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Ruby, with short brown hair, smiles outdoors in a sunlit garden wearing a colorful plaid vest.

Editor's Note

There are still too few publications where fashion, disability, and genuine self-expression sit comfortably in the same conversation. When our first issue launched, the response caught me off guard. Not just in volume, but in honesty. People wrote to us about their daily frustrations with the industry, the brands they return to, and their deeply personal and sometimes complicated relationships with getting dressed each morning. Continue reading . . .

Smiling runway model with dreadlocks, wearing a white jacket and multi-colored patterned prosthesis.

Abena Christine Jon’el’s Kente prosthetic makes disability part of the fashion image

Elderly woman in a wheelchair laughs with a friend, both in pink Adaptt Apparel tracksuits.

Adaptt Apparel is rewriting the rules of adaptive fashion

Dr. Ben Barry smiles on a red carpet in an olive grid jacket with beaded safety pins and blue eye makeup.

A new vision for fashion emerges as Parsons builds pathways for disabled designers

Smiling woman in a grey bathrobe looks in a mirror, applying facial cream during her morning routine.

Making beauty more accessible one routine at a time

Two women smile on a vintage white sofa; one has a bandaged leg, Emma wears a black dress.

Love, Emma is designing fashion that finally meets people where they are

Studio portrait of a thoughtful model with vitiligo and an afro, wearing a colorful plaid jacket.

Robert Essel is using fashion to challenge the stigma around vitiligo

Blonde woman with red lipstick wearing a burgundy velvet gown in a motorized wheelchair.

Emma Lines is showing fashion what it looks like sitting down

Fashionable woman with a short bob in a wheelchair, wearing a metallic lavender jacket.

What I wore and why it mattered

Close-up of a person with curly red hair, green eye makeup, and a pink felt bow headpiece.

Meet Fay: Pink canes, bangles, and zero apologies

Smiling woman in a gray blazer and beanie walks with a clear acrylic cane, carrying a leather bag.

Flic Jackson: The outfit is the armour

Francesca Martinengo smiles, leaning on crutches by a wrought-iron gate in a black blazer.

Adaptive fashion in Italy: Why there is still huge space for the rise of young fashion designers

Woman with long red hair, a black tulle dress, and a wide-brimmed hat against a rocky background.

Keegan Julius shows how neurodivergent fashion can be bold, sensory and beautiful

Close-up of a red-haired woman looking out a window, resting her chin on her hand with a bracelet.

Kyla Evans is styling her deafness on her own terms

Joyful woman in a wheelchair posing in a rose gold sequin gown amid glowing holiday lights.

Meet Marisa Conners

Blind woman in a cream trench coat and sunglasses walks down a city street with a white cane.

10 adaptive clothing hacks that work for me as a blind person

Two people pose back-to-back; one in hot pink with a cane, one in yellow with forearm crutches.

May Marigold is moving adaptive fashion beyond function and into self-expression

Black model with albinism and blonde bubble braids, wearing a brown pinstripe suit jacket.

Reine is using fashion to be seen on her own terms

Three smiling people on a white backdrop, including a man with a cane and a woman in a wheelchair.

Adaptive fashion finally showed up. Meet Spoonie Threads

Lainie Ishbia sits on a grey couch arm in jeans and a white t-shirt reading "Perfectly Imperfect."

Lainie Ishbia: They designed the clothes but you had to figure out the rest

A diverse group of four people posing together in front of a beige background, including a Black man sitting in a wheelchair and a tattooed man sitting on the floor, all dressed in coordinated earth-toned outfits.

Handy tips for finding and getting the most from adaptive fashion

Ruby, with short brown hair, smiles outdoors in a sunlit garden wearing a colorful plaid vest.

Editor's Note

There are still too few publications where fashion, disability, and genuine self-expression sit comfortably in the same conversation. When our first issue launched, the response caught me off guard. Not just in volume, but in honesty. People wrote to us about their daily frustrations with the industry, the brands they return to, and their deeply personal and sometimes complicated relationships with getting dressed each morning. Continue reading . . .

Smiling runway model with dreadlocks, wearing a white jacket and multi-colored patterned prosthesis.

Abena Christine Jon’el’s Kente prosthetic makes disability part of the fashion image

Francesca Martinengo smiles, leaning on crutches by a wrought-iron gate in a black blazer.

Adaptive fashion in Italy: Why there is still huge space for the rise of young fashion designers

Two women smile on a vintage white sofa; one has a bandaged leg, Emma wears a black dress.

Love, Emma is designing fashion that finally meets people where they are

Blonde woman with red lipstick wearing a burgundy velvet gown in a motorized wheelchair.

Emma Lines is showing fashion what it looks like sitting down

Close-up of a person with curly red hair, green eye makeup, and a pink felt bow headpiece.

Meet Fay: Pink canes, bangles, and zero apologies

Smiling woman in a gray blazer and beanie walks with a clear acrylic cane, carrying a leather bag.

Flic Jackson: The outfit is the armour

Woman with long red hair, a black tulle dress, and a wide-brimmed hat against a rocky background.

Keegan Julius shows how neurodivergent fashion can be bold, sensory and beautiful

Close-up of a red-haired woman looking out a window, resting her chin on her hand with a bracelet.

Kyla Evans is styling her deafness on her own terms

Joyful woman in a wheelchair posing in a rose gold sequin gown amid glowing holiday lights.

Meet Marisa Conners

Black model with albinism and blonde bubble braids, wearing a brown pinstripe suit jacket.

Reine is using fashion to be seen on her own terms

Lainie Ishbia sits on a grey couch arm in jeans and a white t-shirt reading "Perfectly Imperfect."

Lainie Ishbia: They designed the clothes but you had to figure out the rest

A diverse group of four people posing together in front of a beige background, including a Black man sitting in a wheelchair and a tattooed man sitting on the floor, all dressed in coordinated earth-toned outfits.

Handy tips for finding and getting the most from adaptive fashion

Smiling woman in a grey bathrobe looks in a mirror, applying facial cream during her morning routine.

Making beauty more accessible one routine at a time

Fashionable woman with a short bob in a wheelchair, wearing a metallic lavender jacket.

What I wore and why it mattered

Blind woman in a cream trench coat and sunglasses walks down a city street with a white cane.

10 adaptive clothing hacks that work for me as a blind person

Two people pose back-to-back; one in hot pink with a cane, one in yellow with forearm crutches.

May Marigold is moving adaptive fashion beyond function and into self-expression

Three smiling people on a white backdrop, including a man with a cane and a woman in a wheelchair.

Adaptive fashion finally showed up. Meet Spoonie Threads

Elderly woman in a wheelchair laughs with a friend, both in pink Adaptt Apparel tracksuits.

Adaptt Apparel is rewriting the rules of adaptive fashion

Smiling man and red-haired woman in a wheelchair sit together in earth-toned outfits.

The brand making fashion a basic right

Cienna Ditri on a magazine cover, posing in a wheelchair wearing a sheer black dress and boots.
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