Jessie Sadler from Christina Stephens | Checkout #327

With a diverse background in customer-facing and internal roles across various industries, Jessie’s curiosity for change has led her to work in leadership positions within emerging markets such as carbon, energy, and adaptive fashion. As the Founder and Head of Growth at Christina Stephens, Jessie’s vision is to reshape how people with disability are perceived by bringing Australia's most recognised adaptive clothing brand into the mainstream fashion scene. Through innovative designs and a commitment to inclusivity, Christina Stephens is bridging the gap between fashion and functionality.

Guest

Jo-Anne Hui-Miller

We are lucky to have Jo-Anne join us as a regular guest host on Add To Cart!
Jo-Anne is the Content & Insights Director at the award-winning retail strategy agency, The General Store. Prior to this, Jo-Anne was the Managing Editor at the industry leading publication, Inside Retail for six years. In her time there, Inside Retail won the National Online Retail Association award for Best Retail Outlet three years in a row. Jo is passionate about diversity, fashion and salad bowl haircuts. You can contact Jo at jo-anne.hui-miller@thegstore.com.au.

In this episode of Add To Cart, we checkout Jessie Sadler, founder of adaptive clothing label Christina Stephens, which allows people with disability, dexterity issues, and changing bodies to wear clothes that are both functional and fashionable. In fact, Christina Stephens was on the runway at Australian Fashion week last year.

Can you recommend a book or a podcast that our listeners should immediately get into?

Two books I’ve read recently are written by our dear friends, Emma Carey, The Girl Who Fell From The Sky and Stronger by Dinesh Palipana.

They give fabulous insights into the strength, the guts, the strong mindedness and the determination that people with disability have to have to live a life.”

And those two are extraordinary, I give you that. But it does take you deep into the world of what it’s like to live with a disability and the challenges, the real, life-changing challenges that people experience if the disability is new to them rather than being born with it.

The Checkout is a short snippet of our conversations. To hear the full interview, tune in to our main episode below.