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Masking your style

You can spend any amount you want on masks these days and look any way you want - if you can find them in stock.  

Masks are the new fashion accessory and rightly so.  The best predictions are that we will be wearing them out and about for at least a year until a vaccine is found and then administered around the globe.  

“As with all accessories (as with shoes, bags and scarves), they become symbols of not just health or social concern, but of identity. After all, with the lower face covered and, often, eyes shaded by sunglasses, the usual signposts of character are hidden. The mask becomes the first signifier of the individual. And that means it will also become a sign of aspiration, achievement — and inequality.”  Vanessa Friedman | The New York Times | April 22, 2020 | Should Masks Be a Fashion Statement?

Here is very short but diverse list of the offerings available right now - there’s something for everyone:

The Tie Bar | Masks to match your dress shirts | 5 pack $30.00

MaskClub | Get One Give One | Join and shop for $9.99 per month

Alice and Olivia | Printed masks by Stacey Bendet | $10.00 - $12.9

Collina Strada | Fashion Forward mask  | $100.00 

Homesite | Toile Face Masks | Etsy | set of 3 $44.99

Nili Lotan | Shirting Stripe Pleated Mask | $10.00

RE-MFRD | Vintage Military Canvas | Zippered pocket at inside to insert filters | Buy One Donate One | $36.00

Off-White™’s Arrow Logo Face mask | $95.00 - but sold out everywhere and going for 3x that much on resale platforms

Profound | Double Layered Cotton | $25.00