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Athlete, actor and activist Aimee Mullins talks about her prosthetic legs -- she's got a dozen amazing pairs -- and the superpowers they grant her: speed, beauty, an extra 6 inches of height ... Quite simply, she redefines what the body can be.
Nov 30, 2012 · Mullins was born without shinbones, the result of a condition called fibular hemimelia. At the age of one she had both of her legs amputated at the knee.
Several months later Aimee Mullins did her first fashion show for Alexander McQueen, in a pair of boot-shaped wooden-legs made of mountain ash, with hand-carved grapevines and magnolias. The audience didn’t know she was an amputee until after the fashion show, which was followed by big headlines in the press.
- Maja Persson
In 1999, she modelled for British fashion designer Alexander McQueen, opening his London show on a pair of hand-carved wooden prosthetic legs made from solid ash, with integral boots. She is able to change her height between 5 ft 8in and 6 ft 1in by changing her legs.
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Andrew Bolton: McQueen made this ensemble with carved prosthetic legs for Aimee Mullins. Mullins is a world-class Paralympic athlete, and she modeled the boots for his 1999 show, No. 13. Aimee Mullins: They were solid wood, solid ash, so there’s no give in the ankle.
Paralympic athlete and double amputee Aimee Mullins opened Alexander McQueen’s thirteenth fashion show, simply titled No. 13 (Spring/Summer 1999), wearing this pair of wooden prosthetic legs.
