Whether you like them bejewelled, sequined, crocheted, embossed or adorned with cartoon characters, your wish is the designer’s command.

If you have the money to pay up, you

can have it your way and we are not talking Burger King menu items. Before you

start thinking it’s some fancy bikini or clutch purse, cast your thoughts

instead to the newest craze on the local market – face masks.

Yes indeed, whether you can breathe

comfortably or if they are actually effective at preventing the inhalation of

airborne particles is beside the point. In many cases, it’s all about the look

and not so much the fit and feel of these masks.

Since the Government made wearing masks

in public mandatory, and businesses refusing service without one, everyone and

their mothers better get used to the new normal.

While for the most part people have

accepted wearing them, it still raises some concern as to why certain material

would be deemed suitable for making a mask as everything that is logical would

point to a crocheted mask – no matter how cute or well-designed it is, provides

absolutely no protection against COVID-19. Indeed wearing crochet mask is about

as effective as putting on a condom AFTER intercourse!

Sometimes we talk about fashion over

style but often times what we actually practice is stupidity over style as we get

so caught up trying to look good that we forget about being genuine.

People who market and sell some of

these masks know they offer no protection whatsoever from a medical viewpoint but

do it ‘for the gram’, retweets and likes, seemingly unconcerned about the

common sense aspect of things. Go figure.

[naviga:ul]

[naviga:li]Related story:

By Simone Michelle: The DIY Queen[/naviga:li][/naviga:ul]

Relatedly, the irony of masks being

worn in a bank is not lost on many. Just a few months ago, anyone wearing a

mask to enter a financial institution would raise an alarm as they would almost

certainly be carrying out a robbery.

Now everyone has on one and half the

time we are uncertain who is the man (or woman) behind the mask.