✍ = 中文翻譯The 22-year-old (who prefers to identify with feminine pronouns) has taken a bit of a breather when it comes to her modeling career lately in order to work on a variety of other projects, one of which is her first-ever design gig: A collaboration with Sam H Snyder Design on a jewelry collection called Pejic x Snyder. The line, which includes pieces made from silver, palladium, 18k gold and platinum, was created using 3d-printing, and Pejic had a heavy hand in the design process.
“It definitely fits my aesthetic, I don’t like flashy, diamonds — it’s modern and minimal but thick and chunky,” Pejic told us over the phone on Thursday.
The small, New York-based jewelry brand approached Pejic to collaborate, and the model thought that it would be a perfect tie-in to the charity work she’s been looking to do for years. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Ali Forney Center, which is dedicated to helping homeless LGBTQ youth and providing them with medical assistance. “It’s a niche charity — I was lucky to have a very loving family, but unfortunately that’s not often the case. Kids get kicked out of their house for being who they are,” Pejic told us.
In addition to the charity work, Pejic hopes that her modeling career has been able to reach those who are struggling with their sexuality. “[My career] has helped to raise awareness of this social minority, most people don’t know what the struggles are — my goal has always been to share my story and give a human face to all of that and to show that I can be confident and anyone can be confident in being who they are,” she said. “More transgender girls have come out — in 2010 when I came out I think it did start a wave and opened some doors in the marketplace. I wouldn’t say it’s changed society — it would take a lot more to do that.”
Pejic says that while this is her first foray into the world of design, it likely won’t be her last. “It might not be pure fashion design, but I have a lot of ideas: Things that I’ve gone without or things that should be on the market but aren’t. There will more products and more branding coming from me, for sure.”
Click through to see the campaign images (starring Pejic, of course) and some pieces from the jewelry collaboration.
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22歲的他,在最近的模特生涯中做了不同的嘗試:與Sam H Snyder 合作推出 Pejic x Snyder。該生產把各種元素融合以3D列印打造而成,Pejic對飾品設計佔有很大部分。
"這是我的風格,我不喜歡鑽石般那樣浮誇,而是摩登帶點粗曠感的飾品" 上周四pejic在電話告訴我們
The small,紐約珠寶品牌與Andrej合作。他認為這是完美與慈善合作的工作,也是他多年來想做的事。 一部分的收益將會捐給Ali Forney Center,幫助無家可歸的青少年同志並提供醫療上的資源。"這是一個非營利的慈善機構-我很幸運成長在一個充滿愛的家庭,但這不是很常見的。特別是對這類的孩子,坦白做自己,卻可能面臨被趕出家門的命運。"
除了慈善工作,Pejic也希望能幫助到那些為了自己的性向而苦苦掙扎的人。"[運用我的職業生涯]幫助這個社會更加認識少數族群,大多數人都不知道那種掙扎的辛苦-我的目標是分享我的故事,讓人們瞭解,並希望人們可以勇敢的做自己,"她說。"2010年時,當我開始做模特,當時的市場還是有許多界限，現在越來越多跨性女孩出現了。我不會說社會真的改變了,但確實越來越廣泛的接受多樣性。
pejic說,雖然這是他第一次接觸設計,但不會是最後一次。"(這或許不是個時尚設計),但我有許多想法:市場上許多應該要有,卻消失的東西。我肯定會打造更多的商品和品牌。
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