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An Italian fashion company is working hard to change the face of the fashion and modelling world. FTL MODA enlisted a group of disabled models to strut in the Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week runway show. The company teamed up with Fondazione Vertical, an Italian research organization for spinal cord injuries.

Some of the catwalkers were amputees, while others were bound by wheelchairs or walked on canes — but they didn't let their physical ailments get in the way of making a bold political and fashion statement.



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