Surat (Gujarat): As face masks have been made mandatory across the country after the coronavirus outbreak, a jewellery shop in Surat came up with an idea of selling diamond-studded masks ranging from 1.5 lakh to 4 lakh rupees.
Dipak Choksi, owner of the jewellery shop said that he got the idea after a customer who had a wedding at his home came to their shop and demanded unique masks for bride and groom.
"As lockdown was lifted, a customer who had a wedding at his home came to our shop and demanded unique masks for bride & groom. So, we assigned our designers to create masks which the customer later bought. After this, we made a wide range of these masks as people will require them in coming days. Pure diamond and American diamond have been used with gold to make these masks," Choksi said.
A sample mask was made following the approval of the couple. Thereafter, the fancy diamond-studded mask was made in such a way that the precious stones and gold can be removed to make jewellery once the coronavirus crisis gets over, he added.
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"Yellow gold has been used in the mask along with American diamond and it costs Rs 1.5 lakh. Another mask which is made with white gold and real diamond costs 4 lakh rupees," he added.
These masks have been made using a specific quality of cloth so that they meet the standards of double-layered and N-95 masks.
A customer, Devanshi at the jewellery shop said that she wanted to do something unique for her wedding so that the event becomes a memorable one.
“I am happy. I can remove the diamonds from the mask whenever I choose and use them to make a bracelet or necklace,” she said. “The mask serves twin purpose, as a novelty in our wedding and as jewellery in future,” she added
Recently, a man named Shankar Kurade in Pune has got himself a mask made of gold worth Rs 2.89 lakhs amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
