A Broady boy called to the bra - that's the beauty of it

IN MAY, Melbourne model Andrej Pejic was voted one of the world's sexiest women by readers of a men's magazine. In October, he wore a Versace pencil skirt to meet the Queen. Last week, he became the poster boy (or girl) for a new push-up bra, posing in a frock that clung to his meagre assets.

A Broady boy called to the bra - that's the beauty of it Pejic_imagelalalala-200x0

A Broady boy called to the bra - that's the beauty of it Pejic_imagelalalala-200x0

Pejic is beautiful, mysterious and smart. It's impossible not to savour his story - a Bosnian-born refugee, raised in Broadmeadows, discovered working at McDonald's - or his sly wit. ''I don't get out of bed for less than $50 a day,'' he told New York magazine.

But what are women to make of this sylphlike man who models clothes made for them? Is he an extreme example of high fashion's chronic denial of the female body shape? Or might we read Pejic as a subversive presence, highlighting the artifice of an industry that lives to provoke?

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A Broady boy called to the bra - that's the beauty of it

A Broady boy called to the bra - that's the beauty of it

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