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NEW ZEALAND SPINAL TRUST 24<br />
Bringing accessibility into focus, without compromising<br />
aesthetics and innovation, All is for All ensures people<br />
with disabilities can have both an experience of designer<br />
garments and a wardrobe which is accessible to them.<br />
The company now works with a variety of local designers,<br />
including Twenty-Seven Names, Stolen Girlfriends Club and<br />
Kate Sylvester, on inclusion and access within business, and<br />
customer experience through a disability rights lens.<br />
Grace’s achievements since launching All is for All are<br />
extensive. These include contracting more than 10<br />
models with disabilities, and working with over 20<br />
designers, showcasing at New Zealand Fashion Week<br />
2019, and providing consultation work for 18 people with<br />
disabilities in advisory roles for The Warehouse Group,<br />
Global Brands Group, Estee Lauder and more.<br />
Grace was a Young New Zealander of the Year finalist in<br />
2018, was named InStyle’s ’50 Badass Women for 2019’<br />
and is a full-time student at AUT, studying a double<br />
degree in law and communications.<br />
Attitude Trust Chairperson Dan Buckingham,<br />
commented on Grace’s win: “In lots of ways, it seems like<br />
Grace is only at the beginning of her journey. With so<br />
much more to offer, I’m certain she will wave the flag for<br />
disability high and proud for years to come. Grace stood<br />
out as the overall winner for a multitude of reasons, not<br />
least of all due to being able due to her ability to cut<br />
through and make a difference in a field rarely reserved<br />
for people who live with disability.”<br />
On accepting her award, Grace said: "What we do at All is<br />
for All is about creating space. It's not about me, or any<br />
one person, but the work we can achieve together. I think<br />
it's really important that we create bridges and<br />
understanding. We don't want people to be so afraid of<br />
saying the wrong thing that they say nothing at all."<br />
Principal sponsor, ACC’s Chief Executive, Scott Pickering,<br />
said this year’s finalists’ achievements were impressive:<br />
“Congratulations to Grace on her well-deserved win of<br />
both the Attitude Employee and Entrepreneur Award and<br />
the Attitude ACC Supreme Award for her work in<br />
encouraging and driving a more accessible and inclusive<br />
New Zealand. This year’s finalists have all made<br />
outstanding contributions to their communities—the<br />
disability community and New Zealand as a whole—and<br />
we are proud to celebrate their success with them.”<br />
Grace’s award closed an outstanding evening where 25<br />
individuals and organisations were recognised. The<br />
black-tie gala was hosted by TVNZ 1 News presenter,<br />
Simon Dallow, and saw performances by his daughter,<br />
Paris, and singer-songwriter Benny Tipene. Additionally,<br />
Delta Goodrem shared a special video performance of her<br />
hit song ‘Solid Gold’ ahead of her <strong>2021</strong> New Zealand tour.<br />
For highlights from the 2020 Attitude Awards visit:<br />
www.attitudeawards.org/2020-winners<br />
Chelsea Pita says: “Working with All is for All has been such<br />
an honour and privilege” Photo credit: captured by @hsburg<br />
for MONDAY Haircare campaign, makeup by @rae_makeup,<br />
styling + direction by @the_twenties_club.<br />
Chelsea Pita—The paraplegic who<br />
found herself through modelling<br />
How did you first get into modelling? Is it something<br />
you have always wanted to do?<br />
Modelling wasn’t something I was initially passionate<br />
about or something that I thought I could do because I<br />
portrayed myself as not being ‘model material’, however<br />
I always thought modelling looked fun and artistically<br />
beautiful. It is definitely something I enjoy and would<br />
love to continue. I’m just taking up as many<br />
opportunities as I can.<br />
What has it been like working with All is for All?<br />
Working with All is for All has been such an honour and<br />
privilege. When I first came across All is for All I was and<br />
still am in such awe of the work that they are doing and<br />
their goal of inclusion and bringing awareness and<br />
opportunities towards the disability community. The<br />
reason I made contact with Grace and the AIFA team was<br />
because I was at a point in my life where I felt a need for<br />
change and bring back some of that self-worth and<br />
confidence, I felt I lost after my SCI. It was definitely out<br />
of my comfort zone but I believed that this was what I<br />
needed and wanted to do. I believed in being part of the<br />
bigger picture which was to bring awareness and<br />
acceptance towards the disabled community and striving<br />
for more inclusion.
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