MEET DENI ACCIDENTAL ACTIVIST

THIS CELEBRITY STYLIST IS TAKING THE WORLD BY STORM – AND THEY’RE DOING IT ALL WHILE SERVING UP COVETABLE LOOKS ON THE REGULAR

- Alix Nicholson

Hi darlings! My name’s Deni, my pronouns are they/them and today I’m here to talk about …” This is how inimitable celebrity stylist-turned-LGBTQIA+ activist Deni Todorovic introduces themselves these days – and they’re hoping it soon becomes the norm for everyone.

“Being misgendered can be really grating on you and your self-worth,” explains Deni, who – with a fast-growing 40,000-strong Instagram following – is on the precipice of sparking huge social change. “But with more awareness and knowledge, we have more power.”

If you’ve walked past The Body Shop lately, you will have seen Todorovic’s face (and one incredible hot-pink gown) front and centre on billboards and posters as part of the brand’s Self Love Uprising campaign. Or perhaps you caught the bubbly creator on the ABC TV series Art Works, or, more recently, sharing trend tips on Network Ten’s The Living Room.

But if you don’t recognise the star stylist yet – trust us, you soon will. Becoming an “accidental activist” after coming out as non-binary on social media last year, the former Cosmopolitan fashion editor is quickly becoming a household name and is set to shake things up even more with a host of exciting projects in the coming months.

Oozing with enviable style, this vivacious human is bursting with love as we sit down to talk about how they began using their voice to fight for marginalised groups, why respecting people’s pronouns isn’t just polite – it’s essential – and, of course, the looks they’re loving right now.

You’ve exploded in the LGBTQI+ advocacy space recently! How did that happen?