The event was presented reflective clothing that is specially designed for people with visual impairment.
Models show “Step into the light,” made by visually impaired people and several collections of clothes were presented to experience serious vision problems. These people know the personal example of the necessary requirements to clothes.
A prerequisite is the presence of a plurality of pockets and a special pocket for sticks, reflective elements. On the legs and chest should be to strengthen the elements that can soften the blow of a collision with sharp objects and surfaces. Specific requirements – for shoes, summer and winter collections of great attention is paid to strengthening in the area of the fingers.
To participate in the program “Step into the light” was filed more than 20 applications from designers, including designers from normal vision, but who feel fashion in the literal sense of the word.
During visually impaired designers nicely captures the mood of the room and the attitude of the collections created in the dark. Many of them do not distinguish the color, do not see the reflective fabric and create masterpieces to the touch. The audience was struck by a bright collection of designer Alana, is colorblind.
The highlight of the evening was the presentation of two European designers – Anaya Briton and Christine Wolf. They shared their experiences and spoke about the attitude towards this issue in Europe.