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‘we can’t let clothing sizes ruin our lives’
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Candice Huffine became one of the foremost ambassadors for body inclusivity before the term even existed. In 2000, aged 15, she was signed as a plus-size model at a time where fashion opportunities were at best limited for women over a size 14, at worst they were given the leftover scraps – plus size categories were just a few secondary, undercooked and uninspiring stands, often shoved in the corner of a store.

“I remember shopping in a New York department store and the plus size section was a few racks that sat next to the mattresses,” says Huffine. “At the time I thought, maybe it was down to the phrasing ‘plus size’ – that it was causing a problematic divide which made brands think, ‘this woman is so different and so her shopping experience should be different.’ There was no life, no music, no nothing.”

Today, Huffine has no issue

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Best offers on clothing from Nike, Asos, H&M and more
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The coronavirus pandemic has meant all non-essential businesses have been closed since lockdown began on 23 March.

It’s had a detrimental impact on fashion shops across the UK. B2B magazine, Drapers reported in-store sales have dropped 84 per cent compared to 2019, and – despite online grocery sales surging – for the rest of the retail landscape things also look bleak.

Debenhams is closing five more stores across the UK, while Oasis and Warehouse have both permenantly closed after administraitors failed to find a buyer, which also includes around 2,000 jobs losses.

That said, prime minister Boris Johnson has announced all non-essential retailers will be able to reopen in England from 15 June, a move which will include clothes shops, in the latest easing of lockdown restrictions.

As an army of shops prepare to open their doors to the public for the first time in months, many

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Adaptive clothing for women and men that is stylish and functional
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For a very long time, the fashion industry left people with disabilities behind. The few clothing options available were shapeless, drab and closer to hospital garb than anything that could come off a New York runway. “There’s been this stereotype that we can’t take care of ourselves, which means we can’t be fashionable,” says Chelsie Hill, a 28-year-old dancer and model who’s been using a wheelchair ever since a spinal cord injury left her paraplegic at 17.

In this article

  1. What is adaptive clothing?
  2. Where to shop for adaptive clothing
  3. Best stylish adaptive clothes to shop

As discussions around inclusivity in fashion picked up in fervor over the last two years (searches for adaptive fashion increased by 80 percent in 2019, according to fashion platform Lyst), brands like UGGs and American Eagle have reacted, launching lines of adaptive clothing, apparel that is some combination of adjustable, accessible and

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