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We want to give people living with disabilities achoice. Achoice in fashion. Achoice to be included. Achoice to be heard.
These were the founding principles on which Christina Stephens was launched - the inclusive, Brisbane-based fashion label, giving people the choice to feel confident and empowered in clothing that looks as good as it feels.
Our vision is to bring inclusive and adaptive clothing to mainstream fashion retailers. Launched in March 2020, we’re still in the early stages of normalising the current stigma around adaptive clothing, by creating pieces that are discreetly functional and fit for purpose but beautiful and desirable by customers with and without disabilities. Check out #AAFW'22 - we're well and truly on the way!
Inclusivity, adaptability and sustainability are the core business and design values of Christina Stephens. We choose to design pieces that aren’t just versatile, adaptive and cohesive, but also modest, inclusive and sustainable.
Christina Stephens was conceived after Founder Jessie Sadler’s mum had a fall and damaged her elbows. The injury prevented her from dressing with ease in her usual classy and understated style. Twenty percent of the population live with a disability, yet the proportion of beautiful, quality, and on-trend fashion available, is vastly lacking.
Inclusivity, adaptability and sustainability are the core business and design values of Christina Stephens. We choose to design pieces that aren’t just versatile, adaptive and cohesive, but also modest, inclusive and sustainable. We want to give people with disabilities and changing voices a voice, with universal designs, beautiful on every body.
What started as a solution to combat the limited adaptive fashion options for women with disabilities and changing bodies, has now expanded to include menswear, is available through mainstream retailers, and has been bolstered by the world’s first quadriplegic fashion designer, Carol Taylor, joining the team.
Our vision remains the same - to bring inclusive and adaptive clothing to mainstream fashion retailers. Launched in March 2020, we’re still in the early stages of normalising the current stigma around adaptive clothing, by creating pieces that are discreetly functional and fit for purpose, but beautiful for every body. (Watch this space Myer and David Jones!)
People always assume that it’s our Founder’s name. Nope! But the story is personal.
“I wanted to create a label that sounded like a designer label, not one that reminded my clients of functional or clinical clothing. My mum’s name is Christine and my dad’s name is Stephen. The combination of names is just a little something that makes my business even more personal to me.” ~ Jessie
