be it raising awareness about acid attacks or highlighting the plight of lgbtq community doon has chosen a creative way to talk about serious stuff through fashion shows according to designers from the state the number of fashion shows for social causes in uttarakhand has doubled in the last one year this is because designers say its an engaging way to talk of important socially relevant issuesthe trend of blending social causes with fashion shows is becoming popular in ukhanda fashion show to highlight uttarakhands traditional fabric bccla fashion show to highlight uttarakhands traditional fabric bcclkapil a designer from doon who has designed clothes for several such fashion shows says i have been designing outfits for fashion shows for the past couple of years earlier say if we had eight fashion shows taking place in state hardly two of them will be for social causes now out of eight this will be the case with at least five shows in fact in the last six months i have designed outfits for six shows out of which three were for social causes from promoting blood donation aids awareness awareness about acid attacks education of the girl child to promotion of desi fabric like khadi its good to see fashion shows with a purpose taking place in uttarakhand as designers we also get inspired from such causes and are able to create something new the trend of blending social causes with fashion shows is becoming popular in uttarakhandthis fashion show was aimed at helping acid attack survivors shed inhibitions and face the public organisers a fashion show for acid attack survivorsa fashion show for acid attack survivorsvinayak sharma swami organiser of the event in which around 28 acid attack survivors walked the ramp says we always wanted to do something for the acid attack survivors of the state who were scared to even come out and face peoplewe encouraged them to shed their inhibitions face the public and walk the ramp in the event we had 28 survivors out of whom 14 were from uttarakhand walking the ramp gave them confidence to lead a normal life fashion shows and events like this are a great way of highlighting such causesa fashion show for acid attack survivorsa fashion show for acid attack survivorsjhaara khan an acid attack survivor from uttarakhand who walked the ramp 14 years after the mishap says mere upar attack 2003 mein hua tha and ram ji ki hi tarah mera 14 saal ka vanwas tha jo iss event ke through khatam hua i was scared to face people throughout these years i was not sure if this event can be of any help to me but the amount of love and respect that was bestowed upon us left me speechless the experience of walking the ramp in those designer outfits in front of so many people who appreciated us was just a mindblowing experiencefashion shows not only spread awareness but also help raise funds for the lgbtq communityfashion shows