Leamington designer’s train ticket dress is part of polio campaign

London Paralympian athlete Anne Wafula-Strike MBE models the 'wheelchair dress' designed by Leamington designer Aleah Leigh. Picture by Alessia Pierdomenico.

Aleah Leigh used 3,500 train tickets to make the outfit for London Paralympian athlete Anne Wafula-Strike MBE (pictured) to raise awarness of polio and Post Polio Syndrome (PPS).

Anne, who contracted polio when she was two and is an ambassador of the British Polio Fellowship, said: “Just because you use a wheelchair, it doesn’t mean you can’t be sexy and glamorous and this designer dress is a great way to get that message across. It was a wonderful, liberating feeling to turn a few heads today and challenge some misconceptions about disability, polio and PPS along the way.”

Aleah, who took 21 days to make the dress - which was designed around Anne’s wheelchair, said: “Making a dress out of train tickets was a challenge, but one I have thoroughly enjoyed.”