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10 News First | Christina Stephens Launches New Inclusive Denim Collection

10 News First | Christina Stephens Launches New Inclusive Denim Collection

Christina Stephens launches the first of its kind! Bullet proof jeans (kinda). Our denim is technically-crafted with a patented recipe to prevent tearing, ripping and cutting, as well as enhance body cooling. Sustainable, schmick and comfy.
ABC Feature - Making cute clothes for every body: The rise of adaptive fashion

ABC Feature - Making cute clothes for every body: The rise of adaptive fashion

Carol Taylor for ABC: The resulting garments look stylish and on trend. But they also contain discrete functionally features, such as access points that allow someone to adjust their prosthesis, empty a catheter or ostomy bag.
Nobody Solves a Problem Like Christina

Nobody Solves a Problem Like Christina

The ground-breaking label has gone from strength to strength; listing on Australia's biggest online retailer THE ICONIC, launching a range of menswear, and co-chairing panels on diversity and inclusion. Jessie and Carol’s story has appeared on the ABC, 7 News, SBS, Studio 10, and featured in Women's Weekly, The Australian, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, Vogue Magazine - the list goes on.
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Jess chats to Marie Claire about "work"

Jessie sat down with Bron Bates from Marie Claire to chat about how she abandoned her high flying corporate gig, in favour of work with meaning. The secret? It all starts with making THE list.
Carol Taylor: Never Say Never

Carol Taylor: Never Say Never

How a romantic getaway for Carol catapulted her to a new life - from lawyer, to artist, to fashion designer, to co-owner of adaptive clothing label Christina Stephens.
Adaptive fashion's disruptive duo

Adaptive fashion's disruptive duo

Good adaptive design doesn’t end with magnetic buttons and zips. “When designing for someone in a wheelchair, it’s not just about designing for someone in a seated position, there’s so much more to be considered”
Bringing disability-friendly creations to the Runway for Fashion Week

Bringing disability-friendly creations to the Runway for Fashion Week

For the first time in Australian Fashion Week history, a runway show has been created by and for people with disabilities, and modelled by people with disabilities. 
Emotional standing ovation for adaptive fashion show at Fashion Week

Emotional standing ovation for adaptive fashion show at Fashion Week

This year’s Adaptive Fashion Show at AAFW saw two fashion labels, JAM the Label and Christina Stephens showing off their latest pieces, as models in wheelchairs, models using assistive walking devices and models with prosthetics took to the catwalk wearing the designs.
Adaptive fashion for people with disability showcased in Australian first

Adaptive fashion for people with disability showcased in Australian first

The history-making show featured 10 models with disability from across Australia, including disability advocate Lisa Cox, actor and disability advocate Chloe Hayden and Queensland Australian of the Year 2021, Dr Dinesh Palipana.
Here’s what it was like to be in Fashion Week’s first adaptive show

Here’s what it was like to be in Fashion Week’s first adaptive show

‘Unexpected’, ‘unbelievable’ and ‘unreal’ were all words I heard to describe the Adaptive Clothing Collective at this year’s Afterpay Australian Fashion Week (AAFW). 
Adaptive Clothing Collective runway makes an emotive case for universal design

Adaptive Clothing Collective runway makes an emotive case for universal design

Awash with innovative, inclusive designs and bold colours, JAM and Christina Stephens’ collections make clear people with disability deserve to be seen and have their needs met. (Harpers Bazaar)
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Transforming ‘mainstream fashion’

Award-winning designer and disability advocate Carol Taylor has announced she will partner with fellow adaptive fashion designer Jessie Sadler.