Created by Parsons graduate and Eileen Fisher alum Lucy Jones.
Author:Whitney BauckPublish date:Jul 30, 2019Updated onJul 30, 2019When you consider that the fashion industry cranks out about 100 billion pieces of clothing a year according to some estimates, it's mind-boggling that the roughly 59 million Americans living with disabilities have so few options tailored to their needs.
"[Working on this] has been the hardest two years, but the best two years of my life," Jones says on the phone. "I feel we're onto something."Designing for Disabilities: How Parsons's Open Style Lab Is Helping to Make Fashion AccessibleLike her senior thesis collection had been, Ffora was born from hours of collaboration and conversation with the disabled community.
Having spent a year working under the sustainability leaders on Eileen Fisher's team, Jones also understands the importance of designing pieces that will stay in use and out of landfills. To that end, she's made durability a key factor in her approach. "I wanted the community to lead the company," Jones explains. "A lot of people that we work with, that have been so excited, who starred in our campaign, who have been working with us from the beginning — we wanted to make sure that their voices were heard."
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