The last group I want to research is illness and fashion, there are so many different illnesses to look into. I said at the beginning of this project that I wanted my Final Major Project to be not only something that I think could make a difference but also something that I fell passionate about and have a connection to. That is why I have chosen to research into Cancer and fashion.
In April 2016 my mum was diagnosed with oesophagal cancer, we found out in May that it was terminal. One of the side effects of having oesophagal cancer was that she found it very difficult to eat this lead to her losing a lot of weight very quickly. She found the weight loss very difficult to deal with, as she couldn’t go out and buy new clothes and her old clothes were falling off her. We ended up buying the nightclothes that she lived in, but because she didn’t want to know what size she was we had to cut the labels out of them. In May we got told that it was terminal and that she only had a few months to live, my mum chose not to have any treatment as the cancer was so aggressive that it wouldn’t have helped and also she didn’t want to go through the pain of Chemotherapy. My mum passed away on the 25th of July 2016, having seen how upset not having the right clothing affected her I want to see if there is anything currently available that would have helped, also how does it differ to a patient that is having treatment?