How do you wear your LegaWear? Fall is in full force, so I decided to bring out my Lega black suit jacket. And you don’t have to wear it formally (I rarely do). For this look, I paired my black jacket with my Marilyn Monroe pink tee, a teal schoolgirl skirt, black leggings, black motorcycle boots, and my versatile black knit hat.
I’ve been doing review videos of clothing from the adaptive fashion label, AG Apparel, for about a month now. Here’s my latest video, featuring a pair of super fashionable pants w/ side zippers for eacy access, and an ivory cotton top w/ detachable sleeves to switch-up the look. Watch now!
Sometimes it’s not the brides who are crazy, but the industry itself. Follow my friend Melissa’s wedding adventures as she manuevers her way through the wedding planning industry, making sure her Cerebral Palsy is nothing more than an inconsequential detail. Her blog: Disability and I Do
Talk about a garment with multiple personalities. This “dress” can be worn as a top, a strapless top, a halter, a skirt, even a dress, and exemplifies just how fun universal fashion can be.
Wheelchair fashion, universal fashion, adaptive fashion, whatever you want to call it, Ag Apparel does it right. And their new Ag Blog features videos reviews of their innovative clothes.
For my August, How Do You Wear Your LegaWear blog, I’m highlighting the coolest piece of clothing currently in my closet (other than my reconstructed DARE t-shirt): My superfly white LegaWear jacket (get yours here), complete with a pimptastic PURPLE liner.
Here’s my stab at at the Lady Gaga “Telephone” video costume (the opening prison scene to be exact) for CONvergence (Minneapolis’ annual sci-fi convention). Not bad for a wheelchair girl, right? The dress was orginally a black clubbing dress that I striped using white duct tape. Shades are from Ragstock ($7). Bigger version of costume here
Becoming on expert on adapted fashion, and even caring about fashion in general, wasn’t always my thing.
Read about the journey that brought me to creating Beauty Ability, and well as how the world of adapted fashion is changing (for the better) in the article, Fashion and Disability: Blending style with function, published by the Art Institutes’ InSite online magazine.
Jeggings debuted last summer and are leggings masquerading as jeans. They have a jean print, come in several washes and colors, and some even have faux pockets and a real button-fly. BUT DON’T BE FOOLED. They are leggings through and through and will be the most comfortable pair of jeans (if you want to call them that) you’ll ever buy, and they look great on plus-sizes too. They are incredibly slimming and since they’re stretchy as hell, they hit every curve of whatever body they’re put on, whether you have too-skinny legs….or the opposite.
As a woman who uses a wheelchair, finding truly fabulous jeans that look good (read: do not make me look fat or make it look like I have a penis by fabric bunching in the crotch-area while I’m sitting) has been so hard, and such a waste of money. I had actually given up on finding a decent pair of jeans years ago, and instead usually just wear black leggings or a skirt. All of my friends can attest to Tiff never wearing jeans. But that all changed in the past week.
After discovering the existence of Jeggings 10 days ago, I started my search online to procure a pair. I checked out the Express, who were asking $50 for a pair of Jeggings. FAIL. Instead, I found two awesome pairs of denim leggings (one is cropped, one pair is ankle length with a cool ‘80s acid wash) at Herberger’s at $9.99/pair. Do your shopping homework, people. Always look online first before wasting gas driving anywhere.
Jeggings are the future of jeans. And remember – wear a long top/short dress with your Jeggings (never anything shorter), as Jeggings tend to be tighter in the crotch area than a regular pair of jeans.
