Defective Models Appearing In Tokyo Fashion Week Are Also Beautiful.

In the T show on the zero model, the ordinary figures are rare, let alone the disabled. But in this autumn and winter fashion week in Tokyo this year, several disabled people who are blind or sitting in wheelchairs or wearing artificial limbs appear on the stage of the Japanese fashion brand Tenbo, becoming a highlight of this fashion week.

In order to make her design easier for disabled people, Tenbo Takafumi Takafumi has added some new elements for the disabled, such as magnetic buttons and double faced jumpers.

"These clothes are facing everyone in the world," Tsuruta Ryun said after the fashion show. "I think fashionable and easy to wear clothes are the responsibility of the fashion industry."

The opening model of the day was Qiu Shan, a 27 year old athlete who won the swimming gold medal at the London Paralympic Games in 2012. She was wearing a white dress decorated with coloured dots, inspired by Braille.

Qiu Shan said that it was "too rare" to hold a fashion show with disabled models in Japan. "A large number of disabled people never go out of their homes, but if there are more and more opportunities like today, it will be a great thing."

The last appearance of the model was Sano Ami, now 24 years old (below), who was born with significant physical disability, with only one left foot. She came to T on a white wheelchair with a special wheelchair and became the most touching moment of the day.

In fact, this is not the first time a disabled person has been famous. fashion week 。

Due to strict restrictions on height and weight of models, major fashion week around the world has been criticized for choosing models. But lately, Fashion world Changes in the selection of models, though small, but far-reaching, show greater inclusiveness in the diversity of models.

In last month's fashion week in New York, Jamie Brewer, the American actress with Down syndrome, was dressed in black dress in a wheelchair and became the first American Carrie Hammer to walk in the wheelchair. Female model It has created history.

This is the embodiment of the spirit of the role model rather than the normal model advocated by Carrie Hahanmer, the designer of the brand, to make the outstanding and successful women show their beauty on the T stage. Her "role models" from CEO to artist wear T clothing designed by hammer for their designs. The above mentioned Breuer played the role in the famous American drama "the American weird Tan".

The first male disabled model to walk to T was Jack Ayers, a British model who was amputated. He also walked on the fashion show of Italy designer Antonio Urzi last month in New York fashion week.

In this Tenbo show, there are two models of athletes wearing artificial limbs, one of whom is Murakami Saya, 31 years old. Next year, she will represent Japan in the Rio Paralympic Games.

Haruki believes that the fashion industry will also do better in terms of inclusiveness, like the sports industry. "In the future, the disabled will not give up the dream of becoming a model, and they will be able to realize their dreams through hard work."