Unimpaired

Today the fashion industry is ever so brimming with new ideas, new concepts and new designers. There's always a new trend on the way, and everyone is constantly thinking of what's in season and out of season.

Here's a brilliant design idea by fashion label Xeni: Xeni Collection, a label that caters couture-quality attire for people with physical impairments. Their label offers garment specially made for wheelchair users and for those who find zips and buttons difficult to use.

Designer Ann Oliver is a former architect suffering from multiple sclerosis, which caused her to lose mobility in her hands as well as confined her to a wheelchair. Realizing that many others are in her position, she set out to help women who have troubles with conventional clothing. “I want to engage with my customers to design fashionable garments that provide solutions for as yet unrecognized requirements,” she says.

For example, for wheelchair users, the garments are cut at the rear to make putting it on/off while sitting down easier.

The Marianna dress from Xeni Collection being worn and the back view, clearly showing the cut-out.

And for the users who find buttons and zips difficult, Xeni Collection have equipped their attires with magnets to latch close their clothes easily. For example in their Jacobite Jacket, the buttons have been replaced with magnets, as seen in the pictures below.

I love how the Xeni Collection makes no sacrifices in style to accommodate the different consumers, in fact, they look as chic and classy as ever. While managing to adapt it to those who have trouble dressing themselves, Xeni manages to maintain the aesthetics of their pieces.

Truly fashion for the unconventional.

Via Ecouterre