Manon
Dufau

Graduate
Central Saint Martins
Graduate Diploma Fashion

Be Hairy, it's Pretty

For this piece of work, I wanted to reflect on my relationship with my body after being diagnosed with PCOS. This is not very talked about even though it affects aroung 10% of people with ovaries no regard of gender identity. This made my diagnosis process very long and difficult. When I got diagnosed, the only things that my doctor wanted to adress were the masculinizing features that comes with it even if it is the least relevant healthwise. The main physical symptoms are hair loss, a lot of body hair and weight gain. There is a discourse happening about whether or not the syndrome makes you intersex. If you start to look at it outside of the binary lense, those features can actually become something to praise and empower yourself with. Celebrating the idea of being both.

Collage n°2

Collage n°1

Final photos