In a sense I portray myself in a very androgynous way, and I love androgyny.
Androgyny is not trying to manage the relationship between the opposites; it is simply flowing between them.
I think that androgyny is so amazing. Men's shows I can look at and say, 'I would wear that.' But there's things I see at Nina Ricci, and I'm like, 'They need to make that in men's,' or 'I want those pants.' Everything is inspiring.
Androgyny refers to a specific way of joining the 'masculine' and 'feminine' aspects of a single human being.
I'm in favour of hipster androgyny: Any trend that permits men to rebel against strict gender rules of appearance is going to make the world a more expressive and sensitive place for all of us.
There is a certain androgyny to my appeal.
A lot of men do have a fear of my ultra-femininity. Sometimes people say I look like a drag queen, that I look scary, but I think that's a fear of my confidence. Most women in contemporary culture pare down their femininity, so there's a slight androgyny about them, and I think men have got used to seeing that.
My style is scruffy with a touch of androgyny.
To recommend that women become identical to men, would be simple reversal, and would defeat the whole point of androgyny, and for that matter, feminism: in both, the whole point is choice.
I was born and raised in Manhattan; I didn't realize that I, in all my androgyny, was a freak to the rest of this country.