Research and Clinical Partnerships

Caelan Apparel welcomes the opportunity to trial our first and future ranges with clinics, hospitals, researchers and lived-experience communities.

Caelan Apparel was created from lived experience - born from my own breast cancer treatment and the frustration of not being able to find clothing that supported my body and helped me feel like myself. Our purpose is simple: to improve the treatment and recovery experience through clothing that protects dignity, supports access, and preserves identity.

Where most adaptive clothing focuses solely on medical function, Caelan’s mission is to bring together fashion, comfort and accessibility in a way that honours the whole person, not just the patient. Our designs are informed by real stories, real challenges and the need for softness, ease and confidence on even the hardest days.

If you’ve ever worn a hospital gown, you know exactly what’s wrong with “medical clothing”. It’s uncomfortable, clinical, hard to manage one-handed and rarely designed with dignity in mind.

Caelan aims to change that.

Our upcoming range is designed to look and feel like the clothing people actually want to wear. This includes soft knits, adaptive openings, gentle fabrics, thoughtful fits, all while discreetly supporting ports, PICC lines and the physical realities of treatment and recovery.

I’m determined to build a community which includes patients in active treatment, cancer survivors, people in recovery and clinicians who see the daily challenges of dressing around medical devices, tenderness, fatigue and changing bodies. We are committed to refining our designs in as many real-world settings as possible.

Proudly Melbourne-born, Caelan is committed to refining our designs in as many real-world settings as possible, with a focus on empathy, style and lived experience.

Caelan garments are being designed and tested to:

• allow unobtrusive access to treatment sites

• reduce discomfort and strain during dressing

• increase independence for people with limited mobility or fatigue

• maintain dignity and identity throughout treatment and recovery

• support emotional wellbeing by looking and feeling like “real clothes”

If you’re interested in partnering on garment testing or research studies with our current or future designs, we’d love to connect. Clinical insight and patient feedback are essential to our mission and we’re building Caelan hand-in-hand with those who will wear it.