http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Sat, 25 May 2013 00:34:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/14/accessible-fashion-to-berkeley-senior-its-about-options-visibility/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/14/accessible-fashion-to-berkeley-senior-its-about-options-visibility/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 21:18:13 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=26233 Fourth-year student Alva Gardner aspires to work in the clothing industry — designing for people, women especially, whose bodies don't fit the "norm." Her accessible-fashion concepts include pants with pockets at the knees, where people in wheelchairs, like herself, "could actually use them." American studies, psychology, art, disability, gender, sexuality and women's studies are among her protean interests.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/14/accessible-fashion-to-berkeley-senior-its-about-options-visibility/feed/ 0