AG Video Blog: The Lucy 3+ Way Dress
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.
Ag Apparel universal fashion blog premieres (with video reviews)
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. Read more
How Do You Wear Your LegaWear: The White Jacket
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. Read more
Lady Gaga cosplay
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
My interview with AI’s InSite
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.
High fashion, super low prices: Designer debuts line for “real” women
Jeggings: The most slimming jean you’ll ever buy
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.
Suit styling: Imma be lookin’ all fly in LegaWear
After about a month-long wait, and what I can imagine was a very long and arduous tailoring process (as all their suits are made in Thailand), I’ve finally received my custom SMOKIN black suit (jacket/pants combo) from the adapted clothing company Legawear. See the jacket I’m wearing in the pic? This jacket is one of the greatest pieces of clothing I’ve ever bought and the reason is simple: Precise tailoring. More…
Rocking the side pony tail
I think the side ponytail needs to be bought back with a vengeance. Here’s my look for today, complete with my AWESOME fake glasses (Hot Topic) and deconstructed Bowie tshirt. Here are some cool sites I highly recommend for further exploring this oh-so tubular ’80s hairdo:
- Edgy side ponytail tutorial on YouTube
Happy Friday!
- Tiff
Vote for Defining Beauty to win 25k from Pepsi!
The talented Alexis Ostrander, as well as the Defining Beauty Team, have made an amazing documentary called Defining Beauty, a film that highlights all of the gorgeous and inspiring women in the Ms. Wheelchair America pageant. Vote for her film to win $25k as part of the Pepsi Refresh Project!













