Zion Clark in the Runway of Dreams adaptive fashion show. I was the only person in my entire city the way I am, and seeing all these people and companies coming together to really give everybody a shot at being fashionable is amazing to me!” That’s how you keep people interested and on the wave of inclusion. I’m up there for a bigger purpose and to give everybody a good time. Taking his first turn on a fashion runway, walking on his hands with a beaming smile, Clark told THR, “I have to say I think I had the crowd shaking pretty well. My mom helps me to be strong, brave and powerful.” “This is my first time in the U.S.A., and I came here because now my country is at war. “I feel a really great energy - it’s so positive,” said Kononets, wearing a look by No Limbits, including a puff-sleeve blouse in the yellow hue of the Ukrainian flag, her favorite color, with her mother standing behind her wheelchair. Joy emanated from the models and the crowd, who clapped and cheered nonstop throughout the show. Sponsors included French luxury giant LVMH, Neiman Marcus, Sephora, Tiffany & Co., Victoria’s Secret, Rimowa, Benefit, Fenty Beauty and Fenty Skin. Presented by Kohl’s, the fashion show featured clothing, footwear and accessories by Tommy Hilfiger (who launched the first mainstream adaptive fashion clothing line, with the help of Scheier, in 2016), Zappos (featuring brands such as Adidas and Crocs), Target, Stride Rite and JCPenney, as well as up-and-coming brands No Limbits, Wyatt Wear, Minor Details and Befree. Adaptive clothing was expensive, like $100 jeans or $90 Velcro shirts that didn’t even look good.” That really weighed on my confidence, especially in L.A., where everything is image-based. “In a wheelchair, you’re a little more constricted. “After my accident, all my clothes didn’t fit right, didn’t look right because everything looks different sitting down,” said Gomez, who looked to his seamstress mother to tailor all his clothes.
on March 5 after fleeing Kyiv with her mother and actor-model Danny Gomez, paralyzed from the waist down after a mountain biking accident when he was 33 years old.
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Among them were actor Alex Barone, born with fibular hemimelia wrestler and wheelchair racer Zion Clark, whose life is chronicled in the Emmy-winning Netflix documentary Zion actress, model and athlete Kanya Sesser, born with no legs blind pro skateboarder Justin Bishop Oksana Kononets, a Ukrainian quadriplegic model, who planned for four years to be in this show and made it to L.A. Hosted by Jamie Chung, the event’s lineup featured a cast of more than 70 models of diverse ages, ethnicities and disabilities. Oscars: Academy Adds Red Carpet ASL Interpreters, Accessibility Guide and More for 2023 Show (Exclusive)
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