vizards, face gloves and window hoods – a history of masks in western fashion
- Written by Lydia Edwards, Fashion historian, Edith Cowan University
ShutterstockMasks have emerged as unlikely fashion heroes as the COVID-19 pandemic has developed. Every conceivable colour and pattern seems to have become available, from facehuggers to Darth Vader to bejewelled bridal numbers.
Many show how brevity and style can combine to protect the wearer, offsetting the fear the sight of a respiratory or...





