{"id":14235,"date":"2013-02-11T10:16:32","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T10:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.talentmanagement.com\/blog\/?p=14235"},"modified":"2013-02-11T10:16:33","modified_gmt":"2013-02-11T10:16:33","slug":"models-direct-review-transgender-lingerie-brand-chrysalis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.talentmanagement.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/models-direct-review-transgender-lingerie-brand-chrysalis\/","title":{"rendered":"Models Direct Review: Transgender Lingerie Brand &#8216;Chrysalis&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_14242\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14242\" style=\"width: 562px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.talentmanagement.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/models-direct-review-transgender-lingerie-brand-chrysalis\/screen-shot-2013-02-06-at-16-11-00\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14242\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-14242\" title=\"Models Direct reviews transgender lingerie line 'Chrysalis'\" src=\"http:\/\/assets.talentmanagement.com\/blog\/wp-uploads\/2013\/02\/Screen-Shot-2013-02-06-at-16.11.00.png\" alt=\"Models Direct reviews transgender lingerie line 'Chrysalis'\" width=\"562\" height=\"616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/talentmanagementblog\/2013\/02\/Screen-Shot-2013-02-06-at-16.11.00.png 562w, https:\/\/s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/talentmanagementblog\/2013\/02\/Screen-Shot-2013-02-06-at-16.11.00-273x300.png 273w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Models Direct reviews transgender lingerie line &#8216;Chrysalis&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last month we published a <a title=\"Models Direct review\" href=\"http:\/\/www.modelsdirect.com\/ourmodelssay-select.html\" target=\"_blank\">Models Direct review<\/a> of Benetton&#8217;s latest advertising campaign, featuring diverse models including transgender Brazilian, Lea T. This week we have read of a new campaign featuring transgender models who are promoting lingerie designed specifically for the transgender community.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Chrysalis Lingerie\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chrysalislingerie.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chrysalis Lingerie<\/a> has released a series of promotional videos about its products over the last two years, such as this one below that features stunning transgender model Pitcha and her thoughts on Chrysalis&#8217; lingerie range.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TTdxEOf6Ofk\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On the &#8216;About&#8217; section of the Chrysalis website a mission statement and description of Chrysalis products states: &#8220;As a brand, Chrysalis takes Transgender Women beyond the marginalization imposed by the media and society and represents them as beautiful intelligent women with prowess, and the embodiment of feminine sensuality.<\/p>\n<p>Our elegant bras and panties are made with luxurious fabrics, seductively designed to make you feel beautiful. Bras made to hold custom full-cup inserts and panties that effectively tuck, hold and smooth out for the perfect seamless look.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But is there a big market for specialist transgender focus lingerie? Chrysalis co-founder Cy Lauz says there is.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of women have been waiting a long time for something like this,&#8221; she told Lingerie Talk. \u201cSpeaking from personal experience, I found no products that specifically cater to transgender women. There are some things for cross-dressers and drag queens, but they\u2019re all sexually exploitative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted a product that actually celebrated who we are, something that made us feel beautiful but is also practical. Chrysalis wants to change how transgender people are viewed. We want to make people look at transgender people as human beings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re done hiding. We\u2019re done keeping quiet. We are a very diverse community, we do exist, and we have explicit needs. 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