How A Hollywood Stylist Is Helping The Fashion Industry See People With Disabilities As ‘Desirable Fashion Customers’

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Stephanie Thomas uses a styling system she created to dress people with disabilities in Hollywood. She uses her platform to encourage universal design, and educate the public about disability, hoping to change negative perceptions.

; both launched lines of adaptive clothing and apparel accessible to people with both physical and cognitive disabilities. Tommy Hilfiger and Target have also created collections. But Thomas wants designers and companies to create clothing that is more universally designed.

Thomas has styled Spencer for several notable events such as the Film Independent Spirit Awards, Sundance, and The Cannes Film Festival. She has also modeled in several photoshoots hosted by Thomas, including her most recent, recreating celebrity magazine covers. They've worked together for the last five years. Stephanie Thomas

Both Thomas and Mena are"curators" with Thomas' brand, Cur8able; they share information and their stories on their own platforms and Cur8able's social media platforms.Tamara Mena Social media has been integral for Thomas, her clients, and the push for inclusivity in the fashion industry. And representation in the media of people with disabilities, like Mena and Spencer, is crucial to changing negative perceptions.

Whether or not a company needs to fix its culture depends on the answers to those questions. From there,"buy-in" from the top is crucial, and then companies need to take months to create a plan, address any issues they may have, and research disability culture.

 

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