Abstract
The proposed study focuses on the shifting narratives around body, beauty, and desirability. The study highlights the way people with disabilities are represented and included in the fashion industry. This inclusion and visibility can be achieved by challenging the preconceived stereotypes of body, beauty, desirability, and style can play a crucial role in achieving this goal. The study foregrounds fashion as a significant inclusion practice.Concept: The present study views body, beauty, and desirability positively and supports the inclusion of all people to promote diversity. The study focuses on the way disabled people are represented in fashion by applying the critical disability theory.Results and Conclusion: The very presence of disabled people in fashion breaks the stereotypes regarding their underserved and underrepresented roles in the social structure.
Publisher
Granthaalayah Publications and Printers
Subject
General Earth and Planetary Sciences,Water Science and Technology,Geography, Planning and Development