Filigree Lace Masquerade Mask - Black Venetian Eye Mask, Ribbon Tie, Women

Openwork You Can See Straight Through

Peripheral vision survives this one, which is more than most moulded masks manage, and the openwork means people can watch your eyes move behind it instead of losing them in two dark holes. That is the practical case for wearing cut lace rather than moulded plastic across a whole evening.

There is no rigid shell and no backing. The lace itself is the mask, stiffened just enough to keep its shape and worn flat against the skin, which is why it reads somewhere between jewellery and a veil rather than as a costume piece. Sitting flush, it follows your own bone structure instead of flattening it. The piece is 21 cm across and 9.5 cm tall, which is 8.27 by 3.74 inches, and it covers the upper half of the face to the bridge of the nose, and ties at the back of the head with black satin ribbons. One size, and the lace flexes to any face shape.

Care comes down to one hard rule: it does not get wet. Spot clean with a barely damp cloth, because soaked lace loses the stiffening that holds it upright and never gets it back. Store it flat rather than folded so the filigree keeps its pattern, which in practice means a shallow drawer and not a hook or a box with something resting on top. Keep it away from rings and nails, since cut lace snags on anything with an edge.

• Stiffened cut lace with no shell and no backing
• 21 by 9.5 cm, or 8.27 by 3.74 in
• Covers the eyes and nose bridge; full peripheral vision
• Black satin ribbon ties at the back of the head
• One size, flexing to any face shape
• Spot clean only with a barely damp cloth; store flat

We send masks into Brickell flat-packed so the lace arrives with its shape intact, same day, any tower.