Diversity, inclusion and plenty of khaki are key ingredients of the 2024 Paralympic team uniform to be unveiled at Australian Fashion Week.
for athletes of varying builds and abilities will bring the right trends to the runway on the event’s last day.
Cyclist Gordon Allan and wheelchair racer Madison de Rozario inspect their uniforms by R.M. Williams.“I have always opted for shorts and pants,” de Rozario says. “Many athletes in wheelchairs don’t feel confident wearing a skirt.” Incorporating First Nations designs is another key decision, further pushing our Paralympians ahead of many designers on the fashion week calendar. Their uniform features, an artwork by Indigenous artist Rheanna Lotter with eight circles for Australia’s states and territories and tracks representing the connection between athletes and boomerangs.The artwork has featured in every Paralympic uniform since 2016 and is used on the lining of the bomber jackets and across T-shirts.
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