Companies face a mask surplus as sales evaporate following new CDC guidance

Face masks, last year's must-have accessory and once hard-to-come-by pandemic requirement, have gone out of style. Just ask Maya Gorgoni, a Manhattan designer and apparel business owner who masked-up no less a celebrity than Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. The designer is now stuck with thousands of cloth face masks — and few buyers — since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased its mask guidance for Americans who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. 

"The last two days have been pretty quiet," Gorgoni, co-founder of Royal Jelly Harlem, told CBS MoneyWatch. Gorgoni said she has roughly 5,000 masks in stock, in different patterns. She plans on discounting the $15 masks and is already including them, free, with purchases of her clothing and other accessories.