A fashion brand creator with chronic health issues has brand that produces adapted clothing for disabled people.

Victoria Jenkins, 36, from Islington, London, is the founder of Unhidden, which subtly tweaks popular styles to make them suitable for people with a range of needs, like trousers specifically tailored to fit wheelchair users.

There is also a layered dress to give easy access to stoma bags and shirts that open at the arm to make the shoulder and upper arm area accessible to people who need IV drips or other treatments like chemotherapy. 

Victoria, who previously worked for brands like Victoria Beckham, has a number of conditions including inflammatory bowel disease, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth and irritable bowel syndrome, which cause symptoms including stomach pain, tiredness, bloating, and a change in bowel habits.

She made the decision to start Unhidden to help others like her, who also struggle to wear tight clothing and with dressing, after seeing someone with a stoma needing to remove their clothes to receive treatment.

Victoria has designed Unhidden’s clothing with discreet and hidden adaptations, compared to medical adaptive clothing, meaning that most people cannot see them it looks like everyone else’s clothing

She realised there were very few clothing options for disabled people which were not loungewear or pyjamas and wanted to create clothes to give them back their dignity. 

‘My stomach expands and contracts throughout the day and it cannot tolerate being restricted, for example in tight woven…