Nikki Hind: Dressed for Success
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Nikki Hind: Dressed for Success
By (Author) John Dickson
Illustrated by Chantel de Sousa
Vision Australia Foundation
Vision Australia Foundation
30th August 2023
Australia
Classifications
Children
Fiction
Physical Properties
Hardback
40
Width 210mm, Height 297mm
399g
Description
Meet Nikki Hind, the blind fashion designer with her own fashion label. When she was growing up, Nikki couldnt see out of her left eye.That didnt stop her from dressing-up and making her own clothes though. When she put on different outfits, she could be anyone. After a stroke during her pregnancy took away Nikkis vision in her right eye, she decided to pursue a career doing what she had always loved: designing. Nikki started her own fashion label, Blind Grit and now, Nikkis label is shown at Melbourne Fashion Week and employs people with disabilities and challenges.
Author Bio
John Dickson is an experienced and successful journalist, copywriter and award-winning childrens author. He has written several childrens books including M is for Mutiny: history by alphabet (shortlisted, Childrens Book Council of Australia Awards, 2018), Under My Bed, Norton took Something and The Good, the bad and the silly: stories of our past. Chantel de Sousa is a Melbourne-based illustrator with a passion for pop culture.
