CNA938 Rewind - A Letter to Myself: Claudia Poh and the empowering function of adaptive fashion
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Claudia Poh is the founder of adaptive fashion label Werable, which designs clothes and accessories that can be more easily used by everyone, regardless of their physical abilities. Claudia shares how a pivotal encounter with a lady who had been diagnosed with a medical condition that limited her mobility, opened her eyes to the empowering potential of adaptive fashion, and how she's grown through her journey as a fashion entrepreneur.
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