Wheelchair fashion ‘look books’
We all wear clothes, but only a select few in this world can be called fashionable. So you can understand my excitement whenever I run across a wheeler with superb fashion sense. Like this awesome...
View ArticleSCI Superstar: Francesco Clark
Founder and President of Clark’s Botanicals, an award-winning skincare company with products that have been featured in Allure, In-Style, and The New York Times (just to name a few publications) and...
View ArticleBrazil loves wheelchair fashion (yes really)
Just like scientists realizing, “Wow, here’s another animal species we didn’t know about,” don’t think for a second you know everything that’s happening in the world of adaptive fashion. There are...
View ArticleVideo review of the Jamies Camisole
Time again for a video review! Just in time for Spring, I decided to give a Summery touch to the Jamies Camisole, a great top made by Ag Apparel, adding a belt and a grey skirt. I really love this top...
View ArticleThe top ten wheelchair jean designers of 2013
Out of everything I’ve tried to wear in my wheelchair, jeans have always been one of the most disappointing things I’ve put on. They just never look right. Bulky, awkward, unflattering – jeans rarely...
View ArticleStop hatin’ on Lady Gaga’s gold wheelchair
Love her or hate her, Lady Gaga never does anything subtly. After undergoing surgery on her hip last month (she has synovitis, an inflammation of the joints that causes pain, swelling and reduced range...
View ArticleSCI Superstar: Briana Walker
Model, hip-hop dancer, motivational speaker and author, Briana Walker is a bright and fun California girl who did something amazing – she got head deep in the world of modeling only a year after her...
View ArticleSCI Superstar: Tamara Mena
Stunning right? Tamara Mena, a paraplegic from California, is one of the most positive women you’ll ever meet. She’s an ambassador for Esko Bionics, the cutting-edge biotech company that creates...
View ArticleMeet Misa – the most famous cosplayer on wheels
Cosplay is the art of dressing up as your favorite character. An elevated form of pretending? Why not. And anything goes. You can be a character from a movie, video game, comic book, TV show, anime,...
View ArticleAging gracefully despite the “easy wheelchair life”
My friend Carrie, also a wheelchair-user, but not from a spinal cord injury (she has cerebral palsy: moderately so and can push herself in a manual chair), is a my only friend in a wheelchair who lives...
View ArticleSCI Superstar: Samanta Bullock
Brazil is home to some of the world’s most beautiful women, and you can count Samanta Bullock as one of them. Born Samanta Almeida 34 years ago, Samanta Bullock grew up modeling and playing tennis....
View ArticleSCI Superstar: Victoria Arlen
“Rock your disability,” a famous quote by Victoria Arlen pretty much sums up the personality of this hardcore adaptive athlete, who was paralyzed by transverse myelitis when she was 11. She made a...
View ArticleSCI Superstar: Santina Muha
Every little girl dreams of growing up to be someone special, and for Santina Muha, she was no different. But when she became paralyzed at the age of 5 in a car accident, this New Jersey girl had to...
View ArticlePodcast #99: Jessie Hammond – Fashionista, Author and Depression Blogger
Born with cerebral palsy, but born with the ability to use crutches along with being a wheelchair-user, Jessie talks about existing in both the able-bodied and disabled worlds, and adjusting to her...
View ArticleMust-See Wheelchair Winter Coat Sale
IZ Adaptive, one of my favorite adaptive clothing designers, is having an awesome sale on winter coats for wheelchair-users. And being that fall just started, it’s the perfect time to buy an amazing...
View ArticleSCI Superstar: Kebra Moore
There wasn’t ever a time in Kebra Moore’s life when she wasn’t musical. A renowned gospel singer with hits to her name, a motivational speaker and the current Ms. Wheelchair Mississippi, Kebra Moore...
View ArticleParalyzed UK Beauty Blogger Jordan Bone
Makeup, fashion, fake tans and being all-around fabulous is the M.O. of 23 year old beauty blogger, Jordan Bone, paralyzed in 2005 in a car accident. Her whole life changed when she accepted a ride...
View ArticleSCI Superstar: Monica Quimby
Monica Quimby may be one of the most interesting women with spinal cord injuries to come along in the last six years. A college biology professor and a Paralympic athlete in-training, yes Monica is a...
View ArticleFind Your Inner Geek: Wheelchair-Users Doing Cosplay
Wheelchair-users love to dress up. Many of us love Halloween or any excuse to don the visage of someone else and get out of our element, even for a few hours. There’s just nothing like it. And one of...
View ArticleIn love with print leggings? Here are a few adapted pairs
I’m so in love with print leggings lately. I’ve found they flatter legs that are paralyzed really well. So naturally, I was thrilled to see that IZ Adaptive, clothing for wheelchair-users, now offers...
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