![]() While the fashion industry is aiming for inclusivity in a lot of areas, “disability is sometimes forgotten,” she said. “I just feel like It’d be great to feel more recognized,” Capri said. She said magnetic closures on button down shirts or on jewelry are some changes she would like to see in the fashion industry to make clothing more adaptive. “No two bodies are alike, so I want to see the fashion industry take it on and say ‘hey, you know, if we’re going to be inclusive, we’re going to be adaptive, we really do have to expand and include more disability in that as well,” she said.Īdriana Capri, a lifestyle blogger and graduate of Marist College’s fashion program, said when clothing is adaptive, anyone can wear it, not just people with disabilities. While there are roughly 400 types of dwarfism and it is very hard to standardize how to make clothing for so many types of bodies, Curwin said she wants to see the fashion industry take on the task. “ eliminating an entire customer base … people with disabilities comprise the world’s largest minority and it is also the only minority group that anyone can join.”Īs a little person or a person with dwarfism, Curwin said it’s difficult finding clothing that isn’t too long for her or doesn’t match up with her body proportions. We all get up, we all get dressed in the morning in one way, shape or form,” Curwin said. She said it doesn’t make sense when brands don’t design clothing with people with disabilities in mind. One of the panelists, Jillian Curwin, is a podcast host, blogger and disability and dwarfism advocate. And we need everybody to really participate and make this a mainstream notion that people with disabilities are people first.” ![]() “I hope that everybody listening tonight has an important takeaway of conviction and understanding that change is happening and we are all responsible for making that happen,” Scheier said at the opening of the panel discussion. ![]() The panel, hosted by the student leaders of this university’s Runway of Dreams chapter, featured four panelists who are involved with Runway of Dreams, with an opening appearance from Scheier as well. The organization, which works to ensure that “one day the adaptive category will be as commonplace as petite or plus size,” came to this university in 2021. ![]() Runway of Dreams was founded in 2014 by Mindy Scheier, who is a fashion designer and the mother of a child with a disability. The Runway of Dreams club at the University of Maryland, an organization that advocates for adaptive apparel, empowered people with disabilities on and off the runway in a virtual panel event on Monday. ![]()
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