After a long wait, Issue 15 of Luis Venegas’s C☆NDY TRANSVERSAL is now available for pre-order.
C☆NDY TRANSVERSAL is considered to be the first and only style and fashion magazine currently, to focus on celebrating transgender and gender-nonconforming people. The first edition dropped in 2009, and since that time C☆NDY has been shining a spotlight on the trans and nonbinary luminaries who aren’t celebrated enough by the mainstream queer press. This year’s issue is no exception when it comes to spotlighting many transgender models fashion designers and drag artists challenging those traditional gender norms we’ve come to loathe.
On the main cover of this year’s edition is the iconic Warhol Superstar Candy Darling, from which the magazine’s namesake comes, photographed in 1971.
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True to C☆NDY fashion, this issue features 14 alternate covers, all of which feature different models including fluid British actor Tilda Swinton. Swinton had previously modeled for them back in 2012 for issue 4 of C☆NDY and in this edition, the Academy Award-winning Actor pays homage to in her cover shoot for this year’s edition as she is seen holding her previous cover, showing off that vibrant fiery look from 12 years ago. Other star models include Spanish trans-actress Bibiana Fernandez, and transgender model Hunter Pifer. The magazine itself is around 370 pages and is considered a Limited Edition.
Often we don’t see much high fashion representation of transgender people, and it’s nice to see that a transgender fashion magazine with the same glossiness as Vogue or Vanity Fair has found a way to exist. We’re starting to see more representation slowly inch its way into the mainstream world of fashion and beauty with models like Hunter Schafer and Alex Consani. I hope this trend continues to grow as I would love to see more publications like C☆NDY TRANSVERSAL become available and have the chance to find an even bigger audience.
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