PHOTOS: Face masks are so hot right now at China Fashion Week

By Ryan Kilpatrick, October 29, 2014

First the facekini became a home-grown international fashion icon, and now it's the face mask's turn to get the haute-couture treatment.

At China Fashion Week, currently being held in Beijing, Qiaodan Yin Peng Sports Wear Collection debuted their new line of outfits allowing fit fashionistas to stay active and stay alive while exercising in the capital's toxic air.

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