Meredith Aleigha Wells ’17 Launches Accessible Clothing Company
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Meredith Aleigha Wells ’17. Image credit: meredithaleighawells.com
While working in the UMass Amherst Theater costume shop, musical theater major Meredith Aleigha Wells ’17 was often tasked with making clothing easy for performers to change into and out of.
“I would have to quick-rig things all the time and put snaps instead of buckles on shoes, or put Velcro underneath a line of buttons so you could rip it open for a quick change,” they say. “From that moment, I always thought it was silly that we didn’t make all clothing accessible.”
It inspired them to co-found Social Surge, an inclusive apparel company blending accessibility and fashion to make getting dressed easier and empower the future of fashion.