FASHION meets function in this latest craze to sweep polluted cities worldwide.
Tallix, a luxury accessories brand, has announced a line of fashionable filtration masks that "can protect the wearer from air pollution, flus and airborne diseases".
With 20 designs for women and 13 designs for men, the same luxurious silks, twills, satin, lace and trims used by the world's leading fashion brands are now available "in medical-grade masks that filter against PM2.5 and other harmful particulates".
Now if they could just work on those surgical shoe covers ...
There's a bathroom crisis brewing in Taiwan, where a run (get it?) on stocks of toilet paper has left many retail shelves bereft of the vital necessity.
The country's toilet tissue producers issued a formal warning on Fri that prices were set to increase by as much as 30% due to an increase in the costs of raw materials.
The news has apparently led to panic buying as consumers rushed to ensure they don't get unexpectedly caught short.
Taiwan's central government has vowed to investigate claims of price collusion among the manufacturers, amid claims the price rise announcement was carefully coordinated.
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