Face mask made of bra cup becomes the fast selling product in Japan

Using your bra to make a face mask for protection against the Covid-19 virus sounds funny but it is not a bad idea, as face mask made of bra cup becomes the fast selling product in Japan.

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There are many videos and tutorials instructing others how to make the masks have been circulating on social media recently[/caption]

DIY Bra masks became a trend on social channels as many youtube videos and facebook posts showing how to make a face mask made of bra cup which leading many viewers of these DIY videos tried to repurpose bra cup into a face mask.

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A trend for making DIY face masks out of bras with online tutorials being shared online in recent weeks[/caption]

Many social media users, men and women alike, shared their own DIY bra masks, using a single bra cup as the mask and a strap which is cut and re-sewn as the strap around the back of the head.

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Many social media users, men and women alike, shared their own DIY bra masks[/caption]

Catching up with this trend, companies create lacy face mask made of bra cup after people have been making their own face masks out of bras. And face mask made of bra cup becomes the fast selling product in Japan market.

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Some companies are now actually manufacturing and selling face masks made from large bra cups[/caption]

According to the Japanese Times, Atsumi Fashion, a Japanese lingerie company in Toyama, Japan has been using bra materials to make face masks and it now selling online. This idea came when the company's staff realized that the bra materials were similar to ones used in masks.

Atsumi Fashion recently launched a face mask collection made entirely from bra materials. This company' designs are quite similar to the 3M face masks born in 1961 that also took idea from bra.

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this bra face mask product is out of stock just after 1 minute of open sales[/caption]

According to the company's sales unit, this bra face mask product is out of stock just after 1 minute of open sales on the company's online selling page. The price for each bra face mask is 14 USD, which is about half of a bra's price that sold in Japan. It is unclear whether this Japanese lingerie company is going to sell this bra face mask product to the international market in the next time or not.