Nordstrom ads feature models with disabilities

Published July 16, 2014 1:09pm ET



NEW YORK (AP) — It’s not easy to find models with disabilities in ads for the fashion and beauty industry — unless you look in the Nordstrom catalog.

The company has been using models with disabilities since 1997 and continues the tradition in its annual July catalog, which kicks off the upscale retailer’s largest event of the year with preview discounts of new fashions for fall.

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