Ffora launches design-led solutions for wheelchair users

Lucy Jones had an idea seven years ago for a range of accessories designed around the requirements of wheelchair users who represent over 3.3 million US citizens, while 30 million have physical disabilities. Since then she has worked tirelessly to realize that idea, balancing style and function, with an eye for aesthetics instilled from her Parsons training and the ear of members of the disability community who have collaborated extensively on product development. Creators of fine leather goods generally deliberate over the same matters––leather quality, pocket placement, the finishing of the hardware––all of which Jones prioritizes too. But with Ffora (Fashion For All) she places the needs of the wheelchair user foremost, even applying her uncompromising vision to a proprietary attachment system compatible with 21 different manual wheelchair brands. Today marks the launch of Ffora and Jones talks exclusively to FashionUnited.