# Gas Mask Rings Manillusion Lets You Takes Mask off of Your Face and Onto Your Finger By Michael Hines | Published 2011-01-19 | Fashion Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/gas-mask-ring References: [laughingsquid](http://laughingsquid.com/gas-mask-ring/) & [manillusion.no](http://www.manillusion.no/gas-ring-sølv-p-4388.html) I'm willing to bet that the Gas Mask Ring will be the hottest [fashion accessory](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pepsi-ring) of 2011. Gas masks have made a huge comeback recently appearing in everything from fashion shows to smoke shops. The mask sits on your [middle finger](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/murder-hornet-ring) and is connected to your index finger via a hose. The Gas Mask Ring is great because it lets you sport a [gas mask](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/masquerade-mask-1) without hiding your face or scaring others into thinking that a chemical attack is imminent. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 4.4/10 - Popularity: 55% | Activity: 69% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 90% men, 10% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Fashion](https://www.trendhunter.com/fashion) > [Jewelry](https://www.trendhunter.com/jewelry) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Fashion-accessory Diversification:** The rise of unconventional accessories, such as the Gas Mask Ring, presents a disruptive innovation opportunity for the fashion industry to create unique and unconventional accessories. - **Functionality Miniaturization:** The trend towards miniaturizing functional items, such as gas masks onto rings, provides a disruptive innovation opportunity for companies to create portable, pocket-sized tools that are both functional and stylish. - **Tangible-object Avatarization:** Tangible-object avatarization, demonstrated by the Gas Mask Ring, presents a disruptive innovation opportunity for the jewelry industry to create physical objects that represent users' digital personas. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Fashion:** The gas mask trend in fashion presents an innovation opportunity to create bolder and more unique accessories. - **Personal Safety:** The Gas Mask Ring innovation presents a disruptive innovation opportunity in the personal safety industry to create small, wearable personal protection devices that are stylish and easy to use. - **Jewelry:** The Gas Mask Ring presents a disruptive innovation opportunity for the jewelry industry to move beyond traditional designs and create quirky and unconventional jewelry. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Japan-Inspired Wearable Watch Rings](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/stasto-stand-stones.md) - [Miniature Digital Watches](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dwn5600-nano-ring.md) - [Connected Emotive Face Masks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/w3e-mask-expressive-emotion.md) - [Industrial Fidget-Friendly Rings](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/titanium-mechanical-ring.md) - [Aerodynamic Filtration Face Masks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/goa-face-protector.md) - [Air-Controlling VR Masks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/airres-mask.md) - [Runway-Inspired Peel-Off Masks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/glass-001-artistry-mask.md) - [Manicure-Safe Soda Can Accessories](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pepsi-ring.md) - [Face Mask-Made Illuminators](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/anonymlux-lamp.md)