Face masks as fashion in Japan
From Tokyo Times:The link also includes photos of plaster-cast and eye-patch fashions. LinkThe Japanese habit of wearing masks during hay fever season may well be what created a fondness for such facial fashion amongst certain people, rather bizarrely resulting in the birth of ‘mask idols’.
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Kevin says:
Threadless has a tee reminiscent of the mask idol girls.
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