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On May 12, Australia’s iconic adaptive fashion brand Christina Stephens headlined the first-ever adaptive clothing runway at Afterpay Australian Fashion Week, debuting selected pieces from their all-new UNWRAPPED collection. 

‘Unexpected’, ‘unbelievable’ and ‘unreal’ were all words I heard to describe the Adaptive Clothing Collective at this year’s Afterpay Australian Fashion Week (AAFW). It was clear that founder Jessie Sadler and lead designer Carol Taylor had achieved one of the things they set out to do with this new collection for Australia’s first inclusive fashion label, Christina Stephens: to dispel the myth that clothing adapted for people with disabilities could not be fashionable, stylish, glamorous, luxurious and even a little sexy. (Inside Retail)

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)

Award-winning designer and disability advocate Carol Taylor has announced she will partner with fellow adaptive fashion designer Jessie Sadler, with Sadler’s label to showcase their new designs at this year’s AFTERPAY Australian Fashion Week in May.

Online adaptive fashion label Christina Stephens has offered clothing that is both stylish and easy-to-wear for men and women with disabilities since launching two years ago. But now, for the first time, that clothing will be designed by someone with first-hand knowledge of customers’ needs: quadriplegic designer Carol Taylor. 

Mercedes Benz runway designer, award-winning lawyer, artist and a disability advocate Carol Taylor is today joining Australia’s adaptive fashion success story Christina Stephens, as a partner and the world’s first quadriplegic fashion designer – with the aim to shake up the global ‘mainstream’ fashion industry.

In celebration of 2022 International Women’s Day, UQ Contact Magazine sat down with our Founder, Jessie Sadler, a fashion innovator on a mission to make clothing more inclusive.

Hannon Comazzetto is the Founder and powerhouse behind the circular wardrobe movement, and we had a little chat with her to find out more about this female-founded company making big waves in ecommerce. 

If you're reading this, you've probably read some other stuff from Clare, like a Christina Stephens email, or a social media post or three on adaptive fashion. But you haven't met Clare properly, and because we're celebrating women all month, we thought it's time we shine the light on some of the other amazing women behind the label. 

Many people, including my friends, believed I couldn’t have sex or wasn’t interested in pursuing romantic relationships. This couldn’t be any further from the truth. 

For Jess Cochran, seeing disabled, queer, plus-sized models amidst others from diverse and marginalised communities walking the runways of MFW was a moment they had dreamt of many times. This is their take on the significance of the emergence of adaptive fashion.

The media should reflect, connect with and include all people. This handbook has been created to assist journalists to do just that, with a particular focus on various communities with disability. 

Sexy photos, right?! Thanks! We think so too. But what you might not see in these selectively styled, perfectly poised images, is the laser precision and the extra attention to detail that goes into coordinating an accessible photoshoot.

At Christina Stephens we are focused on making our customers' shopping experience for adaptive clothing and inclusive fashion, as accessible as possible. Check out our website features that helps you shop with ease.

At Christina Stephens, we make shopping for adaptive clothing and inclusive fashion as easy as possible. If you are an NDIS core supports budget recipient, check out this video now! Happy shopping!

Shopping for adaptive clothing has never been so easy. At Christina Stephens we have provided extensive information and visuals to allow our customers to shop with ease and understand their correct size.