Although Designed For Hostess Workers In Japan,

these face masks,

 could be the answer to many businesses where face to face social meetings take place, all photos courtesy Otozuki,

 Otozuki, a manufacturer of traditional kimono garments, has teamed up with a company that runs nightclubs to develop hostess-friendly face masks that make it easy to sip drinks and converse with customers while maintaining a safe environment,

 due to the current crisis Japanese hostesses and hosts working in nightclubs particularly hard. In addition to being forced to shutter, businesses classified as sekkyaku inshokugyō (drinking establishments with hostesses or hosts) were excluded from the government aid package, as indeed are many drinking establishments with hostesses world wide,

 so to help them cope and adjust to new working conditions, Otozuki developed a face mask inspired by those worn by belly dancers. Called Face Veil, the masks feature three vertical strips of cloth that form a curtain covering the nose and mouth. The strip in the center, made with thicker fabrics, can be raised to allow the user to eat and drink without removing the covering,

priced between 2,200 – 3,850 yen ($20-$36 usd), the Face Veils are available in a variety of colors and traditional fabrics, with no sight of a vaccine in the near future these masks may soon become seen world wide as economies slowly start to recover and life gets back to as near normal as possible.