Grace Stratton
{{Short description|New Zealand blogger and fashion entrepreneur}}
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Grace Stratton (born 1999) is a New Zealand blogger and fashion entrepreneur. In 2019 she received a New Zealand Youth Award for Innovation.{{Cite web|url=http://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/2019-new-zealand-youth-awards-recipients-announced|title=2019 New Zealand Youth Awards Recipients Announced|website=The Beehive|language=en|access-date=2019-08-23}}
Biography
Stratton was born in Auckland in 1999 with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fq.co.nz/missfq/life-love/missfq-career/girl-you-need-to-know-grace-stratton-gracegeorgia|title=Girl you need to know: Grace Stratton of gracegeorgia.co.nz|date=2017-07-06|website=Fashion Quarterly|access-date=2019-08-23}} She grew up in Warkworth, Northland, New Zealand.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/rodney-times/94815019/cerebral-palsy-blogger-nominated-at-women-of-influence-awards|title=Cerebral palsy blogger nominated at Women of Influence Awards|website=Stuff|date=17 July 2017 |language=en|access-date=2019-08-23}}
In 2015 Stratton began writing a blog, and in 2017 she was nominated for the Young Leader award at the New Zealand Women of Influence Awards.
In 2017 Stratton launched All is for All, an accessible fashion online shopping platform focused on the needs of disabled people. The garments featured on the site are listed with detailed information about zips, buttons, fabric and lengths to make choosing clothes easier.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/|title=Auckland student Grace Stratton makes InStyle 50 Badass Women for 2019|website=Stuff|language=en|access-date=2019-08-23}}{{Cite web|url=http://good.net.nz/article/The-face-of-accessible-fashion|title=The face of accessible fashion|website=Good|date=22 March 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-08-23}} Stratton also founded a modelling agency for models with accessibility needs.
In 2019 Stratton received a New Zealand Youth Award for Innovation. In the same year, she was named in InStyle magazine's list of 50 Badass Women.{{Cite web|url=https://www.instyle.com/celebrity/50-badass-women-2019|title=The Badass 50|website=InStyle.com|language=en|access-date=2019-08-23}} In August 2019 Stratton was a keynote speaker at the opening of New Zealand Fashion Week.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12262126|title=Entrepreneur and wheelchair user Grace Stratton opens NZ Fashion Week|last=Davison|first=Isaac|date=2019-08-26|access-date=2019-08-31|language=en-NZ|issn=1170-0777}}
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Category:New Zealand women bloggers
Category:People with cerebral palsy
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