Avie Acosta

Avie Acosta
Acosta in 2026
Born1996 or 1997 (age 29–30)[1][2]
Modeling information
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[3]
AgencyWilhelmina Models

Avie Acosta is an American former fashion model[1][4] who worked for such designers as Marc Jacobs, Moschino, Philipp Plein, Random Identities, and Christian Siriano,[5][6][7] and was profiled by The Cut,[1] Out,[2] and Paper.[8][9]

Acosta has consistently rejected fixed gender labels, telling Paper that "any label is a restriction".[2][8][10][9] Acosta walked in Marc Jacobs's Fall 2017 show alongside transgender models Stav Strashko and Casil McArthur in a season widely covered for its runway diversity.[11][12][13] The New York Times cited the casting as an example of transgender models having become "no longer unusual" on mainstream runways.[11]

Early life

Acosta lived in Edmond, Oklahoma, and worked at a sports bar in Oklahoma City.[1] They changed their name to Avie and began hormone treatments while still in Oklahoma.[1] They moved to New York City at 19.[1]

Career

Acosta was photographed by Ethan James Green for Teen Vogue in 2016[14] and appeared in Green's book Young New York.[15] Acosta was discovered at a Marc Jacobs party in New York and signed by Wilhelmina Models to its men's board.[a][2][1]

Acosta has walked for Gogo Graham,[1] Marc Jacobs,[11] Philipp Plein,[6] and Christian Siriano;[5] has been photographed for Candy,[16] CR Fashion Book,[17] Document Journal,[18] Interview,[19] Lampoon (Italy),[1] Purple,[1] Schön!,[20] and Vogue Portugal;[21] and modeled in campaigns for Dr. Martens[22] and Philipp Plein.[23]

Acosta has said clothing has no inherent gender,[1] and has described media coverage that focuses on trans people's gender identity as crass. They told Glamour, "Fashion is not going to liberate anyone's gender—that's within yourself."[24]

Notes

  1. ↑ Most trans women models, including Hari Nef and Andreja Pejić, were signed to women's divisions.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Hyland, Véronique (June 29, 2016). "The New Model Who's Making Gender Irrelevant". The Cut.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Dresden, Hilton (June 9, 2016). "Non-Binary Model Avie Acosta Is the Next Face of High Fashion". Out.
  3. ↑ Hyland, Véronique (June 27, 2016). "Uncommon Models". New York. Vol. 49, no. 13. pp. 50–55.
  4. ↑ Colyar, Brock (June 20, 2022). "They, Then and Now". The Cut.
  5. 1 2 Peoples, Landon (September 10, 2017). "At Christian Siriano, a Lesson in Inclusivity". Refinery29.
  6. 1 2 Silver, Jocelyn (February 11, 2018). "A spaceship, a robot & a Migos performance at Philipp Plein's latest show". Dazed.
  7. ↑ Spitznagel, Eric (January 25, 2020). "Generation Z Is Bigger Than Millennials – And They're Out to Change the World". New York Post.
  8. 1 2 Monroe, Ian David (July 6, 2017). "Avie Acosta Doesn't Limit Herself with Labels". Paper.
  9. 1 2 Rosenzweig, Mathias (June 7, 2016). "Meet the Gender Non-Conforming Model Taking the Fashion World By Storm". Paper. Archived from the original on June 8, 2016.
  10. ↑ Acosta, Avie (June 1, 2017). "Alive and Proud". PopSugar.
  11. 1 2 3 Krueger, Alyson (March 3, 2017). "Transgender Models Find a Home". The New York Times.
  12. ↑ McCarthy, Lauren; Parklee, Biel (March 8, 2017). "The Women of the Fall 2017 Runways Were More Diverse Than Ever". W.
  13. ↑ Cooney, Samantha (March 13, 2017). "Fashion Shows This Season Were Slightly More Diverse". Time.
  14. ↑ Marzec, Kirby (May 25, 2016). "10 Portraits of New York City's Most Fabulous LGBT Kids". Teen Vogue.
  15. ↑ Green, Ethan James (2019). Young New York. Aperture. ISBN 978-1-59711-454-7.
  16. ↑ Blanks, Tim (December 15, 2016). "Hari Nef and Luis Venegas on Candy, a Love Letter to Trans Beauty". Business of Fashion.
  17. ↑ Klein, Steven (Spring–Summer 2019). "Deviating from Gender". CR Fashion Book. No. 14.
  18. ↑ "Outdoor Uproar". Document Journal. October 18, 2016.
  19. ↑ Enamorado, Miguel (April 18, 2018). "Posture Makes Perfect". Interview. p. 46.
  20. ↑ Hoffman, Tim (July 5, 2018). "Love + obsession". Schön!.
  21. ↑ Le, An (April 2017). "Icons". Vogue Portugal.
  22. ↑ Thorpe, Lucy (April 3, 2020). "Dr. Martens Questions What It Means to Be Tough in New Campaign". Highsnobiety.
  23. ↑ "Former detainee Jeremy Meeks strikes a pose for Philipp Plein". FashionNetwork. June 12, 2017.
  24. ↑ Chan, Lauren; Schallon, Lindsay (February 16, 2017). "Meet 6 People Pushing to Make Fashion Week More Inclusive". Glamour.
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