FASHION AND DEVIANT BODY PHYSIQUE. FROM DENIAL TO ADAPTIVE DESIGN
The article deals with specification of dress and apparel established in society for people of deviant body physique at different stages of historical and social development. It focuses on the degree of participation of people with disabilities in a general fashion process. A more detailed study of the socio-cultural significance of costume and fashion phenomena in relation to the dress specified for people with disabilities or deviant body physique allows us to understand how the normative idea of the beauty develops within the socio-cultural environment. The aim is to define the role and the direction of change of that area in the modern development of fashion and costume design.