Charity creates mannequins based on the bodies of disabled people to raise awareness in the image-obsessed fashion world

article-2518194-19D7791B00000578-6_634x367A Swiss charity has created mannequins based on the bodies of disabled people in a bid to raise awareness that no one has a perfect body. Pro Infirmis, an organisation for people with disabilities, worked with people suffering from scoliosis (a curved spine), shortened limbs and a woman in a wheelchair. Each had a mannequin made to perfectly reflect their body shape – which, to their delight, was then displayed in a high street store in Zurich’s main shopping street. [Read more...]

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