The fashion industry's attempts to embrace greater diversity have often been accused of tokenism, but that certainly wasn't the case at the tenbo spring/summer 2016 show at Tokyo Fashion Week.
Models in wheelchairs and with canes took to the catwalk on 13 October, alongside transgender models and models of varying ages, proving the long-held idea that models have to be a certain shape or size is a myth.
"It is just natural for me that there are models with different personalities," said designer Takafumi Tsuruta, according to ShinyShiny.
"You may think such a world is like a utopia, but it is the real world we live in. I want to showcase it through fashion."
Tenbo's brand mission statement is to create clothes that are inclusive of "all people of the world".
As well as challenging the lack of diversity seen on other catwalks Tsuruta's show also had a political theme:
"The theme is 1945," Tsuruta said, when asked to sum up his 2016 spring/summer collection.
"It is a tough subject, but I thought I can express it through fashion."
Takafumi Tsuruta's Japan Fashion Week Collection
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Open Image ModalModels on the runway at the tenbo 2016 spring/summer 2016 collection show in Tokyo. (credit:YOSHIKAZU TSUNO via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalSinger Ayako Ozawa, a muscular dystrophy patient, took to the catwalk in a flowing purple dress with a rich blue detail. (credit:YOSHIKAZU TSUNO via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalOzawa's cane was decorated with green leaf-like adornments. (credit:YOSHIKAZU TSUNO via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalThe environmental theme was continued in the kimono worn by 115cm tall painter Hitomi Goto. (credit:YOSHIKAZU TSUNO via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalAmi Sano, who was born without any arms and only one partially formed left foot, sits on a pink electric wheelchair that tones with the over-sized ribbon around the waist of her Peter Pan collared dress. (credit:YOSHIKAZU TSUNO via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalAccordionist Sota Nii, who is blind, provided the musical accompaniment to the show. (credit:YOSHIKAZU TSUNO via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalTambo's take on the denim skirt is pleasingly counter-intuitive. (credit:YOSHIKAZU TSUNO via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalTaichiro Inote, a mucopolysaccharidosis patient, wears a dual colour suit as he is accompanied down the runway by his mother. (credit:YOSHIKAZU TSUNO via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalFrench model Alexandrine Naurice is a spinal progressive muscular atrophy patient. (credit:YOSHIKAZU TSUNO via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalComedian Yusei Terada wore a suit with pockets in the knees, for easier access when in a wheelchair. (credit:YOSHIKAZU TSUNO via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalJapanese designer Takafumi Tsuruta greets the audience after his tenbo 2016 spring/summer collection show. (credit:YOSHIKAZU TSUNO via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalJapanese designer Takafumi Tsuruta (2nd R) and models. (credit:YOSHIKAZU TSUNO via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalFrench spinal progressive muscular atrophy patient Alexandrine Naurice has her hair styled and make-up applied. (credit:YOSHIKAZU TSUNO via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalBlind accordionist Sota Nii (L) has make-up applied. (credit:YOSHIKAZU TSUNO via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalAmi Sano (L) has her hair styled. (credit:YOSHIKAZU TSUNO via Getty Images)