Showing posts with label Bora Aksu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bora Aksu. Show all posts

Monday, 9 September 2013

Why Aren't There Models In Wheelchairs?


 Turkish designer Bora Aksu will be the opening show at this year's London Fashion Week, on Friday 13 September, which will mark his 10th year at the event but what about wheelchair users interested in fashion?
While many high street stores have made adaptations so there is a wheelchair accessible fitting room, there are still not many wheelchair users on the catwalk or in fashion pages, even though there are disabled model agencies.

Brazilian designer Candida Cirino has been designing clothes for wheelchair users since 2011 so why are there not more specialist designers?
Are you a model in a wheelchair? What has been your experience?

New Mobility: The magazine for active wheelchair users