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Molly Rogers and Emma Clegg from JAM The Label | Checkout #219

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In this episode of Add To Cart, we checkout Molly Rogers and Emma Clegg, Co-founders of JAM The Label, producing adaptive and inclusive fashionable clothing.  Both women are Occupational Therapists with extensive experience in disability support and in their jobs, they were witnessing daily struggles with mainstream garments. Despite having no experience in the fashion […]

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Molly is one of the co-founders of JAM the label, an inclusive fashion brand designed with people with disability in mind. Working in the disability sector for the past eight years as a Disability Support Worker and Occupational Therapist, inspired her to start JAM to amplify the message that everyone deserves the opportunity to look and feel good in the clothes they wear. Molly’s role in JAM focuses on the brand marketing/creative aspects of the business, including all marketing and social media. Molly, alongside JAM’s co-founder, Emma, is highly involved in product development and brings her skills as an accessibility expert to be able to utilise universal design principles to adapt clothing items to be functional for a large customer range.

You can contact Molly at LinkedIn

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Emma is incredibly passionate about the inclusion of people with disability which has led her to take on the world as a social entrepreneur, Occupational Therapist and Disability Support Worker. After six years’ experience as a Disability Support Worker, she was inspired to start JAM the label to amplify the message that everyone deserves the opportunity to look and feel good in the clothes they wear. Emma’s role in JAM focuses on the operational side of the business, including liaising with manufacturers, project development, book-keeping and customer service. Emma, alongside Molly, is highly involved in product development and brings her skills as an accessibility expert to be able to utilise universal design principles to adapt clothing items to be functional for a large customer range.

You can contact Emma at LinkedIn

In this episode of Add To Cart, we checkout Molly Rogers and Emma Clegg, Co-founders of JAM The Label, producing adaptive and inclusive fashionable clothing.  Both women are Occupational Therapists with extensive experience in disability support and in their jobs, they were witnessing daily struggles with mainstream garments. Despite having no experience in the fashion industry, they launched JAM The Label in 2019, took part in this year’s Australian Fashion Week and have recently partnered with The Iconic. 

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  • Who is your favourite retailer? 
  • Which retail fad do you wish was history?
  • Can you recommend a book or podcast that our listeners should immediately get into? 
  • Finish this sentence.  The future of retail is… 

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