Aille Design
Designer Alexa Jovanovic launched Aille Design (pronounced “eye”) in January 2020, just before the pandemic put the country into its first lockdown. The Toronto-based company has inclusivity at its core, with a focus on clothing and accessories adorned with fully legible Braille messages. Among her product offerings are face masks with messages like, “chin up mask on,” and “I love your mask.” Aille’s designs are meant to destigmatize disability and raise awareness about the importance of inclusive representation in fashion.
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Chin Up Mask On braille face mask
Aille Design by Alexa Jovanovic in collaboration with Felicia Burke of iloveYourMask
Toronto, ON
Organic cotton, organic linen, Swarovski Crystal Pearls and elastic
2020
FRC2021.01.008
![Mannequin head wearing a dark red face mask that reads "Chin Up Mask On" in Braille](/content/dam/fashionresearchcollection/mask-images/FRC2021.01.008_View1.jpg)
![Close up of the pearls on the red Braille face mask](/content/dam/fashionresearchcollection/mask-images/FRC2021.01.008_View3.jpg)
![Inside of the red face mask with a black lining and an Aille label](/content/dam/fashionresearchcollection/mask-images/FRC2021.01.008_View4.jpg)
![Mannequin head wearing a blue face mask with pearls spelling out "I love your mask" in Braille](/content/dam/fashionresearchcollection/mask-images/FRC2021.01.009_View1.jpg)
![White tag with the Aille logo](/content/dam/fashionresearchcollection/mask-images/FRC2021.01.008_View5.jpg)
![Side view of the blue Braille face mask with black ear loops](/content/dam/fashionresearchcollection/mask-images/FRC2021.01.009_View2.jpg)
![Reverse side of the tag which says the mask is hand beaded with Swarovski pearls and the Braille was created with the blind community](/content/dam/fashionresearchcollection/mask-images/FRC2021.01.008_View6.jpg)
I Love Your Mask braille face mask
Aille Design by Alexa Jovanovic in collaboration with Felicia Burke of iloveYourMask
Toronto, ON
Organic cotton, organic linen, Swarovski Crystal Pearls and elastic
2020
FRC2021.01.009
![Close up of the pearls on the Braille face mask](/content/dam/fashionresearchcollection/mask-images/FRC2021.01.009_View3.jpg)
![Inside of the blue face mask with the Aille label.](/content/dam/fashionresearchcollection/mask-images/FRC2021.01.009_View4.jpg)
![Reverse side of the tag which says the mask with hand beaded with Swarovski Crystal Pearls and the Braille was created with the blind community](/content/dam/fashionresearchcollection/mask-images/FRC2021.01.009_View6.jpg)