The Able Label Blog

We love a print here at The Able Label and this season, we have our new leaf print. It has already proven to be extremely popular with customers and having a dark base incorporating multiple colours in the design, it can be worn between seasons and in numerous ways.

We run through a few of our favourite options.

This week is National Sun Awareness Week. According to Cancer Research UK, melanoma skin cancer incidence rates in the UK are projected to rise by 7% by 2035. 

So what can you do to protect yourself from the sun?

The Able Label was founded by Katie after seeing the difficulties her grandmother faced dressing with Parkinson's. It was crucial that the clothes not only helped maintain independence and dignity but looked great too - being items women would want to wear regardless of ability or disability. This in-turn would also encourage confidence.

With this in mind, we are really excited to share our core values and beliefs. We'd love you to join everyone here at The Able Label as we do our best to live by this and celebrate fashion for all in 2019 and beyond.

4th February is World Cancer Day. Cancer is a disease which usually occurs when changes in a group of normal cells within the body lead to uncontrolled, abnormal growth forming a lump called a tumour. If left untreated, tumours can grow and spread into the surrounding normal tissue, or to other parts of the body via the bloodstream and lymphatic systems, and can affect the digestive, nervous and circulatory systems or release hormones that may affect body function.

There are several types of cancer but we spoke to breast cancer survivor, Valerie, to get her experience of cancer from beginning to end.

We are so happy that we can make beautiful, accessible clothes. But, we also like to shout about the fact we can offer VAT relief on the majority of them too. This is because they have been specifically designed to help make dressing easier.

We often get asked how does it work? Am I eligible, is my relative eligible? So we have put together this guide to make it all a little clearer.

This November, Global Entrepreneurship Network will celebrate 11 years of helping millions of people unleash their ideas to start and scale new businesses through Global Entrepreneurship Week. The campaign began in 2008 with an emphasis on inspiring young people to make their mark.

To celebrate, we interviewed Founder of The Able Label and young entrepreneur Katie, to get an insight into her life as an entrepreneur, find out what it has been like starting up a business and get some advice for other budding entrepreneurs.