Shifting the Culture in Fashion: Creating Adaptive Clothing for People with Disabilities-part2

Fashion meets Accessibility, is a Kessler Foundation podcast that takes you into the fashion industry, we’ll discuss inclusion, accessibility and adaptive clothing for people with disabilities. Read the transcript at https://kesslerfoundation.org/sites/default/files/2020-09/Shifting%20the%20culture%20in%20Fashion_creating%20adaptive%20clothing%20for%20people%20with%20disabilities-part2-TRANSCRIPT.pdf In this podcast series, we’ll chat with fashion designers, models, everyday people, and caregivers who are making a fashion revolution come to life. The industry predicts that adaptable fashion will earn up to $400 billion dollars by 2026. In this first of a two part series, "Shifting the culture in Fashion: creating adaptive clothing for people with disabilities" we met up with Mindy Scheier, the founder and CEO of Runway of Dreams. Mindy works with mainstream brands like Tommy Hilfiger and Zappos, to make adaptive modifications to their existing clothing lines for people with disabilities. Her journey began when her son Oliver, who has a rare form of Muscular Dystrophy, wanted to wear jeans to school, but couldn’t manage the buttons or zippers. Mindy realized that millions of people also struggled to access fashionable clothing that met their needs. She envisioned a world where clothing was available with modifications that would make them accessible for people with disabilities. After spending 20 years in the fashion industry, Mindy, decided to combine her experience and her passion to address this unmet need by founding the Runway of Dreams Foundation. Listen in as Nicky Miller, our social media specialist interviews Mindy about the start of her journey into the world of adaptive fashion. Be sure and listen to part one of this series as Mindy talks more about her journey into the world of adaptive fashion at https://soundcloud.com/kesslerfoundation/fashion-and-accessibility-mindy-scheier-part1 Mindy came to visit us in Spring 2020, Check out the blog kesslerfoundation.org/info/fashion-a…e-disabilities