Just over 10 years ago, Alexandra Herold found it almost impossible to find fashionable clothing or accessories for people with disabilities or for those dea.
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3 Colorado Companies Fixing Common Fashion Woes
Patti & Ricky, Halfdays, and Pepper want to make sure everyone has access to clothes they feel good in.Lauren Puckett •
The greatest depths of despair can be found in the fitting room. But the issue goes beyond tight waistbands for certain consumers, with their unique sartorial needs seemingly ignored by the fashion industry. That is, except for these three Colorado companies patching holes in the market.
Photo courtesy of Patti + Ricky
Frustration: Adaptive fashion clothing options made specifically for people living with disabilities and medical conditions is difficult to find and often drab when you do. “Most of the fashion industry isn’t even thinking about functionality,” Patti & Ricky founder Alexandra Herold says.
With its 2.8 billion users and stance as the platform that stands for communities, Facebook is particularly important to disabled groups and the companies that serve them. And Instagram is the fashion worlds platform of choice.