Down syndrome patient graces NY Fashion Week

TV actor who suffers from Down syndrome made history at the showcase

Jamie Brewer, who features in the American Horror Story as a witch, sashayed down the ramp in black A-line Carrie Hammer dress as part of the designers ‘Role Model Not Runway Models’ campaign, The Telegraph reported.

The campaign was started in 2014 because Hammer wanted models that depicted her clothing style — not their body types. Besides Jamie, the designer also called upon some of her friends and customers to wear her clothes in the event which included a transgender woman, a race car driver, a veteran and government workers.

This is not the first time such a fashion walk has been held. Last year, a doctor and sex therapist Danielle Sheypuk took to the runway in her wheelchair.

“It’s amazing, it’s really neat. Many women have many sides to their personality, this dress fits… mine,” she says. “I am honoured to be in it,” when she was asked questions about her big day.

Brewer is also an active member of the Down syndrome community. Her contributions include the removal of the word ‘retard’ in the state of Texas legislation; they now use ‘intellectual developmental disability’.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 16^th,  2015.

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