The Irish fashion influencer, Shyned Burke, despite her short stature, has turned into a famous name in the fashion world, as it contributes to the delivery of various fashion designs to everyone without exception of any category of society.
This 1,05-meter-old, 29-year-old, caught the eye at London Fashion Week. Burke was seated in the front row during the Victoria Beckham and Roxanda performances, a few seats from Anna Wintor, the face of fashion.
Before the start of the Victoria Beckham Show, Burke was dressed in fashion designed by the former Spice Girls singer. Her wardrobe abounds with lots of designer clothes signed by international designers.
"I have clothes from Gucci, Prada, Dior, Balenciaga, Christopher Caen and Burberry," Burke told AFP.
But how did this teacher from Dublin end up on the cover of British Vogue?
She started her journey in March 2017 through "Ted Talk", which is an online seminar to present ideas, after presenting a speech titled "Why fashion should include everyone." Her speech included the obstacles she faced in her daily life in this world on all levels, from the height of the locks placed on the toilet doors to the range of available shoes that were not suitable for her.
This 1.4 million times watched video appears to have contributed to some changes.
"It seems like it was a moment when people thought about designs, they could reach everyone and they thought about this industry differently for the first time, so there was progress," Burke added.
However, Burke was not satisfied with that. At the London Fashion Week 2018, I met the editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine Edward Enivole during a presentation by Burberry.
She ended up on the cover of the magazine's September 2019 issue with her selection of guest editor Megan Markle as one of "the 15 most powerful women working for change".
Top designers created clothes for her, something she considers "a great privilege and an honor", but this was never her goal.
"What I just want is for people to understand that disability is a type of adaptation to specific requirements which is well understood by the fashion world," she said.
Burke runs a podcast with interviews on the topic of identity and difference.
"I thought I would be a teacher all my life, and now I am here at London Fashion Week!" She concluded.