Multi-disciplinary content creator exploring the representation
of disability and chronic illness within fashion, in a practice
spanning; research, content creation, copy-writing, strategy
and marketing.
Focusing on fusing the fashion industry with the disabled
community and improving accessibility. Building environments
and spaces where collaboration, community and education can
flourish. It is based upon my personal experience of chronic
illness and the need for better public awareness of invisible
disabilities.
Projects
- Waiting Room ZineAs someone with a chronic illness I have spent plenty of time sat bored out of my mind in waiting rooms. Instead of scrolling through our phone or over-thinking the appointment, and assuming the worse, what if we used this time to find people like us? And used fashion as the tool to do this. Waiting Room is a platform and community exploring invisible disabilities. It can be used as a source of both information and educational stories, or to explore and visualize what it is like to have a chroni
- Emily Sorrell Portfolio - Fashion Content CreatorMulti-disciplinary content creator exploring the representation of disability and chronic illness within fashion, in a practice spanning; research, content creation, copy-writing, strategy and marketing. Focusing on fusing the fashion industry with the disabled community and improving accessibility. Building environments and spaces where collaboration, community and education can flourish. It is based upon my personal experience of chronic illness and the need for better public awareness of inv
- Invisible Disabilities CampaignPublic knowledge of invisible disabilities is hugely lacking. There is a vital need for better education of what a disabled person can look like. Specifically on public transport where people who need disability seating aren't able to access it due to social stigma. This collaboration with illustrator Daisy Trewartha-Wyatt aims to address this need by creating a visual campaign that could be rolled out across public transport to inform the public about the range of disabilities and what they l
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Skills
- Adobe Indesign
- Adobe Photoshop
- Research Visualisation
- Fashion Communication
- Fashion Film
- Fashion Writing
- Fashion Content
- Fashion Branding
- Fashion Copywriting
- Fashion Journalism
Education
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Fashion CommunicationUWE Bristol
- Bristol, United Kingdom
A creative, but commercially orientated course in which I am developing physical and practical skills that I can apply across all areas of the fashion industry, including:
• Editorial fashion photography, fashion film and digital communications
• Styling and set design
• Journalism and fashion writing
• Branding, Market Analysis, PR, Social Media Marketing
• E Commerce and website building