“When people see someone with a disability for the first time, they have these automatic assumptions about them,” Sawsan Zakaria, a show attendee with SMA, said days before the event. “That’s the first take, and the second is us down the runway. We look stylish and look great in clothes that aren’t really malleable. That’s me.” This is what we want to start aiming for.It expresses that people with disabilities can be stylish and express their individuality through fashion.”

Zachariah, a self-professed “little fashionista” who often reinvents ready-to-wear, wore a printed catsuit tailored to her proportions, styled with a custom chainmail belt and boot covers. . Sexy chic personal style. Singer/songwriter James Ian, who opened the show, wore a pink suit and a jacket with a hidden magnetic closure to create a buttoned look without the challenge of buttoning it up. . It is a purple velvet suit with stretch panels at the elbows for easy bending and an invisible zipper that separates the sleeves from the back for easy donning.

The show was featured in the music video for Ian’s song “Space,” and applause erupted as each model made her way down the runway, one alone and others with family like Joe Lachman. went on the road. The event culminated in a brief Q&A with a handpicked model and his OSL Fellows.