Runway King Tanel Bedrossiantz

An alternative title would be Tanel Bedrossiantz x Jean Paul Gaultier . I loved him and his walk for years. Sorry for quality but I could not resist loading this. When this Frenchman—who really is tall, dark, and handsome—started modeling in the 1980s, he was the antithesis of the “Marlboro cowboys,” as he puts it, who were then the industry’s ideal males. In his heyday, Bedrossiantz had been pushing the boundaries of gender even before he took to the runways. Paolo Roversi photographed Bedrossiantz chose Tanel as a favorite model “because,” as she said, “he’s masculine and feminine.” Bedrossiantz can wear anything; his point of distinction is the way he moves, combining a sinuous saunter with a cheeky attitude, and a power pose like no other.