Black Filigree Masks

It is a metal mask cut into a lace like openwork pattern and finished in black, so the design frames the eyes and brow while your skin shows through the gaps. Black is the strongest contrast the filigree range offers, and it is the finish most of the crystal detailing is set against.

Red, blue and clear. Red appears on two designs, one with detailing around the eye; blue runs through the high point, carved, flourish and butterfly shapes; and clear crystals sit on the loop and luxury styles and on a mask built around one large stone. Pick the crystal to echo your outfit.

It is one of the easiest choices for it. Black keeps the mask reading as formal rather than costume, the openwork keeps it light on the face, and the crystals give you the detail that carries under low venue lighting and in photographs at a ball or gala dinner.

No, they are lighter than a solid mask of the same size, because most of the metal is cut away. The openwork also lets air move through, which makes a difference across a long evening indoors. The butterfly and high point shapes carry slightly more metal above the brow than the plainer designs.