And speaking of Paris Fashion Week, the French luxury conglomerate LVMH had a presence there as well, as a sponsor. Brands included Zappos, Kohl’s, Tommy Hilfiger, JCPenney, and ascendant labels like No Limbits. The show itself, hosted by Jamie Chung, featured plenty of sportswear offerings for daily life-shoes that can be slipped on and pulled tight with velcro and shirts that have magnets or velcro to replace buttons and pants and sweatshirts tricked out with with zippers and pulls to accommodate limbs of different lengths or prosthetics. Photo: Jerod Harris / Courtesy of Runway of Dreams You can break barriers, whether that’s in sports, fashion, or anything else.” Mine may be more visible, but it doesn’t mean people aren’t struggling. “That’s what makes this worth it, showing these young girls that anything is possible. She recalls winning a surfing competition and being carried to shore (“Victors don’t touch sand,” is a surfing tradition, she explained) and after being congratulated by family, friends, and peers, it was a group of girls who called her inspiring that stuck with her. Still, Stone acknowledges that just by virtue of being a public figure she’s been able to be a role model and inspiration. And they’re being showcased because they are beautiful just like any other model or actor.” “These are people, with lives, living their lives. “I don’t want people to just see this as an adaptive runway show,” she said. They never treated her any differently than anyone else.
“When someone tells me I can’t do something,” she said, “I’m like, ‘Oh, just watch me.’” Stone credits (or blames, depending on how you look at it) her two brothers for instilling a sense of competitiveness in her. This sentiment was echoed by another model, Liv Stone, a congenital amputee who also happens to be a surfer with four gold medals and two world champion titles to her name. “I felt like we had a really solid force behind us to take LA by storm,” she said. Cut to March 2022 and there were six mainstream brands participating, as well as a roster of up-and-coming labels. She turned his request into a full-blown cause. Scheier, who has more than 20 years of experience in the fashion industry, came up with the idea when her son, Oliver, who has Muscular Dystrophy, told her he dreamt of wearing jeans like his peers. “When I started Runway of Dreams in 2013, there were zero mainstream brands that offered adaptive clothing,” said Mindy Scheier, the founder and CEO. The show, which presented clothing and accessories from a mix of designers and brands, is the the most visible example of the organization’s work in charity and advocacy. With good cause-it was the annual runway show for Runway of Dreams, a nonprofit organization that champions adaptive fashion d esigns for disabled people. This was no hushed affair instead, shouts, cheers, hoots, and applause reverberated throughout the room. A few hours after Paris Fashion Week came to a close, more than 70 models strutted down a catwalk in Los Angeles.
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