China Smog Sees Catwalk Models Don Surgical Masks (PHOTOS)

No this isn't the latest 'Derelicte' runway show (though there'll be no surprises if the trend hits Fashion Week next year.) Thick levels of air pollution in east China meant models were forced to wear surgical masks at a gold jewellery show in Jiangsu province at the weekend. Levels of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) have reached as high as 40 times World Health Organisation limits, thanks to the country's rapid urbanisation, economic development and climactic factors. Models were forced to wea...