Rethinking labels: Policy Recommendation for Accessible Textile Labels

Imagen de unos vaqueros cubiertos de etiquetas textiles. El texto en rosa brillante dice: Repensar las etiquetas. Logotipos de Movingmood y Boutique Badia en la esquina superior derecha.

Clothing labels are not well designed, The population cannot read the texts, do not understand the washing symbols and are not accessible for people with disabilities and seniors. They are uncomfortable because they scratch the skin. The most common solution among consumers is to cut them to improve comfort. As a result, 1. We lose … Read more

Inclusive fashion and diversity the ‘leitmotiv’ of 080 Barcelona Fashion

Blog. Catwalk at Barcelona fashion week

The commitment to diversity has been the driving force behind this 31st edition of 080 Barcelona Fashion Week. In a world that is increasingly inclusive and open to new possibilities, we have seen proposals from 25 designers focused on diversity in capital letters. Clothes and models that represent society as a whole: gender diversity, people … Read more

5 reasons why you should design for accessibility

Blog. Reasons why you must design accessibility.

Accessibility is an attribute that benefits all people because we all use accessibility. When a product is accessible you get: 1- Innovation.Diversity drives innovation. Design a product focused on solving a specific challenge and that product will be useful for many more people. Design for 1 and extend the benefit to many. 2- Market growth.Resonate … Read more

International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2022

Dia internacional de las personas con discapacidad 2022

  People with disabilities are often thought of as motivational people, people as a source of inspiration, even today, they are seen as a forgotten market that generates income for companies and organisations. Their potential is rarely shown in the workplace. They are capable of performing any task, they are the best problem solvers, because … Read more

July: Disability Pride Month.

Blog. Disability pride month

July is people with disabilities Pride Month. This American date is becoming increasingly popular among people with disabilities. On 26 July 1990 the President of the United States, George H.W. Bush, signed the Americans with Disabilities Act into law. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the first Disability Pride Day was celebrated in … Read more

Accessibility and circularity: The inseparable binomial of success

Blog. Nico y Rut

Environmental sustainability is gaining a lot of weight within companies and governments, mainly because climate change is becoming more visible in developed countries, and because of new European and state legislation that every organisation must comply with. This means transforming production processes, services and products towards circular and ecological models. So far, so good! If … Read more

S4FASHION

Blog. Rethinking labels

It’s official! We are now part of the European Union’s S4Fashion project community! This program aims to boost sustainable and circular fashion innovation by empowering small and medium-sized enterprises. 25 projects receive funding, coaching and personalised mentoring to take their proposals to the highest level. Obviously from MovingMood we do not understand sustainability without inclusion … Read more

Colours and patterns

Blog. Colors and prints

Colours and patterns play a key role in garments and fashion design, also influencing accessibility and inclusion. We choose to wear one colour or another depending on our mood, the mood we feel in the morning and the light of the day, whether it is sunny or cloudy, are factors that influence our decision. If … Read more

Bodies and fashion

Blog. Design accessibility

Fashion and the human body have a love-hate relationship. Most people do not fit the standards described by fashion. Bodies should fit clothes, when it should be the other way around, fashion should fit all bodies. As a consequence, we meet many people who say: “I can’t find anything that fits me”. How is that … Read more

Inclusive fashion or adapted fashion

Blog MovingMood

We have been talking about inclusive fashion, adapted fashion, inclusive design, design for inclusion, fashion for all, fashion accessibility, etc. for some years now. A list of hashtags and names appear on social networks combining these words to ensure that we communicate well and address our target audience. What is going on?  We find a … Read more