Some fashion accessories are less pandemic-friendly than others

People are realising that earrings (especially oversize, dangly ones) don't play nice with face masks. Photo: AFP

They may have looked like perfect wardrobe accompaniments when we saw them on the runway at the start of the year. And yet these accessories trends for the Autumn/Winter 2020 season may well fall by the wayside because of the health crisis.

Between mask wearing and changing behaviours, some pieces seem obsolete before they even reach the shelves of the biggest retailers. This is notably the case of the statement jewellery and the balaclava, which the mask will totally eclipse.