Ever since actress Selma Blair came forth about her multiple sclerosis diagnosis last October, she has been advocating for fashion lines to include adaptive clothing. Over the past few years, fashion designers and people with disabilities have been focusing on manufacturing functional and presentable clothes. During that same year, designer Mindy Scheier launched Runway of Dreams, a nonprofit that promotes and supports inclusive clothing design. Since 2016, the Cerebral Palsy Foundation teamed up students from the Fashion Institution of Technology to design clothing that’d transform the fashion experience for women with disabilities. Adaptive fashion has already been a growth industry, long before Selma Blair entered the narrative.

Source: Forbes February 28, 2019 20:14 UTC