New York Fashion Week is back after an 18-month pandemic pause, and Runway of Dreams will be right in the mix. The adaptive fashion pioneer will host its annual Fashion Revolution show tomorrow night at the Glasshouse, featuring new lines from Hilfiger, Zappos, Kohl, JC Penney, Target, and Stride Rite. No organization puts people with...
Amputee Sock Prints bills itself as the world’s first and only purveyor of customizable amputee socks. The two-month-old company's catalog includes more than 200 eye-catching designs.
Socket Socks are colorful, comfortable amputee fashion accessories to decorate a prosthetic socket. See the designs and get ordering information.
The Amp Pants by No Limbits feature inseam zippers, reinforced fabric, and other enhancements to accommodate the prosthesis-wearing casual dresser.
Big-name brands brought inclusive clothing to the mall. But companies like Uniteable may represent the future of adaptive fashion, one of the fastest-growing segments in the clothing industry.
Maria Abeyratne is both a designer of adaptive fashion, and a consumer of it. That puts her in a unique position to facilitate dialogue between makers and wearers of inclusive clothing. To get the conversation started, Abeyratne launched an international survey last week at Adaptista, an adaptive fashion marketplace that’s designed to build community among...
How do artfully designed and decorated prostheses affect an amputee's self-perception after limb loss? Here's what the data show.
“In the grand scheme of all the struggles that come along with losing a limb,” writes Alexandra Boutté at Limbitless Sunshine, “clothing may not sound like a significant one. But it is part of what makes us feel like ourselves. . . . I just wouldn’t be myself if I stopped caring about fashion.” That’s...
Experts predict the adaptive fashion market will reach $400 billion in annual sales by mid-decade. Meet four amputee models who are helping retailers sell all that adaptive clothing.
Mark Williams believes he wouldn’t be here today if not for the UK’s National Health Service. “They saved my life when I was a boy,” says Williams, a former Paralympic swimmer who lost his left leg at age 10 in a car-bicycle collision. “From the paramedics who came to my accident and whisked me to...
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