14 DAY TRIAL // Bruce Jenner came out as a transwoman in April this year, but he waited until this month’s issue of Vanity Fair came out to introduce her female persona to the world. Her name is Caitlyn Jenner and she’s just as glamorous as step-daughter Kim Kardashian had said she’d be.
The cover of the issue and a preview of the 22-page cover story were released the other day, and just a few minutes ago, the magazine put out another behind-the-scenes video. In it, Caitlyn talks about wanting to look as feminine as possible for her first cover, and not appear like a man in women’s clothes.
Extensive surgery, glam squad and the best team around
You can see the video below. It shows more of Caitlyn getting ready for the shoot and it thus offers a better idea of the kind of outfits she’ll appear with in the final spread.
Caitlyn says she wanted to spare no expense or effort in getting this look because, as she puts it, if you’re going to come out as a transwoman, you have to look the part, there’s no cutting corners here.
In the preview issue, Caitlyn reveals she’s yet to get gender reassignment surgery, but everything else has been taken care of.
For instance, in addition to getting breast implants, she’s also had extensive surgery on the face, to make it look more feminine. The feminization surgical intervention lasted 10 hours and left her wondering briefly if she’d made the right choice, because there was no going back now.
To make sure that Caitlyn looked her best, she got the best glam squad possible, one she shared with step-daughter Kim Kardashian. She also got famed photographer Annie Leibovitz and her team to shoot the spread, which, from what we can tell, will be dripping pure glamor.
The Internet made transition easier
This is another aspect that Caitlyn discusses in the newly released video: back in the ‘80s, when Bruce first started taking hormones and considering transition, he soon understood that it was an impossibility because he was “all alone.”
Not only did he have an image to protect as a respected athlete and family man, but he also had no support system because no one understood what he was going through.
Things became considerably easier in the past 10 years, Caitlyn says, mostly because of the Internet, which provided her with the means of getting in contact with other transpeople and specialists in LGBT issues.
They helped her, and she’s hoping she can now help others by going public with her story.
As for her fear that she might look like a man in women’s clothes, she had no reason for it: the second video below is a recent interview with Kim, in which she reveals how her brother Rob didn’t even know who she was when he first saw the cover photo.