Where to buy stylish face masks: 16 reusable masks…

Where to buy stylish face masks: 16 reusable masks available online now

Face coverings are compulsory in all shops and supermarkets across England from today so, if you haven't got your hands on a snazzy face mask, now's the time to.

While the government's guidelines have been criticised for being 'last minute' and 'long overdue', the World Health Organisation has been insisting on the imperative of wearing a face mask.

WHO says masks can provide “a barrier for potentially infectious droplets” and have told governments to encourage mask-wearing in areas where physical distancing is difficult “such as on public transport, in shops or in other confined or crowded environments.”

Lyst's latest quarterly report - which analyses the behaviour of 9 million shoppers each month - noted a 496 per cent surge in searches for face masks in the last quarter, and dubbed Off-White's arrow logo face mask (which is now sold out) as the hottest accessory of the moment.

Similarly, according to Edited, a digital retail tracking service, there has been an almost 40 per cent increase in the number of masks offered by companies in the first quarter of 2020 compared to the end of 2019. In a blog post, Josh Silverman, the chief executive of Etsy, reported that in a single weekend, buyers searched for face masks on the site an average of nine times per second, and the number of face mask sellers had grown five times, to almost 20,000.

If you're yet to get your hands on a fashionable face mask, then keep on scrolling. These are the most stylish to shop now.