Female model Elliot Sailors recently joined the ranks of women experimenting with their “masculine side” by cutting her hair short and switching to modeling Ford’s menswear collections. As this Salon article noted, “The collective fascination with Sailors reveals how transgressive it still is for a heterosexual woman to project a masculine identity.”

Watch her transformation here:

There’s also a great slideshow of photos of Sailors in “before” and “after” her transition – and as she notes, dressing differently has changed both her own behavior and that of others. Of course she’s not the only woman who has cut her hair short and suddenly been treated differently (I experienced the same thing when I was an angsty seventeen-year-old and shaved my head), but it’s particularly interesting to see it manifest in a model – a special type of extraordinary human who brings out ideal standards of beauty, in either gender. (Or both?)

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Casey Legler is another woman who models men’s clothing:

And read what she has to say about it in this Guardian article.

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Another woman breaking gender barriers is Swedish model Erica Linder, who has also appeared in both male and female fashion:

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And for some regular people: a list of 100 Dapper Lasses – in every size, shape, race, sexual orientation and/or gender identity you could hope for. Including Ellen, Britney Griner, Rachel Maddow, and lots of stylish tomboys you’ve never heard of.

Here is author Lizzie Garrett Mettler talking about her book Tomboy Style and some of the ladies who paved the way for girls who preferred to dress like boys: