Where to buy stylish face masks: 18 reusable masks available online now

If you’d have told us this time last year that the hottest accessory of this year would be a face mask, we wouldn’t have believed you.

But then 2020 came along, flipping everything we thought we knew about fashion on its head, and all of a sudden face coverings prevailed as the most in-demand - and essential - plus ones of the year.

For an accessory we’re now wearing almost every day – and will most likely be necessary for a while - it pays to give a little thought to our face masks, particularly for the fashion conscious among us.

Lyst's report for Q3 - which analyses the behaviour of 9 million shoppers each month - noted a 496 per cent surge in searches for face masks this year, and dubbed Off-White's arrow logo face mask (which is now sold out) as the hottest accessory of the moment.

Similarly, according to Edited, a digital retail tracking service, there has been an almost 40 per cent increase in the number of masks offered by companies in the first quarter of 2020 compared to the end of 2019. In a blog post, Josh Silverman, the chief executive of Etsy, reported that in a single weekend, buyers searched for face masks on the site an average of nine times per second, and the number of face mask sellers had grown five times, to almost 20,000.

If you’re wanting to add a bit of pizzazz to your pandemic wardrobe, these are the seventeen most stylish face masks to add to your basket now.

Rixo Hope floral-print silk-blend face covering, £26, buy now

ASOS DESIGN pink floral face covering with pouch & scrunchie, £12, buy now

Liberty London Assorted Upcycled Tana Lawn Cotton Face Coverings Set of Five, £40, buy now

Oceanus Tiffany face mask, £55, buy now

Three Ply Aeibe filtered face mask, £45, buy now

Gap Face masks (pack of three), £5, buy now

Migrate Art - Masks for Meals, £19.99, buy now

Emily Carter Floral-print silk face covering, £40, buy now

Boden Non-Medical Face Coverings, £20, buy now

Free People Embroidered Face Mask, £15, buy now

Reformation Gwen Mask, £12, buy now

Five pack of washable face masks, £2.11, buy now

Everlane 100% Human Face Masks (pack of five), £24, buy now

Anthropologie Set of 3 Cotton Face Masks, £18, buy now

Urban Outfitters Reusable Cotton Face Mask, £10, buy now

Etsy Colourful Face Masks, £11, buy now

hush Leopard Face Mask, £10, buy now

Casetify reusable cloth mask, £12, buy now