Agender fashion is already a reality, so much so that many brands present collections for all genders on the catwalks in Brazil and around the world. But how about meeting people who make fashion, whether it’s a stylist, like stylist Isa Isaac Silva, the make-up artist MaxiWeber and models. These are people fleeing the stigma of being trans-only. On the contrary, everyone’s personal talents are applied in their professions, without being trans first.
Indeed, this is exactly what society needs to understand and assimilate. It took some people a long time to truly declare themselves trans, as makeup artist Maxi Weber recently told in an exclusive interview with “Them on the Red Carpet”, in which he recounted that he had begun to undergo a gender transition at the age of 16/17, but at the time he had backed down because his family and the market had not accepted him. Today, having reached the age of 50, he has decided to make the transition again.
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Approaching a trans person as a professional on an equal footing with everyone else is the way society needs to go. And the fashion world has shown that yes, it is possible. We have selected 8 professionals who are exercising their skills and are opening the doors for others to come. Their examples serve as a reflection in the month of LGBTQIA+ awareness, whose parade takes place this Sunday (11), in São Paulo.
Isaac Silva
Bahian designer Isa Isaac Silva made her debut at SPFW in October 2019, presenting a show with total white looks and total black models, still calling herself Isaac Silva, the name of her brand. She today she has already incorporated her Isa into her her name, although she has said in interviews that she has always felt like a woman.
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One of the most irritated names in current fashion, he has already collaborated with major brands, such as Havaianas and Vista Magalu, by Magazine Luiza, and C&A. With the slogan “Believe in Your Axé”, Isa Isaac Silva creates disruptive, activist and necessary fashion. And he has already done shows extolling the power of LGBTQIA +. Isa Isaac Silva goes beyond what he shows on the catwalk. He also employs trans people to make his pieces of him. “The brand is fulfilling another dream of being able to have suppliers, a workforce made up of trans women and men with sewing workshops to meet our demand and that of other companies as well,” she said in an interview with “Elas no Carpete Vermelho”. , last year.
MaxiWeber
The talent of beauty artist Maxi Weber has been known for years, backstage at fashion shows, in editorials and on magazine covers. But until recently you were known only to Max Weber. For some months now she has been reaffirming her gender transition on her social networks and in her public appearances.
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In an interview with “Them on the Red Carpet” he said that today he feels able and free to assume this identity, as he had tried it as a young man and decided to transform himself again. “Today I am independent. In fact I have been for a while, but now I have more time for myself.” And he added that today he feels “beautiful, light and loose, warmer”.
Ôda Cairu
Born in the Cairu archipelago, Bahia, 23-year-old trans Ôda Cairu was the second most runway model in the last SPFW, walking the runway 9 times. She has seen her life suddenly change after being revealed from the modeling contest “Look of the Year”, in 2020. Before her runway routine, she worked as a waitress in her hometown, eventually becoming a JOY Management bet.
“I am a transvestite, black, I lived in a reception center for LGBTQIA+ people in Salvador. Gender identity, sexuality, racial emancipation and social issues cross me, mark the composition of my story,” he said . She has walked for Isaac Silva, Ponto Firme, Martins, Apartamento 03, LED, The Paradise, Silvério, Greg Joey and David Lee.
Cecilia Gama
Former psychology student Cecília Gama, 22, was the winner of the first reality show discovering trans models “Born for Fashion”, from Channel E! Entertainment, which is hosted by Lais Ribeiro. The second season is in production and is expected to debut in 2024.
The girl has seen her life transform. She now lives in London, she is building a modeling career abroad, she has already shown at London and Paris fashion weeks, but she remembers that there is still a lot to fight for. “We live in a society that binds our bodies to a marginalized image,” she said in an exclusive interview with “Elas no Carpet Vermelho”.
Gabriella Gambina
Gabrielle Gambine, transgender model and actress, is the protagonist of “Jasmine”, with a forecast for release in the second half. Roberta Close’s niece also plays the title character of the storyline. “Jasmine is a charismatic, strong and determined artist,” she says.
At 23, he uses fashion and acting on TV and in the cinema as platforms for inclusion and respect for trans and transvestite people: “There is still a long way to go in the fight against prejudice, thinking about the importance of mental health and what we can do to unite, support and bring more and more progress in the job market, with more opportunities for trans people. It’s urgent,” says she, who is also an artist and recently posed for men’s swimwear brand blue from Rio de Janeiro.
Sam Port
Sam Port, of Way Model, is already an expert figure on the SPFW catwalks, so much so that he walked for several brands in the last edition. He was the first trans man to show at SPFW, in 2019. In October of that year, he walked the Cavalera runway with “Respeito Trans” written on his back. Born in Brasilia, the model won the parade record holder in the SPFW N48 edition. Prior to his success in fashion, he worked as a tattoo artist and studied graphic design.
She’s posed for award-winning photographer Mario Testino, starred on the digital cover of Vogue, and appeared in fashion editorials for publications such as Marie Claire and Made in Brazil, among others. Her outstanding performance reverberated in vehicles around the world, such as the Washington Post, which gave prominence to the neotop.
Leah T
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Model Lea T (Leandra Cerezo), daughter of footballer Toninho Cerezo, was one of the first to open the doors of international fashion to Brazilian women when she debuted in the Givenchy campaign, led by her friend and stylist Riccardo Tisci, of whom she is assistant was.style, in 2010, the year in which he also made a nude photo shoot for the French magazine Vogue. In late 2014, under a contract with Redken, she became the first transgender woman to front a cosmetics company.
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Today, 43 years old, he lives in Italy. In addition to Givenchy, you have done numerous fashion shows around the world and in Brazil. In 2019 you walked the catwalk for the Água de Coco brand in São Paulo and gave an interview to “Them on the Red Carpet”: “It’s hard to give advice to trans women. I’ve asked myself many times what I could say and I’ve always gotten more from them. I’ve learned a lot from them. I know my successes, but what to say to a girl in total vulnerability? And ‘ incoherent to say ‘come on’, I prefer to talk to cisgender people (who effectively identify with their birth gender). We need to start reflecting on the subject, identifying ourselves with the pain of others. Empathic discourse is important to begin reproducing love in these communities.”
Valentina Sampaio
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If Lea T was one of the first to break international barriers, Valentina Sampaio broke everything. She was the first trans model to grace the cover of french fashionfirst trans model to sign for Victoria’s Secret, first trans model to pose for the magazine Sports illustrated. Yes, the first trans model to occupy spaces hitherto closed to them. “I hope these labels no longer exist. We are all human beings, regardless of anything, including our sexual status,” she said in an interview with “them on the red carpet”in 2016, between one show and another at the 42nd edition of São Paulo Fashion Week.
“The road hasn’t been easy, prejudice keeps killing us, so every step is a big win for all of us. Brazil is a beautiful country, but it still has the largest number of violent crimes and murders against the trans community in the entire world.” world. Being trans often means facing closed doors in people’s hearts and minds,” she said on another occasion.
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