All Over Your Face: The Fashion Industry and Face Masks

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Other

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Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

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3. MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES, Public and environmental health

Publication Details

RTE Brainstorm, Updated / Monday, 10 Aug 2020 11:07

Abstract

With a mandatory mask rule now in effect in shops, shopping centres and other indoor settings, people's attention is drawn to how they will face this latest sartorial challenge. With supplies of surgical masks and N95s best left to healthcare professionals and essential workers, what other coverings are available? And with guidance on how to wear face masks to be found elsewhere, how has the fashion industry turned face masks into the latest must-wear fashion accessory?

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