Dress to feel: four tactile approaches to putting on clothes

Dressing is one of the few things we spend our whole lives doing. Most of the time this needs to be done every morning, usually before bed and sometimes we do this several times a day.

Sometimes this requires a second opinion. Sometimes, even when you think you've nailed an outfit, someone else will tell you that your fly is undone, your tag is out, or you've spilled something on the front of your shirt. And sometimes you find yourself feeling uncomfortable all day.

Dressing can also be a collaborative project - like when we were kids, if we got sick , or when something is particularly tricky to zip alone. The nature of being human is that we move in and out of being dependent on others.

Here we interview four people about their not-so-simple approaches to s 'dress.

Nikki Hind, Australia's first blind fashion designer, says: "I remember a time when I wore a new dress and thigh high boots and felt like ant pants.” Maddeningly, she had attended an event for an hour or two before someone told her her dress was on the wrong side. "You think, oh, you idiot," she said. "I like to design things that are reversible for that reason."

Because Hind doesn't drive, she has to be very organized. Before leaving the house, she should consider how many hours she will be away from home and whether she will sweat or get dirty while walking or on public transport, in which case she should take a separate outfit with her .

This is also useful if she spills something. "I bump into things and...