British has been praised for a that celebrates people living with a .
has been titled Reframing Fashion, and features Sinéad Burke, Selma Blair, Aaron Rose Philip, Ellie Goldstein, and Justina Miles as its cover stars.
Inside, it showcases 19who are, from fashion, sport, the arts, and activism, representing some of the 16 million disabled people living in the United Kingdom.
As said, the issue ‘highlights how , and adapt to better support the Disabled community’.
‘[Producing this issue] was a necessary and overdue education for all – and taught us many lessons we will carry forward into the future, editor-in-chief Edward Enninful said within the issue.
He said the covers asks the quesstion: ‘We all engage with fashion, but does fashion engage with all of us?,’ adding that the cover’s theme, ‘Dynamic, daring and Disabled’ represents the ‘dynamism of spirit, of talent, of imagination,’ which ‘the stars of this issue have in spades.’
He added that the industry, including Vogue, must lean into this question ‘to better serve the Disabled community, alongside the Disabled community, with jobs, in the design of retail spaces, of photography studios, of digital interfaces, events, communications and, of course, clothes.’
Vogue worked closely with accessibility consultancy Tilting the Lens and its chief executive, Irish activist Sinéad Burkem to create this issue, with Sinéad saying it would help to create a ‘call to action for the much-needed change in other parts of the fashion industry, and beyond’.
‘Accessibility and Disability inclusion are everyone’s responsibility and opportunity – this is a movement, not a moment,’ he added.
Aside from actress Selma and businesswoman and activist Sinéad, the other cover stars work as models (Ellie and Aaron Rose Philip), a racing driver (Nicholas Hamilton), barrister (Jessikah Inaba), comedian (Rosie Jones), an ASL performer (Justina), a dancer (Musa Motha), a writer and human rights commissioner (Rosaleen McDonagh), a creative entrepreneur (Reuben Selby), artist (Christine Sun Kim) and content creator (Fats Timbo).
It’s not even hit newsstands yet, but the issue is already attracting plenty of attention.
‘I love British Vogue’s new covers! Talk about reflecting the times,’ one person posted on Twitter, while another said it was ‘truly beautiful’ to see Vogue ‘give a shining light to everyone’s beauty.’
‘British Vogue issue featuring disabled icons! one fan wrote online, with one describing the covers as ‘beautiful and perfect.’
‘British Vogue, this means the world, to see disabled beauty on your cover. Thank you,’ some-one else wrote.
Another simply added: ‘It’s about time.’
Last year British Vogue was also making history in a different way after it .
To celebrate the monarch’s Platinum Jubilee, the magazine released a special issue that featured an image from the early years of her reign wearing a crown and necklace.
See the full feature in the May issue of British Vogue available via digital download and on newsstands from Tuesday April 25.
