Special Mannequins for the disables create a shock
Cairo: HelloEgy.
A Swiss charity organization for people with disabilities has made a new experience to raise the fact that nobody is perfect. The organization worked with people suffering from different disabilities like: scoliosis (a curved spine), shortened limbs and a woman in a wheelchair.
The organization had created a mannequin for each made to perfectly reflect their body shape - which, to their delight, was then displayed in a high street store in Zurich's main shopping street. The project was devised to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities this week.
Called 'Because who is perfect? Get closer', the story is captured in a moving four-minute film directed by Alain Gsponer. Four volunteers have acted in this movie; they entered a warehouse with trepidation. The models are radio host and film critic Alex Oberholzer, Miss Handicap 2010 Jasmine Rechsteiner, athlete Urs Kolly, actor Erwin Aljukić and blogger Nadja Schmid.
In the beginning, each of them was measured for designing the mannequins, which was a painstaking process since every one of them has a special body nature because of their disabilities.
After few days, each person returned to the warehouse to see their carefully created model - hidden under a blanket when they first enter. These remarkable moment were recorded when each person sees their unique sculpture reflecting their bodies. The film captures the remarkable moment each person sees their unique sculpture - and reveals the internal struggle some of those involved have accepting their appearance.
Upon seeing her mannequin, one woman declares: 'It's special to see yourself like this, when you usually can't look at yourself in the mirror.'
Viewers then see the mannequins carefully dressed and placed in the front window in a shop on Bahnhofstrasse, Zurich's main downtown street. Passers-by see a woman with a curved spine, or a man or woman in a wheelchair worldwide. One model said: 'Seeing it there for real is quite a shock.'
On this, the charity comments “this is the point of the campaign. It hopes to raise awareness of people with disabilities, specifically in the image-obsessed worlds of fashion and retail”. |