If you’re planning on protesting, joining the Occupy movement or simply throwing a couple Molotov cocktails for kicks at the next G8 meeting — and you don’t want your face filmed by innumerable CCTV cameras and government surveillance — there are few better ways to mask your identity than this Pixelhead ski mask from Martin […]

Canadian artist Dale Dunning welds metal type and steel hardware to create labyrinthine masks and heads. Trapped underneath layers of rigid bolts and washers, Dunning uses “the head as a container to suggest what’s percolating underneath.” His sculptures of visage are indeed vague and skeletal. They evoke the victims of Pompei or beach fossils or […]

The Marvellini brothers of Milan are injecting surreal into the 21st century. Firebombing tactics of dining hall wall grandeur, they’ve created a name for themselves in Italy through the digital enhancement of vintage portraits. Not into retouching, their enhancement reigns in obscuring features by way of a virtual Marvel masquerade — adorned with masks of […]

Whether you’re planning to hit the slopes or rob a bank, this balaclava from DQM will serve its purpose. Founded by professional skateboarder Chris Keefe, DQM opened it’s first store in Manhattan 9 years ago and is now a go-to for New Yorkers looking to get their hands on select sneakers, menswear, skate goods and […]

If you’ve ever wanted to look an Nintendo superhero while you sleep, then Designboom’s got you all straight. For $24 you can pick up their Pixelated Sleeping Masks for long flights or daytime naps at your cubicle. While you’re at it, purchase a pair of those 6 dpi Pixelated Sunglasses and you can look Super […]

I’ll admit I’m getting a little tired of the Latte Lumberjack look permeating the streets of Venice, Silverlake, Echo Park and the entire planet of Brooklyn. Now while I totally dig legitimate Americana apparel, I think going overboard and entirely re-making yourself to look like a lumberjack while you pedal your fixie around Williamsburg is […]

Givenchy featured a leather mask in their Spring/Summer 2011 in Paris that created a stir in the fashion world. No one expected the French luxury fashion house to actually release the masks, but Givenchy decided to run with the Road Warrior-meets-Gimp look and will actually present the masks as part of their accessories collection next […]