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43 Best Breathable Face Masks for Running and Walking Outside

Summer’s hot and humid days are upon us. Here’s where to buy breathable face masks for walks (or runs!) in the hot summer days ahead….

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Wearing face masks in public has now become routine. After months of acclimating to the new normal, procuring breathable face masks for summer’s hotter, more humid days feels pertinent now more than ever. Nobody wants to spend summer sweating under a mask, and it can get confusing to know which face coverings strike the right balance between breathability and safety. As it turns out, reaching for a too-thick mask in lieu of a more breathable option may be more harmful than helpful.

Dharushana Muthulingam, M.D., M.S., an infectious disease physician and public health researcher at Washington University in St. Louis, recommends cloth masks that find a happy medium between fabric density and comfortability for the summer months. “There is unfortunately an inverse relationship between protection and breathability,” Muthulingam tells Vogue. “Generally, you don’t want to see light between the fibers when you hold them up to the sun, but the mask should also be breathable, especially in warm months.” While studies have shown that tightly woven cotton fabrics, like quilter’s cotton, batik, and even tea towels are the best overall choices, they aren’t always the most comfortable fabrics when humidity and heat are added into the mix. “If the mask is uncomfortable, research has shown people just touch their face even more,” Muthulingam says. “Aim for compromise to get ‘good enough’ protection that also lets some amount of air in to make wearing the mask tolerable.” Lighter cottons, polyesters, or performance fabrics are acceptable and safe to use.

The shape of the mask is also an important consideration. Many runners prefer wearing balaclavas and bandanas that they can pull up or down when six feet away from other people. While cloth masks that mimic surgical masks with comfortable ear straps and a secure fit are preferred, Muthulingam says “the key is to eliminate gaps between your skin and the mask, however that is achieved. It has to cover your nose and go below your chin.”

With more and more options on the market, it is no surprise that people are investing in breathable masks for the summer. Here, 41 breathable masks in breathable fabrics like cotton, polyester blends, and other performance textiles that you can wear for all your outdoor activities and throw in with your laundry too.

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A$AP Rocky Turned An Entire Manchester City Kit Into His Album Rollout

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A$AP Rocky doesn’t do album rollouts quietly, and this one recruited an entire Premier League club to help. Manchester City, PUMA, and Rocky teamed up on a limited apparel run tied to “Don’t Be Dumb,” his 2026 album, timed around his September 5th show at Co-op Live.

The centerpiece is a long-sleeve PUMA King jersey in black and archive gold, with “DON’T BE DUMB” running down the sleeve and AWGE branding worked in throughout. A bold “MANCHESTER” graphic covers the back. Fans could also add limited “A$AP 11” name-and-number printing onto the club’s actual Home, Away, or Third kits, while supplies lasted at retail.

There’s a players-only version too, and it never went up for sale. That one sticks closer to City’s usual sky-blue identity, with its own sleeve detailing and back graphic — the kind of piece that exists purely because a handful of people got lucky.

The whole rollout kicked off with a one-night pop-up on September 4th, when PUMA turned a spot in Manchester’s Northern Quarter into a pop-up cafe for the night, mixing football, music, and street style into one room before the wider release hit the stadium store the next morning. Some of those jerseys even came with golden tickets to the concert or that Saturday’s match.

Rocky has called the project true to his own design language, and it’s not even his only club collaboration this cycle — a similar drop with AC Milan landed around the same time. At this point, the line between fashion week and matchday has basically disappeared.

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Quavo And Lids Are Going All In On Atlanta With Their New Cap Pack

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Quavo has never been shy about his hat obsession, and Lids just gave him another outlet for it. Their new “Atlanta” pack drops September 12th, marking another round in a partnership that’s been running strong since 2019.

The collection is a love letter to the city, spread across three very different caps. One mashes up pinstripes, script lettering, and Braves branding into a single design, working navy, red, white, and light blue into the mix. Another goes the opposite direction entirely — fully iced out in crystal detailing, done up in black and red, with both the Falcons and the Braves showing up in the design. The third strips things back to an old-school “ATL” trucker cap in red, white, and gold, the kind of understated piece that lets the city’s name do the talking.

None of this is new territory for Quavo. He’s talked before about waiting on hat releases as a kid, and that same excitement seems to be what’s kept this partnership going years past most celebrity collabs. His earlier Lids run leaned on one moment — the Braves’ 1995 World Series win — but this pack pulls from the city’s whole sports history instead of just one highlight.

Lids has called Quavo one of the rare voices who can blend music, fashion, and sports without it feeling forced, and this drop backs that up. Given how fast his past releases have moved, Atlanta might want to set an alarm for September 12th.

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