Plague Doctor Meets Bird of Paradise: ... “I wanted to explore the 2020 version of those scary plague-doctor masks,” he says. He chose suede and leather for his masks because of the playful, ...

The crow-like plague-doctor mask of 17th- and 18th-century Europe is one of the earliest and creepiest protective coverings. Often paired with an equally unsettling leather ensemble and hat, its ...

During the outbreak of the bubonic plague in Italy in the 1650s, it was believed that the doctors taking care of the sick would dawn these masks in addition to long garb and wide-brimmed leather hats.

The plague doctor ensemble dates back to 17th-century Europe when physicians wore the mask filled with perfume in a mistaken belief the fumes would protect them. Since October, Wood has worn her ...

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With their dark, heavy robes and beaked masks, the plague doctor will forever be associated with the bubonic plague, even though they first appeared in France and Italy in the 1600s, nearly 300 ...

She says one particular mask is selling big this fall. “That plague doctor mask with the pointy nose, it’s brown,” Cameron says. “Of course, plague says it all, so I think they just want ...

A 1619 outbreak of plague in France, rooted largely in Paris, led to the first medical mask. As the disease killed some 80 percent of those it afflicted, French doctor Charles De Lorme invented an ...