Value retailer Primark is partnering with award-winning adaptive designer and disability advocate, Victoria Jenkins, to bring adaptive fashion to the high street. In a statement, Primark said the collaboration follows its first adaptive underwear collection launched in January and is part of the retailer’s strategy to make adaptive fashion “...
22 Jul 2024
Value retailer Primark has unveiled its first adaptive lingerie collection in a commitment to make fashion and everyday essentials more accessible and affordable to as many people as possible. The new four-piece lingerie collection coincides with new research from Primark and the Research Institute for Disabled Consumers that states three in...
18 Jan 2024
Runway of Dreams, arguably the most high profile event on the fashion calendar representing the disability community, was founded as a non-profit in 2013 by designer Mindy Scheier who has a son with muscular dystrophy. In the decade since she has been working to help the fashion industry understand why it is so important to include this...
11 Apr 2023
George at Asda has launched an adapted clothing range in support of independent dressing for children and young people with disabilities, marking the first for a UK supermarket. The everyday casualwear Easy On Easy Wear collection features block-coloured tracksuits and contemporary printed co-ords and has been specially adapted to make...
8 Feb 2023
During this summer’s CFDA Fashion Education Summit, in a panel entitled “Inclusivity + Diversity - Size x Ability” a spotlight was shone on minority groups still left on the fringes of the fashion industry and what needs to be done about it. Statistics show a 20 percent increase in millennials with disability and this is set to increase with...
27 Jun 2019
In a new report, Coresight Research took a look into the adaptive apparel market, which creates apparel to meet the needs of people with disabilities and chronic disease. Insights have shown that the market is rather underserved and could potentially reach 349.9 billion dollars globally within the next four years - growing to 288.7 billion...
26 Feb 2019
Marks & Spencer is the first high street retailer in the UK to offer a kidswear range for children with disabilities. Titled “Adapted for Easy Dressing”, the line includes T-shirts with soft velcro fastenings at the back of the neck, trousers and shorts with poppers instead of zippers, dresses with discreet pockets for a feeding tube, to name...
28 Sept 2018
Asos has launched a wheelchair-friendly jumpsuit, designed in partnership with British paralympic athlete and BBC Bristol sports reporter Chloe Ball-Hopkins. The collaboration came about after Ball-Hopkins sent an email to the company, urging it to offer adaptive clothing options -- after all, disabled people want to be stylish too. So over the...
6 Jul 2018
Tommy Hilfiger is extending its adaptive apparel collection to adults, offering clothing featuring modifications such as velcro closures, magnetic flies, and adjusted leg openings to make it easier for people of all abilities to get dressed. The launch follows the success of adaptive apparel for children last year, where the American fashion...
18 Oct 2017
