Chinese designer merges fashion and function for COVID-19 masks
Fashionable and functional masks
are designer Zhou Li's speciality
Location: Beijing, China
Her embroidered silk face masks feature
Chinese characters, camellias, and orchids
They have proven so popular
that she can't keep up with demand
(SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) DESIGN DIRECTOR OF SHANDONG SUNBIRD GARMENT COMPANY, ZHOU LI, SAYING:
"I think everyone's design, every country's design is different. In the future, masks will definitely become a normal product, combining fashion with tradition, featuring human health and protection. It will be like that. Designers should be more creative with this aspect, not only me. I really hope more designers and more people in the fashion industry create their own masks."
Zhou also makes protective suits
printed with traditional Chinese paintings
after requests for safe but stylish travel outfits