befree is one of four small business adaptive sponsors to participate in A Fashion Revolution LA

This 3-hour special event is the first of two annual Fashion Revolution Shows in 2022. More than 70 models of varying disabilities, ages, and backgrounds will showcase fashions from major global brands and, for the...

Add to cart: 5 e-commerce startups in MassChallenge’s 2018 cohort

Anyone who’s had to wear a cast knows the hardship of finding clothing that covers it. Co-founders Nikki Puzzo and Joanne DiCamillo discovered this when one of their daughters underwent hip surgery and was forced...

East Boston is home to a different kind of start-up incubator

BOSTON — Incubator sites are all over Boston and Cambridge, where entrepreneurs are hoping the next big high-tech idea could take off. In East Boston, there’s a different spin on that concept. It’s a facility...

Meet Nicole Puzzo and Joanne DiCamillo of befree in Swampscott

Published August 21, 2018Today we’d like to introduce you to Nicole Puzzo and Joanne DiCamillo. zipOns® pants were inspired by Nikki’s daughter Stella, who has spastic quadriplegia Cerebral Palsy. At the age of 5 she...

The Women Behind befree zipOns Pants on Solving a Design Flaw for People with Disabilities

Four years ago, when Nikki Puzzo haphazardly cut up a pair of her daughter Stella’s pajama pants and reconstructed them with Velcro on the sides so they could easily be taken on and off over...

The Fashion Accessibility Project

This past Saturday, Epicenter Community, ArtsEmerson, and the disability community came together to host the first ever “The Fashion Accessibility Project” — a year-long project that aims to create a space and platform for authentic...