ROLL PLAY

These Irish sisters turn wheelchairs into bright and breezy fashion statements

- MAXINE PETERS

SOME of the fondest memories Irish sisters Izzy and Ailbhe Keane have are of the times they spent playing dress-up as kids.

For fashion-lover Izzy (23), who was born with spina bifida and is wheel chair-bound, this wasn’t just about trying on outfits and accessorising – it was also about glamming up her wheelchair for birthdays and special holidays.

She and Ailbhe (27) became really good at it over the years – so good, in fact, they turned their hobby into a business. Izzy Wheels started in 2016 and produces bright, stylish wheel covers so other wheelchair users can express themselves and unleash their inner creative spirit.

The idea developed a few years ago when Ailbhe was a student at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin.