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A digital book mockup of "mélange FashionAbility" featuring model Robert Essel on the cover next to text reading "Celebrating style without limits."
Close-up portrait of a blonde woman with red lipstick wearing a formal burgundy velvet gown while sitting in a motorized wheelchair.

Emma Lines is showing fashion what it looks like sitting down

Two smiling women sitting closely together on a white vintage tufted sofa against a white brick wall. The woman on the left wears a blue long-sleeve top and has a bandaged leg, while Emma on the right wears a sleeveless black dress, black tights, and glasses on her head.

Love, Emma is designing fashion that finally meets people where they are

Smiling female runway model with dreadlocks wearing a white athletic zip-up jacket, grey athletic skirt, and a vibrant, multi-colored patterned prosthetic leg.

Abena Christine Jon’el’s Kente prosthetic makes disability part of the fashion image

Close-up portrait of a young woman with curly red hair looking off to the side, resting her chin on her hand near a bright window while wearing a delicate silver bracelet.

Kyla Evans is styling her deafness on her own terms

Close-up portrait of a person with curly red hair, fairy-inspired green eye makeup, butterfly necklaces, and a pink felt bow headpiece.

Meet Fay Pink canes, bangles, and zero apologies

Portrait of Lainie Ishbia sitting casually on the arm of a dark grey couch, wearing blue jeans and a white t-shirt with "Perfectly Imperfect" printed on it against a white textured wall.

They designed the clothes but you had to figure out the rest

A smiling woman wearing a gray wool blazer, beige t-shirt, brown wide-leg trousers, a knit beanie, and sunglasses walking with a clear acrylic cane while carrying a brown leather bag.

Flic Jackson: The outfit is the armour

Professional portrait of Francesca Martinengo smiling and leaning on a table with crutches, wearing a black blazer, denim shirt, and blue jeans in front of an ornate wrought-iron gate.

Adaptive fashion in Italy: Why there is still huge space for the rise of young fashion designers

Close-up portrait of a Black model with albinism and styled blonde bubble-braid hair wearing a brown pinstripe suit jacket, light blue collared shirt, and olive tie.

Reine is using fashion to be seen on her own terms

A woman with long red hair wearing a black tulle dress and a wide-brimmed black hat standing in front of a rocky background.

Keegan Julius shows how neurodivergent fashion can be bold, sensory and beautiful

A joyful woman in a wheelchair posing in a sparkling rose gold sequin adaptive evening gown surrounded by glowing holiday lights and glass ornaments.

Meet Marisa Conners

A smiling young woman with wavy brown hair looking to the side under a canopy tent illuminated by fairy lights. She is wearing a white dress and a black shoulder bag with a grassy landscape and a lake in the background.

Editor's Note

There are still too few publications where fashion, disability, and genuine self-expression sit comfortably in the same conversation. When our first issue launched, the response caught me off guard. Not just in volume, but in honesty. People wrote to us about their daily frustrations with the industry, the brands they return to, and their deeply personal and sometimes complicated relationships with getting dressed each morning. [...]

A studio portrait of a male model with vitiligo and an afro looking thoughtfully forward with his hand on his chin, wearing a colorful, textured plaid patterned jacket with a frayed finish.

Robert Essel is using fashion to challenge the stigma around vitiligo

Robert Essel arrives with pattern, confidence and purpose. For the Ghanaian model and advocate, the world of fashion transcends the mere wearing of clothes. Fashion has become his language. It is the introduction even before he speaks, turning attention and curiosity into education and making visible difference impossible to ignore [...]

A diverse group of four people posing together in front of a beige background, including a Black man sitting in a wheelchair and a tattooed man sitting on the floor, all dressed in coordinated earth-toned outfits.

Handy tips for finding and getting the most from adaptive fashion

A smiling woman in a grey ribbed bathrobe looking into a bathroom mirror and applying facial cream to her cheek during a morning skincare routine.

Making beauty more accessible one routine at a time

A fashionable woman with a short bob haircut sitting in a wheelchair against a concrete wall, wearing a cropped metallic lavender satin jacket over a black top and trousers.

What I wore and why it mattered

A stylish blind woman walking down a city street while using a white cane, wearing a chic cream trench coat over a black turtleneck, sunglasses, gold jewelry, and carrying a black quilted purse.

10 adaptive clothing hacks that work for me as a blind person

Dr. Ben Barry smiling on a red carpet in front of a white backdrop with "The New School Parsons" logos, wearing a olive green grid-patterned denim jacket adorned with colorful beaded safety pins, paired with blue eye makeup.

A new vision for fashion emerges as Parsons builds pathways for disabled designers

Fashion loves to talk about revolution, but real change rarely walks the runway. That’s why Dr. Ben Barry, Dean of Fashion at Parsons School of Design, is turning the industry’s glossy buzzwords on their head by placing disabled creatives at the center of fashion’s future.

Two brightly dressed individuals posing back-to-back at a fashion event; one wears a shimmering hot pink ruffled dress and holds a cane, while the other wears a yellow patterned dress with matching headscarf and uses forearm crutches.

May Marigold is moving adaptive fashion beyond function and into self-expression

Three smiling individuals standing together on a white background, including a man using a walking cane, a woman in a blue hoodie, and a woman in a wheelchair wearing a grey jacket and jeans.

Adaptive fashion finally showed up. Meet Spoonie Threads

An elderly woman with glasses in a wheelchair laughing with a caregiver or friend, both wearing matching bright pink Adaptt Apparel adaptive fleece tracksuits against a white background.

Adaptt Apparel is rewriting the rules of adaptive fashion

A smiling young man sits cross-legged on the floor wearing an olive green t-shirt and brown pants, next to a smiling woman with bright red hair using a wheelchair. She is wearing a cozy blue knit cardigan and brown wide-leg trousers.

The brand making fashion a basic right

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