Fashion brand designs wheelchair friendly jumpsuit

dasprarthana (25)in #fashion • 6 years ago

The idea of a jumpsuit came to Hopkins after she got soaked at the Splendour Festival last year left her looking in her words a "like you've taken your gran out of the care home for a day".
Fashion company ASOS was lauded by many after it launched a new set of clothes particularly designed for people who have disabilities. The online retailer released a waterproof tie-dye jumpsuit for the festival season, that has been modified to be wheelchair friendly. The company collaborated with Paralympic Chloe Ball-Hopkins, who also modeled the outfit for the website.
Taking to Twitter, Hopkins wrote, “So over the last several months I have been working with @ASOS to create a fashionable, yet practical waterproof all in one! Not just for people like me in a chair but for anyone. It’s about making fashion accessible! So what should be next?” According to a BBC report, the idea of a jumpsuit came to Hopkins after she got soaked at the Splendour Festival last year left her looking in her words a “like you’ve taken your gran out of the care home for a day”.
Chloe says she wants to make “fashion that is accessible to everybody”.

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sisfs (41) 6 years ago

Which are the problems that are being considered in the design of these clothes? I see that the sleeves are "gathered", maybe with a drawstring, is that the kind of thing they're referring to? I could see things getting caught being a pain. I'm sure there are many others that aren't clear to me, but cause large difficulties for those that deal with them.

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