Fabric masks

It looks like we're going to be wearing cloth face masks for a while, which is all the more reason to find one you like. The CDC has recommended that people wear masks when going outside for several weeks. And yesterday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an order requiring New Yorkers to wear masks in public places where six feet of social distancing is not possible. (Cuomo has clarified that people won't be jailed for not wearing masks, but fines could be issued.) Similar orders have been issued in New Jersey and Puerto Eico, but wearing a cloth mask as a civilian is now common sense if you can afford and have access to one. So for the foreseeable future, we will be wearing masks in grocery stores, while walking and running, and maybe even after the crisis subsides. Given the prevalence of masked selfies,

The best face masks for civilians are fabric ones. Leave surgical masks and N95 masks to healthcare workers and essential workers. In addition, designers have long been fascinated by the cloth-mask game. Billie Eilish wore a Gucci mask (it's probably not CDC approved) to the Grammy Awards before the coronavirus became a pandemic in the United States. Fendi, Palm Angels and Marine Serre made masks. Christian Siriano turned his business into a machine to make masks for hospitals. And many of them, including Collina Strada's Hillary Taymour, offered tutorials on how to do it at home.

But people are still looking for masks they don't have to make themselves. Etsy's landing page is entirely dedicated to the mask, and the company said that between April 4 and April 6, people searched for masks on the site an average of nine times per second, amounting to more than two million searches. Supply on Etsy has also skyrocketed as the number of mask sellers on the site increased fivefold between the last week of March and the first week of April.

Masks aren't a fashion accessory, but they do take up a lot of space on your face, so it's no surprise that people are looking for aesthetically pleasing ones. With that in mind, below are the most stylish masks you can buy right now. Some sellers even offer a "buy one, donate one" offer.

Source: vogue.com