Leandra Medine Quotes

I like that I have a boyish figure, because I love wearing men's suits.

I always wear something slightly masculine.

I wear menswear all the time. I don't do anything to make myself look more feminine. I naturally look and am more feminine.

I believe that anything can be for men or women. I mean, I've worn a lace dress before!

There's something about being a woman and being able to dress up in men's clothing, so to speak.

Honestly, I like everything, boyish girls, girlish boys, the heavy and the skinny.

There is a certain androgyny to my appeal.

Virginia Woolf said that writers must be androgynous. I'll go a step further. You must be bisexual.

Being pretty... I'm just confused about it. I mean, I love getting my nails done, but I also like dressing like a boy. I think I feel most myself when I'm mixing femininity and masculinity. Like, fifty-fifty.

I quite like androgyny.

I've never felt stigmatized in my profession, nor have I allowed myself to. I don't feel either male or female, I feel I am just me, and I should be able to do whatever I like.

I grew up in a commune where no one considered me female, particularly.

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.

I was the kid growing up who would play with G.I. Joes in a pink dress and then run off to play with my Barbies. It doesn't mean that I'm less girly, it just means that I have this other side of me. It's kinda cool to be a little bit of both, I think.

I had always been a really peculiar child. My mom would tell you I grew up roughing it with the boys and playing with action figures and toy cars and stuff, but I also had an Easy Bake Oven... I find it amazing that in a really weird way, people are mad that they can't figure out my gender.

I was a regular little boy who also enjoyed things that girls did.

I am very gender fluid and feel more like I wake up every day sort of gender neutral. I cop a fair bit of flack for going from 'such a babe to such a boy.'

My friends would howl if I claimed I was androgynous - I'm not tall enough!

I think I've always had that struggle my whole life, of feeling a little bit more gender-neutral, feeling more comfortable as a creative person when I'm dressed like a boy, when I'm dressed more masculine.

I didn't know there were options like gender neutral or gender fluid. I later realized you could be a girl and dress like a guy.

I never thought of myself as either a woman or a man. I thought of myself as a person who was born to a writer, who was doomed to be a writer.

Hedi Slimane told me I was boyish in his eyes. For him femininity and masculinity are the same thing, the difference is not so interesting, he said.

I do feel like I'm at ease in my own skin when I find an androgynous balance.

I'm utterly androgynous, and I truly love it. It's been part of my identity for so long. I've never been that pretty girl, and I wouldn't want to be.

I guess professionally I've left my gender open to artistic interpretation.