Hair & Care on BBC Three
Following the success of our accessible show with designer Chet Lo this London Fashion Week, BBC Three caught up with our founder Anna Cofone and Chet Lo to discuss how our blind and low vision guests were included.
Anna discusses the tactile appeal of Chet's iconic spiky knitwear, which, through the fabric swatches and detailed audio descriptions., offered our blind and low vision guests a greater sensory experience.
Hair & Care in Vogue Business
Hair & Care Founder Anna Cofone, along with designer Chet Lo, caught up with Vogue Business ahead of Chet's SS25 London Fashion Week show, which Hair & Care supported to make accessible for blind and low vision guests.
The pair catch up about how their partnership came about, and Anna gives insight into the need for inclusivity and accessibility within the fashion industry, and why brands should work towards this.
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Hair & Care at Copenhagen Fashion Week: BBC Access All Podcast
Hair & Care featured on another BBC Access All Podcast episode, where founder Anna Cofone and Lucy Edwards joined Emma Tracey to discuss how we made an accessible show for blind and low vision guests.
Anna and Lucy delve into the practicalities of making an inclusive show. To listen to the full BBC Access All Podcast click the link below.
Hair & Care in Dazed Beauty
Featuring Hair & Care at Copenhagen Fashion Week with blind model, Lucy Edwards.
With our founder, Anna, leading the hair for Sinead's show, she discusses the importance of accessible beauty for all, especially those with sight loss. ​
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Hair & Care in British Vogue
​Founder Anna Cofone caught up with Vogue ahead of Copenhagen Fashion Week where Hair & Care partnered with Sinead O'Dwyer, to bring the element of accessiblity to her SS25 show.
As well as making the show accessible to blind and low vision guests, we were also proud to have championed the inclusion of blind model, Lucy Edwards, who walked the runway with her guide dog. A monumental and history-making moment!
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Hair & Care Featured on
BBC London News
Hair & Care recently made its debut on BBC's London News, exploring more of our
in-person workshops!
Emma Tracey, a blind broadcaster, presenter and host of the BBC Access All podcast, visited one of Hair & Care's workshops to get more insight into the community and work that we do monthly with our attendees, as well as understand more how the industry needs to move forward in conversation with our founder, Anna Cofone.
Hair & Care on the
BBC Access All Podcast
In addition to showcasing the workshops on BBC News, Hair & Care was featured on the BBC Access All Podcast, with presenter Emma Tracey speaking to founder Anna Cofone about the beginnings of Hair & Care, and the work of the charity from its start in 2019.
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In their conversation, Anna and Emma discussed further the importance behind open discussions across the beauty industry about how to make hair products and tools accessible to everyone, and how low vision and blind individuals can feel further represented across all beauty products.
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Hair & Care in British Vogue
Sinead O'Dwyer's AW24 show at London Fashion Week became fashion's first VI accessible show with Hair & Care's process and efforts having being featured in British Vogue.
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The collaboration between Hair & Care and Sinéad O'Dwyer has allowed for low vision and blind people to have access to a described audio track of each look in detail during the show, as well as all VI attendees being given a tour of the collection, where they could engage sensorially with the garments.
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Thank you British Vogue!
Talking at length about Hair & Care's mission and incredible collaboration with Sinead O'Dwyer on bringing accessibility to her AW24 show, Dazed and Dazed Beauty featured our work in their show report, emphasising the innovative experience of our visually impaired attendees attending her show, and how they were able to engage with Sinead's collection through a myriad of ways.
This is only the beginning, so much more to come!
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Thank you Dazed Media!
