The Beauty of Being Deaf : Accessible Ear Jewelry
2021
In collaboration with Private Policy
PRESS
Launching March 15, 2021, 50% of the profit from pre-ordering will go to the Deaf Queer Resource Center, available as limited edition. The campaign video is videographed under water with a full BIPOC deaf community cast wearing the jewelry and using sign language to read a poem, the result is an emotional, breathtaking, and powerful film. This capsule collection has turned Chella’s dream into a reality.
“Ever since I was a kid, I had never felt comfortable with the hardware behind my ears because it has always been designed by others and never by me. It never felt or looked like me,” says Chella Man. “Oftentimes, until this day, working as a model, there were shoots in which stylists and photographers have tried to avoid getting my cochlear implants into images rather than accepting them as part of me and amplifying them.”
2021
In collaboration with Private Policy
PRESS
Launching March 15, 2021, 50% of the profit from pre-ordering will go to the Deaf Queer Resource Center, available as limited edition. The campaign video is videographed under water with a full BIPOC deaf community cast wearing the jewelry and using sign language to read a poem, the result is an emotional, breathtaking, and powerful film. This capsule collection has turned Chella’s dream into a reality.
“Ever since I was a kid, I had never felt comfortable with the hardware behind my ears because it has always been designed by others and never by me. It never felt or looked like me,” says Chella Man. “Oftentimes, until this day, working as a model, there were shoots in which stylists and photographers have tried to avoid getting my cochlear implants into images rather than accepting them as part of me and amplifying them.”
