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Clothing for women with a stoma

Hello.I'm Laura.

I'm starting a fashion business for women like me. I have zero fashion experience, but I know what it's like when your clothes stop working for you.

Read my story
Laura, photographed for her own account of starting a fashion business
Laura, founder of bruce&me
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Starting bruce&me

Why I'm doing this.

After surgery for bowel cancer, I was given a stoma. I found myself struggling to make my clothes work with a colostomy bag.

I want clothes that are comfortable and make me feel good. I've decided to find out whether I can make them for women like me. I'm starting by talking to other women with stomas.

A future wardrobe

A few possibilities, not a finished collection.

Wardrobe ideas

Jeans came up again and again in the feedback. These reference pieces help imagine what a shop could become, shaped by the women who would wear the clothes.

Shop concept only. Reference photographs, example GBP prices and UK sizes. Nothing is for sale.
3 ideas

Keep in touch

I'm sharing my progress on Instagram. If there are clothes you miss wearing, I'd like to hear about them.

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