Many of our everyday fashion staples that we take for granted were once rooted in utility. Jeans were designed as a solution to miners’ needs for durable work-wear. Pants were adopted by women when they entered the workforce in WWI. And the invention of casual sportswear coincided with the new fast-paced lifestyles of Americans in the 1970s. So while face masks are now being adopted to reduce the spread of COVID-19, they’re quickly becoming an everyday fashion accessory here to stay.
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A manequin wearing a see-through face mask designed for deaf people is seen at the Center of Empowerment for the People with Disabilities in Bangkok on April 29, 2020.
