The Sensory Show » over reactive to touch http://thesensoryshow.com with Kelli Arnone Sun, 27 Jun 2010 16:22:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 The Sensory Show 044: “Soft” Clothing for Sensory Kids http://thesensoryshow.com/episodes/153/the-sensory-show-043-%e2%80%9csoft%e2%80%9d-clothing-for-sensory-kids/ http://thesensoryshow.com/episodes/153/the-sensory-show-043-%e2%80%9csoft%e2%80%9d-clothing-for-sensory-kids/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:10:18 +0000 Kelli Arnone http://thesensoryshow.com/?p=153 Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Jessica Ralli, the founder and director of “Soft” which is a new online clothing store dedicated to providing clothes for children who have tactile hypersensitivies. She shared with us her background of being a special education teacher in the New York City area, and having students who needed clothing accommodations that just didn’t seem to be available. She conducted three years of research, connecting with 5,000 parents or individuals, and has a super knack for fashion that inspired her to start the “Soft” clothing line. Her business partner Suzy Kogen Friedman has been a life long advocate for people with developmental disabilities, and has a family member who also struggles with clothing issues. This provides her with great first-hand experience of what it’s like to shop for clothes for the pickiest of children. Together these dynamic women launched their clothing line which can be accessed through www.softsensoryworld.com.

They have a great self-explanatory website that I encourage you to check out. They are currently offering “clothing basics”, which include casual/dressy clothing that mix and match well with many outfits, ranging in sizes from 4-12. They use a super silky cotton that never pills, that even the pickiest of children have raved about, along with flat seams, waistbands with elastic encased in cotton, water-based printed labels versus tags (with printing from vegetable dyes to not be irritating or distracting), wide/flat collars to not disturb the sensitive neck line, and designer prints on the clothes that are not rough, crackly or annoying. Upcoming in April 2010 are their seamless socks, soft jeans, shorts and collared shirts, and they are working on some super cool underwear that will be available in 2011! Oh boy, I can’t wait!

Jessica shared with us that she always has some type of offer or sale going on that you can find out about, or you can sign up to receive information on new product releases on her website. They may have anything from free shipping, to 20% off, or free shirt offers!

In addition to offering this great starter line of clothes, Jessica has put together an extensive website to offer support services to teachers and parents on the overall topic of tactile hypersensitivity. You can find these additional resources at www.softclothing.net. There is a section on this website she calls “therapy corner” where she posts the best resources she has found over her years of research. Some of these resources are checklists for teachers and parents to determine if a child may have sensory processing difficulties.

For more information on Jessica’s “Soft” products, I recommend you listen to this podcast as she is fun and informative. If time doesn’t permit, then you should be able to get your all your questions answered between her two websites above, and you should be able to order some clothing basics quickly online from her e-store.

Thank you Jessica for your time and great innovations! I can’t wait to share your information with some of my current clients as well as a good handful of past clients!

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