Arts & Culture

New York Fashion Week Breaks Down Beauty Barriers

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The models on this year’s runways were not uniformly tall and thin. Many strutted their stuff as role models, as women with physical disabilities, plus-sized, ethnically diverse, transgender. “We’re at a flash point with awareness,” said the owner of a model-casting company.

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Designer Puts Wheelchair in the N.Y. Fashion Mix

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Carrie Hammer featured the first person to “walk” down the runway in a wheelchair during NYC Fashion Week. “I was just another model in a show, and that’s exactly what I wanted,” said Danielle Sheypuk. The push to diversify beauty ideals is catching on in other media as well.