Aspiring model Debbie van der Putten loves her body, and she isn’t afraid to show it off. The 22-year old from Helmond in the Netherlands has appeared on posters throughout Europe for charity groups, ...

Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1 Open Style Lab is overseeing a first-of-its-kind NYFW runway show called Double Take, which aims to increase disability visibility and champion adaptive ...

The hashtag #GRWM (Get Ready With Me) has been used over one million times on Instagram alone. And Gemma Adby, a professional model born with a left arm limb difference, thinks more of those posts ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Andrew Pulrang writes about disability practices, policy, and culture. In March 2023, conservative commentator Candace Owens did a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PARIS ⁠— As 2021 drew to a close, and the traditional year-end roundups and top 10s started appearing online, Aaron Rose Philip ...

The rise of models with disabilities has revolutionized the fashion industry. Not too long ago, the aforementioned group lacked representation on the media, despite the fact that one in five people in ...

The fashion industry has made significant strides toward inclusivity, yet when it comes to disability representation, glaring gaps remain. While some brands have begun embracing a broader spectrum of ...

Debenhams is the first high street retailer to break the taboo of using disabled models in campaign photography. Following an approach by Nikki Fox and Natasha Wood, both disability campaigners and ...

It's no secret that kids can be mean. They find a flaw in you and pick at it — again and again. For me, it was my walk. In grade school, I had issues balancing, would walk on my toes, and often fall ...

Tall, slim and with flowing locks, Lara Masters modelled in her teens. But the work dried up as she developed a degenerative nerve condition. So is the fashion world ready for its first big disabled ...

LONDON: Disabled models made their debut on the London Fashion Week catwalk on Friday — “about time,” as one campaigner put it. Amputee Jack Eyers, who wears a prosthetic leg, and Kelly Knox, who was ...