{"id":14696,"date":"2020-05-19T04:29:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T04:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=14696"},"modified":"2020-05-19T04:29:02","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T04:29:02","slug":"face-mask-fashion-makes-fighting-virus-more-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=14696","title":{"rendered":"Face-mask fashion makes fighting virus \u2018more fun\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Making the wearing of face masks compulsory to contain the spread of coronavirus has provided a challenge to fashionistas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nigerian designer Sefiya Diejomaoh, pictured above sporting a diamante-studded covering, did not want to stop being stylish, she told the Reuters news agency in the country\u2019s commercial hub, Lagos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen you come out in a stylish mask or with an accessory such as this, it doesn\u2019t seem as though we\u2019re fighting a war. It seems more fun,\u201d she is quoted as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople going around in surgical masks is depressing,\u201d she said. \u201cI have to maintain status quo and who I am despite the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/live-experience\/cps\/624\/cpsprodpb\/vivo\/live\/images\/2020\/5\/17\/9ffd8f8b-d22c-44db-beab-915e04190e5a.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/live-experience\/cps\/624\/cpsprodpb\/vivo\/live\/images\/2020\/5\/17\/a2c27f9e-7f0b-4f60-9e4f-6c284652c718.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEveryone is on it right now including designers. It is a necessary fashion statement right now,\u201d said&nbsp;Angel Obasi (above) who runs the Instagram account Styleconnaisseur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/live-experience\/cps\/624\/cpsprodpb\/vivo\/live\/images\/2020\/5\/17\/02e84b87-44f5-41ec-ba69-db130bc9fbc7.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Student Uche Helen, wears a face mask to match her head-band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Reuters photographer also spotted another woman in Lagos who went for the matching headgear and face mask combination:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/live-experience\/cps\/624\/cpsprodpb\/vivo\/live\/images\/2020\/5\/17\/9276d2a2-eb3f-456a-aad0-ca17b61d9473.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nigeria has more than 5,600 confirmed cases of coronavirus and 176 deaths from the illness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a>BBC<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Making the wearing of face masks compulsory to contain the spread of coronavirus has provided a challenge to fashionistas. 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