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's sustainability requirements aren't the only feature that make it an outlier. Attend a few shows, and you'll quickly observe that the casts of runway models aren't all thin, white, and under the age of 30. They're a diverse representation of the women who wear the brands inand average, everyday life. The aesthetics of a brand can be uniform—minimal and neutral on one catwalk, punchy and colorblocked on another—but the women wearing them never are.
"I was always told I was too short," she says."I was told I was too old—and I was around, like, 27." She didn't have to search far online to see other women with catwalk aspirations being rejected on the basis of their skin tone, size, or age. Or, they'd get cast and encounter an ill-equipped glam team to work with their hair and skin types.
The more Ali heard, the more she wondered,"Who made up these rules that you have to be 175 centimeters and you have to be this way or that way?" So she decided to do something about it.—Somali for"to see"—in 2019. By the 2021 season, she was signing clients and booking them for major shows across Copenhagen Fashion Week's circuit; then, and for the Fall of 2025, a majority of her clients were non-straight-size models.
In the early seasons and the present, Ali has thought of her role as a"people collector." She seeks out models who aren't like the commercial mold other runways might favor—and finds them plenty of work at a fashion week that prioritizes diversity. In Copenhagen, designers understand"anyone can wear , and I think that's slightly different from a designer who might be like, 'This is the look that we're going for,'" she explains.
She admitted it's a disappointment and a source of motivation. Ali had grown up dreaming of attending an American high school; shows like Thewere how she learned English. Growing up taught her that the reality of the United States didn't necessarily align with what she saw on TV, but she now feels she's in a place to help it get there. "America's still going to be a huge inspiration , but I really hope we can, where she assigns, edits, and writes stories for both sections.
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