and thereby interfere with the wheels or access to the wheels of the wheelchair on the other hand the rear of the dress should be long enough that it does not rise so far as to display the wearer 39 s buttocks area when the wearer stands usually leaning forward with the help of a walker or cane the graduated hemline of the present invention is intended to address these considerations it has been determined that an appropriate variation of height between front hemline 34 and rear hemline 36 is approximately two to three inches referring now to fig7 and 8 a wheelchair bound woman shown wearing dress 24 is secured to a wheelchair 10 by the pelvic restraining device 12 of fig1 in sharp contrast to the use of a conventional dress 22 as shown in fig2 the woman in fig7 and 8 is seen to be comfortably seated with dignity in wheechair 10 dress 24 falls gracefully over her knees and all body parts are covered without necessity of a lap robe referring more specifically to fig7 the aforementioned right detachable sleeve is shown separated from the neck down although there exist a number of suitable means to refasten the sleeve it has been found preferable to utilize a pair of cooperating self adhering fabric strip members 48 and 50 as for example velcro fasteners such strip members being affixed to the.