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Where’s the Power Wheelchair Art?
There is an amazing trend going on in the wheelchair world right now – the crocheted wheel covers being made by Dutch designer Simeli.nl. These are fantastic and beautiful in every way. They make me want to take my old manual chair out of storage, dust it off, and buy a pair. Sadly however, I’ve been a full-time power wheelchair-user for years and these lovely wheel covers won’t work on my spoke-less wheels. Power wheelchairs get no love. The beautifying accessories available to our cross-section of the universe are far and few between. Do you know of any power wheelchair accessories that enhance their aesthetic appeal? Am I uninformed about…
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SCI Superstar: Heidi Herkes
Meet our newest SCI Superstar Heidi Herkes! A spinal cord injury may have forced Heidi to retool her career, but she’s still in the beauty and style industry doing what she loves. See how she’s created a new career for herself as a personal stylist. Read more
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SCI Superstar: Priscilla Hedlin
Meet SPINALpedia's SCI Superstar this week Priscilla Hedlin! The renowned The Wheelchair Mommy blogger, Priscilla is one of the most prolific parenting bloggers with a spinal cord injury with over 1200 posts and counting. Also blogging her daily fashion and much more, following her life online is a must for anyone newly injured or for anyone seeking a different perspective on the world. Go Priscilla!
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Video review of the Jamies Camisole
In my video review for Ag Apparel, adaptive clothing designer, I give a Summery look to the very pretty Jamies Camisole.
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Wheelchair fashion ‘look books’
We all wear clothes, but only a select few in this world can be called fashionable. So you can understand my excitement whenever I run across a wheeler with superb fashion sense.
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SCI Superstar: Sophie Morgan
Artist, TV presenter, REX walking suit ambassador, learn all about Sophie Morgan. She’s a 27 yr old paraplegic from the UK who’s been on two reality shows since her injury (Beyond Boundaries, Britain’s Missing Top Model) and is an up-and-coming BBC TV personality. Read this entry
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Finally, a footplate for high heels
OMG a perfect place for high heels on footrests? My friend Tamara Mena, a paraplegic, has worked with TiLite wheelchairs to create this awesome foot plate made to accomodate high heels. Love it! Women in wheelchairs everywhere have been wanting something like this for years. The heels can rest off the back of the plate, making it so the ankles stay straight. It’ll be available soon, but the exact date has yet to be released. Check in with TiLite for more info in coming months. PS. A power chair version needs to be available next!
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Podcast #87: Reveca Torres – Fashionista, SCI Support Ring Leader
In Episode #87 of No Free Rides, Tiffiny talks yoga, fashion and the make-or-break importance of family and peer support when you have a spinal cord injury with the founder of Backbones (one of the best SCI support networks out there), Reveca Torres.
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Wheelchair fashion tips: In your face, and a ladylike runway show
If Bjork can be deemed fashionable, if we can make kitchen appliances fashionable, why can’t we be rolling thrones of haute couture too? Srsly… If you watch the above video by Tiffany Giddes, a T10 paraplegic and member of The Ability 411 crew (a collaboration of five paralyzed vloggers who answer questions about life with paralysis), she shares all the best fashion tips she’s discovered since her injury. They are awesome. Tiffany is one tough chick so you know her fashion tips will be good. Her ability to be turn a project into a reality is crazy. Take her new movie Collision about a female wheelchair assassin—she stars in it…
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Push Girls: Reality TV Finally Finds Us
I wrote more about what “Push Girls” means to me for Easystand. Check it out: Push Girls premiered last Monday, the new reality show on the Sundance channel profiling four “hot babes” in wheelchairs. As a babe in a wheelchair myself (hey I’ve been called that), this show is the televised messiah I’ve been waiting for. The show’s premise – showing the world that you can still be beautiful, have a full life, a great job, have men that want you, and still drive a fabulous car (has been my personal goal since my injury). You have no idea how frustrating it is for people to be shocked when you can achieve any of…
