Fashion designer Xandria has described the fifth edition of All Shades of Beautiful Fashion as a great outing, saying it gave fashion designers with and without disabilities the platform to showcase works. Xandria said the event, held on Friday in Lilongwe in partnership with the European Union (EU) through its Zantchito Entrepreneurship Voices, stood out as it showcased adaptive fashion. She said collaborating with EU Zantchito added a layer of growth and professionalism to the project, enriching their efforts through their support for innovation and inclusivity.
“It felt empowering to see the intersection of fashion and social impact come to life on such a platform,” Xandria said. “We plan to expand our initiatives, including launching more incubation programmes and hosting events that foster sustainable fashion and entrepreneurship,” Xandria said. Xandria said they were aiming to make adaptive fashion more mainstream while also exploring international opportunities to collaborate with other organisations and markets.
EU Ambassador Rune Skinnebach hailed Xandria for putting up what he described as a “beautiful” All Shades of Beautiful project. Skinnebach said through All Shades of Beautiful, Xandria had taken this principle that “we are all different and elevated it to a new standard”. “This is standard [practice], where inclusivity and diversity take centre stage; where people do not only have individual tastes but individual shapes too.
Shapes that, inde.