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Blond. James Blond. That's who hit the runway at Jean Paul Gaultier's menswear show in Paris on Thursday. Headlining the collection was androgynous model Andrej Pejic , who walked first in an impeccably tailored suit, and then in a belted fur dress and high heels.
From the Associated Press review :
"James Bond is an icon of masculinity, so much so that he's become a sort of sex object -- just like the Bond girls he's seducing," Gaultier said in an interview after the show.
At first, Gaultier's Bond cut a dashing figure in a microfiber tuxedo, a long silken scarf draped lazily round his neck and a Walther PPK glinting menacingly from its holster.
But as the models strutted their stuff, the Bonds started dropping not-so-subtle hints they were perhaps more sexually ambiguous than the movies let on. Fishnet tights peeked out from under their slacks, and the back of their tails were a sexy web of peekaboo cutouts. Monte Carlo-ready tuxedo jackets were paired with scuba leggings made from neoprene that was perhaps a tad too clingy.
Then emerged "James Blond" in high-wattage glamour, with long platinum hair a cascade of loose curls, in vertiginous heels and a black trench, cinched at the waist with revealing nonchalance. As the "Goldfinger" theme song pulsed over the soundtrack, the blond Bond appeared again, an 18-karat icon in a revealing fur vest, packing a pistol of pure gold.
Gender-bending has long been Gaultier's calling card, but it's been a while since he's dealt such a good hand, with bravado tempered by seduction and a hefty helping of humor.
Check out the men on the runway and tell us what you think.
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