The Intersection of Fashion and Disability

Kate Annett-Hitchcock is a Professor in the Wilson College of Textiles at North Carolina State University, USA. Prior to this, she was on the faculty at East Carolina University, Virginia Tech and the Savannah College of Art and Design. Her research focuses on clothing for health and well-being; fashion entrepreneurship, and historical and cross-cultural inspirations in fashion.

List of Figures
Contributors
Preface
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Glossary

1. Establishing Significance
Introduction
1.1 Purpose of the book: It’s a fashion story!
1.2 Medical and social models of disability
1.3 Framing of disability fashion history
Summary

2. Underpinnings: Events Prior to 1800
Introduction
2.1 Setting the stage for the historical discussion
2.2 Pre-eighteenth century
2.3 Impact of the Age of Enlightenment: 1740-1800
Summary
Boxed Profiles: Mrs. Morrell and Miss Hawtin

3. Improvisation and Innovation: 1800-1920
Introduction
3.1 The early to mid-nineteenth century
Charitable Organizations
3.2 The late nineteenth century: Effects of war
3.3 The early twentieth century: War, therapy & industry
Summary
Boxed Profile: Lavinia Warren

4. Rehabilitation, independence & finally fashion: 1930s to early 1970s
Introduction
4.1 Impact of work, World War Two and rehabilitation: 1925-1950
4.2 Academic and government funded research: 1950-1973
4.3 Independent designers-Research and practice: 1950-1960
4.4 Connecting research, outreach and small business through independence & civil rights movements: 1960-1973
4.5 Other activist efforts and government initiatives
Summary
Boxed Profile: Frida Kahlo

5. Individual appearance management between two Acts: 1973-1990
Introduction
5.1 Impact of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act
5.2 Centers and workshops
Design Without Limits
Center for Universal Design
5.3 Other relevant publications
5.4 The beginning role of retail
Summary
Boxed Profile: Sunae Park Evans, Senior Costume Conservator, Smithsonian Institution

6. Contemporary Design and Technology
Introduction
6.1 The Americans with Disabilities Act
6.2 Fashion design developments in context
6.3 Design interviews
Alexandra Palmer on Izzy Camelleri of IZAdaptive
Lucy Jones of FFORA
Grace Jun of OpenStyleLab
Justin LeBlanc on Justin LeBlanc Design
6.4 Do we have a disability design process?
6.5 Harnessing technological developments
Summary

7. A Story of disabled makers
Introduction
7.1 Disabled makers in history
7.2 The legacy of disabled makers
Summary

8. Tying it all together
Introduction
8.1 Patterns of success
8.2 Tying it all together
8.3 Where we could be heading
8.4 Disability fashion history timeline