Oksana Kononets was joined on the runway by more than 70 models of diverse disabilities, including actor Danny Gomez, who tells THR, 'After my accident, all my clothes didn’t look right because everything looks different sitting down.'
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Hosted by Jamie Chung, the event’s lineup featured a cast of more than 70 models of diverse ages, ethnicities and disabilities.
“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. “In a wheelchair, you’re a little more constricted. That really weighed on my confidence, especially in L.A., where everything is image-based. Adaptive clothing was expensive, like $100 jeans or $90 Velcro shirts that didn’t even look good.
, “I have to say I think I had the crowd shaking pretty well. I try to bring the energy all the time. I’m not up there for me. I’m up there for a bigger purpose and to give everybody a good time. That’s what it’s about. That’s how you keep people interested and on the wave of inclusion. You want to get them hyped for it.
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