Views on brands using disabled models
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Frankie Gascoine
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Hey everyone i am a student writing a dissertation on fashion and disability. I want to know how disabled individuals feel about brands using real disabled models and models that are made to look disabled, for example the recent kylie jenner campaign. Would love to gather peoples views on this! Please comment with how you feel.
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Hey Frankie,
You might find these blog posts interesting:
http://blog.scope.org.uk/2014/09/12/lack-of-representation-of-disability-in-the-fashion-industry/
http://blog.scope.org.uk/2015/02/20/disabled-models-in-the-fashion-industry/
http://blog.scope.org.uk/2015/03/09/performance-fashion-wheels-and-me-100days100stories/
-Beth x -
thanks very much beth!! really helpful
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Disabled model Chelsey Jay is the director of disability at campaigning group ‘Models of Diversity’, which is working to make the fashion industry more inclusive. Jay has launched a petition asking for a representative ratio of disabled models in fashion shows and photoshoots. Visit: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/109259
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