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That style of mask is awful. Lacking elastic, those cloth loops make the masks very limiting in who they will comfortably fit. I purchased a few really cool masks of this type and they won’t even fit over my ears.
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Also, that jersey fabric may not be a terribly effective mask material; too loose and stretchy.
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I kinda like this guy’s approach; matching his tie and his mask; he’s used the matching handkerchief square to make the mask;
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I make one cut in a rubber band so that it’s a strip, then tie each end to one of the mask loops, and stretch that around behind my head. Saves wear and tear on the ears.
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Cyberoptix is a Detroit-based store that makes silk-screened ties, often nerd-themed. They’ve recently started making matching masks.
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Pandemic Garanimals? 
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I CAN’T BELIEVE i missed the GARANIMALS JOKE!!
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Garanimals? @Skeptic, you are a damned HERO for that reference.
@TheirFeldspars Good tip, I hadn’t thought about that fix.
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Yeah, the ones I just received were custom printed, but were single layer fabric and, sadly, nice looking but useless.
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I have read (and I can’t remember where, so I can’t give a citation) that of what is available to the layperson, 2 layers of quilting cotton is probably the best choice, with a liner if you want. It’s a fine, closely woven cotton. And it comes in many flattering colours and patterns 
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I wonder if they were meant as, like, a “decorative cover” to wear over a disposable mask?
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This is incredibly stupid.
That mask is all wrong.
The lines are vertical.
That shirt has horizonta lines!
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There’s precedence.
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I am not a fan of ear masks in general. All-the-way-around-the-head or bust.
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I’m not certain that a mask that goes all the way around your bust is going to be very effective.
@Skeptic I’d not heard of Geranimals before, and a quick image search quickly diverted down the 1970’s Homo-Erotic Rabbithole (the Homo-Erotic Rabbithole is a thing, isn’t it).
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Definitely. You can find it on google maps. It’s somewhere between enjoying unfamiliar sensations when watching Greco-Roman wrestling and the Chuck Tingle Glory Hole.
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So people are going to be trying on the facemasks in the store? That seems un-smart
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