28 Masks to Hide Your Identity

— October 23, 2008 — Fashion
Masks have been in use for thousands of years to disguise, to entertain and to protect their wearer. For centuries, masks have been fixtures at costume balls and carnivals. It was a grand way to have a bit of fun without letting on who you were. Today, masks have even made their way onto fashion runways.

The single most common use of masks today is for protection against smog, germs and toxic gases. On that health note, there are electric anti-aging masks and even a cancer fashion mask--both of which you'll find below.

Masks come in different forms from imagined Photoshop varieties to extreme face painting and even the surgically enhanced "masks" that celebrities wear. All of them disguise how their wearer truly looks.
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Diving Mask Takes Hands-Free Photos
Diving Mask Takes Hands-Free Photos
Liquid Image Camera-Mask
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Emergency Crews Add Oxygen Masks for Pets
Emergency Crews Add Oxygen Masks for Pets
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Olympic Masks
Olympic Masks
US Cycling Team Prepared for Beijing Smog
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Drag Queens and Masked Dogs
Drag Queens and Masked Dogs
Venice Carnival
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Using Handbags as Masks
Using Handbags as Masks
Karl Lagerfeld at Paris Fashion Week 2008
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Political Halloween Masks
Political Halloween Masks
Sarah Palin Costume Accessories
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Smog Masks
Smog Masks
10 Global Photos
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Techy Face Masks
Techy Face Masks
Japanese USB Face Masks For Serious Germ-a-Phobes
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Multi-Cigarette Smoking Accessories
Multi-Cigarette Smoking Accessories
Cancer Fashion Masks
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Emoticon Helmets to Hide Your Feelings
Emoticon Helmets to Hide Your Feelings
The Mask of Emotion
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Pixelated Masks
Pixelated Masks
Campaign for Anonymous Tips
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Disguised Celebrity Dates
Disguised Celebrity Dates
Pam Anderson's Incognito Companion
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Electric Anti-Aging Masks
Electric Anti-Aging Masks
Rejuvenique RJV10KIT Facial Toner
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Bank Robber Fashion
Bank Robber Fashion
The Mask as Accessory
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Personalized Masks to Avoid Annoying People
Personalized Masks to Avoid Annoying People
Decoy Face
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Animal Masks
Animal Masks
Putting the Fun in Sterile Masks
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Incognito Fashion Shows
Incognito Fashion Shows
Martin Margiela's Masked Models
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8 Fashionable Gas Mask Designs
8 Fashionable Gas Mask Designs
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Viennese Costume Ball Revival
Viennese Costume Ball Revival
Cirque D' Soleil Masks Bring Class to Halloween
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Artisan Leather Masks
Artisan Leather Masks
The Cannabis Leaf Mask Carnival Masks and More
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Extreme Face Painting
Extreme Face Painting
Leaving no Patch Unpainted
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Gas Mask Fashion
Gas Mask Fashion
Aitor Throup's Strange Suit
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Dior Sport Sun Mask Sunglasses Look Ready for Outer Space
Dior Sport Sun Mask Sunglasses Look Ready for Outer Space
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Humanimal Masks
Humanimal Masks
NorthFur FX Animal Nose Prosthetics
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Death Masks of the Famous
Death Masks of the Famous
Postmortem Celeb Faces
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Horror Cosmetics
Horror Cosmetics
Extreme Facial Bodypainting
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Unmasking Celebrities
Unmasking Celebrities
Shakira, Hilton & Jolie Without Plastic Surgery
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