Poll: Face Mask Fashion

[jesse_the_k]

Thanks to sara, I watched some excellent Baroque chamber music. The performers, as is customary in the U.S., wore formal clothing: a black suit with white shirt and black tie; a black floor-length dress. All performers wore matte black face masks. Which raises a vital question -- how should we coordinate our mask colors with the rest of our outfits?

Poll #25099 Face Mask Fashion

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 30

View Respondents

Formal Mask Wear: color choices

View Answers

Black
13 (43.3%)

White
1 (3.3%)

Same as shoes
2 (6.7%)

Same as upper body outer layer
9 (30.0%)

I'm commenting with a better idea
5 (16.7%)

Casual Mask Wear: color choices

View Answers

Coordinate with other accessories
21 (70.0%)

Whatever I can find
20 (66.7%)

Pull a new surgical mask from the box
6 (20.0%)

Ticky box
7 (23.3%)

Comments

Formal maskwear

[vass]

I misread your subject header as 'Face Mask Fandom', which is a whole different (and also interesting) post!

Traditionally, it's expected that one's mask should match one's tail (and, optionally, socks or booties.) The exceptions are tortoiseshells, calicos, and torbies, whose mask and tail do not have to match so long as they're in the same overall colour scheme.

For humans, with melannen's last line as an obvious preamble:

I think it depends how formal, and the occasion, but same general rules as accessories (bags, shoes, hats, hair ornaments, pocket squares, ties.) Which, of course, varies by gender, class, ethnicity and region, role at the event, etc etc.

Edit: the other main rule is length and cut: regardless of the level of formality, the mask should cover both mouth and nose, and fit securely with negative ease. For incognito occasions, it should also cover the eye area (except for holes for visibility, in which situation the above-nose area of the mask should have its own lower seam and ties, to avoid venting air from the mouth/nose region.

Re: Formal maskwear

[jesse_the_k]

I appreciate your reporting from feline world HQ!