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Celebrating Mental Health Awareness Month: The Transformative Power of Adaptive Fashion

Celebrating Mental Health Awareness Month: The Transformative Power of Adaptive Fashion

As we celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month, the significance of adaptive fashion emerges as a powerful means to enhance the wellbeing of individuals in the disability community. Beyond aesthetics, adaptive clothing offers comfort, safety, and empowerment, profoundly impacting mental health. 
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Featured in WGSN

Featured in WGSN

 

The Christina Stephens Leaf Back Blouse - featured in WGSN 2024. WGSN is a leading fashion and lifestyle trend forecasting company.

 

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10 News First | Christina Stephens Launches New Inclusive Denim Collection

10 News First | Christina Stephens Launches New Inclusive Denim Collection

Christina Stephens launches the first of its kind! Bullet proof jeans (kinda). Our denim is technically-crafted with a patented recipe to prevent tearing, ripping and cutting, as well as enhance body cooling. Sustainable, schmick and comfy.
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Nobody Solves a Problem Like Christina

Nobody Solves a Problem Like Christina

The ground-breaking label has gone from strength to strength; listing on Australia's biggest online retailer THE ICONIC, launching a range of menswear, and co-chairing panels on diversity and inclusion. Jessie and Carol’s story has appeared on the ABC, 7 News, SBS, Studio 10, and featured in Women's Weekly, The Australian, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, Vogue Magazine - the list goes on.
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Jess chats to Marie Claire about "work"

Jessie sat down with Bron Bates from Marie Claire to chat about how she abandoned her high flying corporate gig, in favour of work with meaning. The secret? It all starts with making THE list.
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Bringing disability-friendly creations to the Runway for Fashion Week

Bringing disability-friendly creations to the Runway for Fashion Week

For the first time in Australian Fashion Week history, a runway show has been created by and for people with disabilities, and modelled by people with disabilities. 
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Emotional standing ovation for adaptive fashion show at Fashion Week

Emotional standing ovation for adaptive fashion show at Fashion Week

This year’s Adaptive Fashion Show at AAFW saw two fashion labels, JAM the Label and Christina Stephens showing off their latest pieces, as models in wheelchairs, models using assistive walking devices and models with prosthetics took to the catwalk wearing the designs.
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Here’s what it was like to be in Fashion Week’s first adaptive show

Here’s what it was like to be in Fashion Week’s first adaptive show

‘Unexpected’, ‘unbelievable’ and ‘unreal’ were all words I heard to describe the Adaptive Clothing Collective at this year’s Afterpay Australian Fashion Week (AAFW). 
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Adaptive Clothing Collective runway makes an emotive case for universal design

Adaptive Clothing Collective runway makes an emotive case for universal design

Awash with innovative, inclusive designs and bold colours, JAM and Christina Stephens’ collections make clear people with disability deserve to be seen and have their needs met. (Harpers Bazaar)
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Making adaptive fashion mainstream

In celebration of 2022 International Women’s Day, UQ Contact Magazine sat down with our Founder, Jessie Sadler, a fashion innovator on a mission to make clothing more inclusive.
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How to Bring Your Business Idea to Life with Jessie Sadler

Business Chicks sat down with our Founder Jessie Sadler on how she bought the Christina Stephens idea to life, and what's next for us in the adaptive clothing world.
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Adapting Fashion to a New Market

Adapting Fashion to a New Market

Australian clothing label Christina Stephens is pioneering the adaptive fashion movement, offering people with disabilities and changing bodies beautiful and functional wardrobe choices.
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Jessie Wide Leg Velvet Pants
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Men's Long Sleeve Leaf Back T-Shirt
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Suzie Q Seated Pant - Sequins
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Suzie Q Seated Pants Sequins
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Louis Thermal Top
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Our seated model with red hair and who is in a wheelchair is wearing a black thermal top with long sleeves, black pants and black boots. Christina Stephens Adaptive Clothing Australia.
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Maggie Thermal Top
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A woman in a cobalt blue velvet top with draped neckline and matching wide leg pants stands with one hand on her hip, looking directly at the camera against a white backdrop.
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Emma Boat Neck Leaf Back Top
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This is a photograph of a woman posing against a white background. She has her hands on her hips, and is looking off to the side . Her blonde hair is styled in an up-do, and she is wearing a black sequinned v-neck top with full length sleeves, paired with black sequin pants. The outfit suggests a semi-formal or business casual look, suitable for an evening event or a dressy night out.
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Tara V Neck Leaf Back Top
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Black
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Standing female with brunette hair up in a bun is wearing an ivory bamboo leaf back top with long sleeves. She is also wearing a cropped wide leg pant made from the same fabric. Christina Stephens Adaptive Clothing Australia
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Essensual PJ Set
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Standing male is wearing a bamboo long sleeve raglan style t-shirt with jeans. Christina Stephens Adaptive Clothing Australia.
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Sir Lord Raglan T-Shirt
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NavyBlack
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Standing male is wearing a magenta red puffer jacket over black pants. Christina Stephens Adaptive Clothing Australia.
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Elly Universal Puffer Jacket
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Gender neutral design for universal and seated fashion
Standing male and seated female wearing cobalt blue puffer vest and jacket over black clothing. Christina Stephens Adaptive Clothing Australia.
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Matt Gender Neutral Puffer Vest
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Catheter Bag Leg Cover - Christina Stephens
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Catheter Bag Leg Cover
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Blonde female is wearing a sand coloured, linen waist coat, with a white top and blue jeans. Christina Stephens Adaptive Clothing Australia.
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Dean Gender Neutral Waistcoat
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Male with dark skin and dark hair is sitting in a wheelchair wearing a white t-shirt, black and flamingo print board shorts and sand coloured loafer shoes. Christina Stephens Adaptive Clothing Australia.
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Lindsay Seated Board Shorts
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Black and Flamingo Print
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Award Winning Christina Prosthetic Jeans
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Christina Prosthetic Jeans
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Blue
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Male with dark skin and dark hair is sitting in a wheelchair wearing a white linen shirt, sand coloured linen vest, blue jeans and sand coloured loafer shoes. Christina Stephens Adaptive Clothing Australia.
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Stephen Seated Jeans
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BlueBlack
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Female wearing a pink and white t-shirt and quilted blue denim skirt. She is wearing a prosthetic limb that is white and black. She is wearing white sneakers. Christina Stephens Adaptive Clothing Australia.
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Bella Skirt
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Blue
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Woman wearing black tapered leg trousers with black sandals and white top. Hands in both pockets. Square pocket detail and sewn square detail at the bottom half of both legs (where a catheter bag is held internally).
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Tapered Track Pants with Hidden Pouch
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Woman wearing black tapered leg pants with square pocket detail, cuff at leg opening and black sandals.
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Tapered Track Pants with Adjustable Cuff
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Sage GreenNavyBlack
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Dark blonde woman in a wheelchair wearing a navy, short sleeve t-shirt, beige cap and navy pants. Orange sandels on her feet. Forward facing and smiling.
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Short Sleeve Leaf Back T-Shirt
$49.00 $69.00 Sale
Dusty RoseNavyGreyBlackSage GreenBlack / CreamWhite+ 4 more
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