Santa Fe Fashion Week Fashion Behind the Curtain with Santa Fe Fashion Week Executive Producer Stephen Cuomo
🎙️ Fashion Behind the Curtain
Hosted by Santa Fe Fashion Week Executive Producer Stephen Cuomo, Fashion Behind the Curtain takes you on an exclusive journey into the business of fashion. Each episode offers a deep dive into the industry’s inner workings, featuring candid interviews with designers, models, stylists, photographers, and other key players. Discover the stories, strategies, and secrets behind the glamour as Stephen pulls back the curtain on what it really takes to succeed in fashion. Whether you’re an aspiring fashion professional or a style enthusiast, this podcast delivers insider insights you won’t find anywhere else.
Santa Fe Fashion Week Fashion Behind the Curtain with Santa Fe Fashion Week Executive Producer Stephen Cuomo
Fashion with Purpose: Haley Schwartz on Adaptive Wear, Chronic Illness & Designing for Confidence
In this powerful episode of Santa Fe Fashion Week’s “Fashion Behind the Curtain” podcast, Executive Producer Stephen Cuomo sits down with adaptive fashion designer Haley Schwartz, founder of Vertige Adaptive, to explore how fashion can empower people living with chronic illness and disabilities.
Originally from the Chicago area and now based in New York City, Haley shares her inspiring journey from studying fashion design at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) to launching a fashion-forward adaptive clothing brand. Drawing from her personal experiences growing up with chronic illness and wearing medical devices, Haley explains how fashion became both a creative outlet and a tool for confidence, healing, and self-expression.
Learn how Vertige Adaptive designs discreet, stylish adaptive wear that accommodates heart monitors, ostomy bags, feeding tubes, insulin pumps, PICC lines, ports, and other medical devices—without sacrificing style. This episode dives deep into inclusive fashion design, adaptive clothing innovation, entrepreneurship in fashion, and how designers can create clothing that is both functional and fashionable.
Whether you’re a fashion designer, entrepreneur, healthcare professional, or someone interested in adaptive fashion and inclusive design, this episode offers valuable insight into the future of accessible, fashion-forward clothing.
🎧 Topics Covered:
• Adaptive fashion and inclusive clothing design
• Designing for chronic illness and disabilities
• Fashion entrepreneurship and starting a niche brand
• Medical device-friendly clothing
• Confidence, creativity, and fashion with purpose
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