Designer Antonio Urzi became the first fashion designer to have featured models with disabilities during New York Fashion Week runway show this week. The handbags on display are part of the Landi Accessories collection. It is inspiring to see disabled men and women break the barrier to walk the runway at the Fashion Week. And thanks to designers showing a bit more diversity this season.
The 9 models who came from across the world with different disabilities walked the runway successfully for a collection of runway shows. During FTL Moda’s fall/winter 2015 show titled “FTL Moda Loving You,” Jack Eyers became the first-ever male amputee on the runway at NYFW.
Jack in a press realease said via Cater News, “To be the first male amputee model on a New York Fashion Week runway feels amazing,” Jack further stated that “It feels like such a big deal. I just want to show that having a disability doesn’t need to hold you back.”
Female amputees were also cast as models, some of whom were in wheelchairs.
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