Safety Meets Fashion: Benefits of Eva Franco Masks
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The History of Masks
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As a fashion designer, the elaborate and theatrical Carnival masks, especially in the city of Venice, immediately came to my mind as I started making masks for my clients. In a normal year, Venice fills with visitors and many of them wear gorgeous Renaissance-era style costumes and masks. It’s as much a moving, street-side fashion show as it is a holiday celebration. Costumed and masked people slowly stroll around the old, cobble-stoned streets and pose for others to take their photographs. Where some people think of masks as confining, the Venetians saw it as an opportunity to be bold. Wearing...