After several years of research on properties of various papers and plastics, Lasprogata has patented a clothing label that identifies the color and fiber content of a garment and provides care instructions in both Braille and raised letters. The labels are produced on a specially coated plastic paper that is washable, withstands the heat of a clothes dryer, and is nonabrasive to skin. Her small product's big idea has made Lasprogata a pioneer in the fashion industry. No one's called attention to it. First you have to have someone tell you the color, then you have to manually make your own labels.
Nothing beats having a washable tag already sewn on the clothes.
Already the DEE DEE line is being sold in Manhattan's high-end department store Henri Bendel's, as well as in trendy boutiques in New York, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia. I am better able to understand how the mind works to perceive, whether it's through sight or without sight. Lasprogata hopes her clothing line will encourage major designers and retailers to adopt her tag technology, and she also is lobbying for government-mandated Braille labeling. My hope is one day every clothing tag will have something raised on it. All elevators have raised numbers on their buttons.