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Meet the Black Artist Who Just Launched a Kamala Harris-Inspired Face Mask
Meet the Black Artist Who Just Launched a Kamala Harris-Inspired Face Mask
A portion of proceeds from sales of Chris Jordan s neckband/face mask hybrid will be donated to support Black Lives Matter LA
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L.A.-based accessories company, WiseGuise has teamed up with artist Chris Jordan to create a Kamala Harris-inspired face mask to celebrate Black History Month. The Kamala mask is an updated take on the company’s popular 4-in-1 face mask (which made our list of the best face masks for running). You can wear the accessory as a bracelet, neckband or headband, before unfolding it into a protective cloth face covering.
Jordan, whose paintings have been commissioned by everyone from DJ Camper to Tina Lawson (nee Knowles), modeled the face mask print after a physical 16 x 20-inch portrait he created of Harris, shortly after the then-California senator was added to Joe Biden’s presidential ticket. The artist says he chose a Black Lives Matter-signature yellow fabric as the main base, to pay tribute to his community.
“Not many black artists are given a platform of this magnitude to not only create, but to share their art to the masses,” says Jordan, whose work encompasses themes of the black gaze, literature, and the duality of being black and queer. “Our current climate has unearthed the dark underbelly of this country and has also shed light on the unsung hero that continues to make this world turn: the black woman. For so many including myself, Kamala became that hope and silver lining,” Jordan continues; “a symbol and proof that with proper representation, progression is never too far.
BROCKTON Widline Pyrame remembers feeling inspired and starting to cry while watching Kamala Harris wear a white suit and address the nation after she and Joe Biden were declared winners of the 2020 election.
Harris is the nation s first woman and the first person of Black and south Asian descent to serve in the position. Representation of a strong woman like her is something Pyrame offers children through her company Fusion Dolls, which makes Black and brown dolls with the goal of celebrating diversity and teaching self-love.
So Pyrame called her seamstress to make a batch of doll outfits inspired by Harris s pantsuit.