Purple,[1] Schön!,[18] and Vogue Portugal;[19] and modeled in campaigns for Dr. Martens[20] and Philipp Plein.[21]
Views
Acosta believes that clothing itself has no gender.[1] They called media coverage that focuses on trans people's gender identity "crass" and said, "Fashion is not going to liberate anyone's gender—that's within yourself."[22]
Notes
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Hyland, Véronique (June 29, 2016). "The New Model Who's Making Gender Irrelevant". The Cut. New York.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Dresden, Hilton (June 9, 2016). "Non-Binary Model Avie Acosta Is the Next Face of High Fashion". Out.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Spitznagel, Eric (January 25, 2020). "Generation Z Is Bigger Than Millennials – And They're Out to Change the World". New York Post.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Hyland, Véronique (June 27, 2016). "Uncommon Models". New York. Vol. 49 no. 13. pp. 50–55.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Colyar, Brock (June 20, 2022). "They, Then and Now". The Cut. Vol. 55 no. 13. New York.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Krueger, Alyson (March 3, 2017). "Transgender Models Find a Home". The New York Times.
- ↑ McCarthy, Lauren; Parklee, Biel (March 8, 2017). "The Women of the Fall 2017 Runways Were More Diverse Than Ever". W.
- ↑ Cooney, Samantha (March 13, 2017). "Fashion Shows This Season Were Slightly More Diverse". Time.
- ↑ Marzec, Kirby (May 25, 2016). "10 Portraits of New York City's Most Fabulous LGBT Kids". Teen Vogue.
- ↑ Green, Ethan James (2019). Young New York. Aperture. ISBN 978-1-59711-454-7. Search this book on
- ↑ Silver, Jocelyn (February 11, 2018). "A spaceship, a robot & a Migos performance at Philipp Plein's latest show". Dazed.
- ↑ Peoples, Landon (September 10, 2017). "At Christian Siriano, a Lesson in Inclusivity". Refinery29.
- ↑ Blanks, Tim (December 15, 2016). "Hari Nef and Luis Venegas on Candy, a Love Letter to Trans Beauty". Business of Fashion.
- ↑ Klein, Steven (Spring–Summer 2019). "Deviating from Gender". CR Fashion Book. No. 14.
- ↑ "Outdoor Uproar". Document Journal. October 18, 2016.
- ↑ Enamorado, Miguel (April 18, 2018). "Posture Makes Perfect". Interview. p. 46.
- ↑ Monroe, Ian David (July 6, 2017). "Avie Acosta Doesn't Limit Herself with Labels". Paper.
- ↑ Hoffman, Tim (July 5, 2018). "Love + obsession". Schön!.
- ↑ Le, An (April 2017). "Icons". Vogue Portugal.
- ↑ Thorpe, Lucy (April 3, 2020). "Dr. Martens Questions What It Means to Be Tough in New Campaign". Highsnobiety.
- ↑ "Former detainee Jeremy Meeks strikes a pose for Philipp Plein". FashionNetwork. June 12, 2017.
- ↑ Chan, Lauren; Schallon, Lindsay (February 16, 2017). "Meet 6 People Pushing to Make Fashion Week More Inclusive". Glamour.
External links
- Beauty in All – Avie Acosta on YouTube by Lavoisier Clemente
- "Alive and Proud" by Acosta for PopSugar
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