Clothing for women with a stoma
I'm Laura. After surgery, I struggled to make my clothes work with a colostomy bag. I'm exploring whether I can start a fashion business for women like me.
Meet LauraThe reason I started
After surgery for bowel cancer, I was given a stoma. The clothes I already owned became difficult to wear.
I don't have a fashion background. I do have plenty of questions, and I want to work through them with women who have the same problems.
Follow Laura on InstagramWhat women told me
In week one, I received 444 survey responses and 373 Facebook comments. Women described waistbands pressing against bags, clothes that changed as bags filled, and missing the jeans they used to wear.
Read the week one updateFindings reported by Laura. Responses and comments are pieces of feedback, not a count of unique people.A future wardrobe
A few possibilities, not a finished collection.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.