{"id":59503,"date":"2026-06-10T07:35:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T23:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=59503"},"modified":"2026-06-10T07:35:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T23:35:07","slug":"singapore-fashion-designer-makes-adaptive-clothes-for-people-with-special-needs-or-disabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=59503","title":{"rendered":"Singapore fashion designer makes adaptive clothes for people with special needs or disabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Some who came that day had life-limiting conditions, said Lim. \u201cThey are well aware of their timeline, so when they choose to be here, you know that it means something to them,\u201d she said quietly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Timothy Chan, who modelled the first edition of the T-shirt, had\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">muscular dystrophy<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> and died two days before CNA Women met Lim. She was heading to his wake after the interview.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span lang=\"EN-GB\">THE PEOPLE MAINSTREAM FASHION FORGETS<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Most clothing is not designed to be inclusive, said 32-year-old Lim. A dress with back zippers that you have to stretch to reach. A shirt with tiny buttons down the front and at the cuff. Pants that require balance to put one foot into at a time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">For people living with disabilities or special needs, these can turn getting dressed into a daily obstacle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Indeed, Lim recalls how as a fashion student, she was approached by a doctor trained in geriatric medicine, who wanted to make clothes for his elderly and bedridden patients.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">This inspired her to found Will and Well in 2017, where she offers ready-to-wear clothes, as well as customisation and bespoke designs, available\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">online <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">and at HIVE @ Enabling Village, at 20 Lengkok Bahru.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/women\/singapore-designer-adaptive-fashion-disabilities-6129531\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some who came that day had life-limiting conditions, said Lim. \u201cThey are well aware of their timeline, so when they choose to be here, you&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--zg4jAB3z--\/c_crop,h_540,w_960,x_0,y_90\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/05\/19\/elisa-lim-founder-will-and-well-adaptive-fashion.jpg?itok=s25GzMhA","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[24487,15355,3928,10382,354,121,22,2121],"class_list":["post-59503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-adaptive","tag-clothes","tag-designer","tag-disabilities","tag-fashion","tag-people","tag-singapore","tag-special","wpcat-2-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/59504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}