This is the moment a pert woman enters an ice-cream parlour in her undies and tries to use her dress as a face mask to be served.

The unusual scene was filmed in the city of Godoy Cruz in the western Argentine province of Mendoza at around 10.40pm on 1st January.

According to the news site Cronica, the woman arrived at the ice-cream parlour with 10 other people, all of whom did not have a face mask with them.

Thinking she could bypass the health mandate by covering her airways with her black dress, the woman, name not reported, reportedly told staff members: “Don’t ask for my face mask, I’m putting it on.”

However, employees did not accept the gesture and the woman was promptly told to leave the shop.

In the CCTV footage, a father and his three daughters are seen approaching the counter to place their order as the woman enters the parlour, apparently in her undies.

Even though the father is wearing his mask beneath his nose, he is allowed to place his order.

However, the half-naked woman is told to put on a mask while she tries to tie her black dress around her head.

The woman apparently protests as the father decides to lift his mask over his nose to avoid being told off as well.

She then gives up trying to tie the dress and leaves the store after being refused service.

Cronica said the group of friends were eventually able to buy 11 ice creams after someone managed to source a face mask.