Pantyhose as Air / Dust Filter ?

[NoNeedToBreathe]

I have carpeting in my apartment and I have a goddamn hairy cat. I need to vacuum and I notice when I do this a lot of dust and hair gets kicked up. I realize that there's always dust flowing through the air to some degree, but I'd like to vacuum with the comfort that I'm not breathing in a whole cat hair. I was thinking of layering a pair of pantyhose or stockings over my head. Do you think this will provide any degree of filtering or am I way off ?

[Like Ra]

I used to use pantyhose mask while sawing (I did not have goggles close at hand). That did help a lot. But dust is something completely different. I would recommend HEPA filters or HEPA sacks for the vacuum cleaner and/or special masks for dusty work. And an air purifier (we have two in our house).

[NoNeedToBreathe]

I've been seeing a few youtube vids about putting used pantyhose over a fan and then it turns into an air purifier.

[Like Ra]

Yeah, please define "dust"

This is what I mean: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HEPA

[NoNeedToBreathe]

Well right now my vacuum is clogged and I don't want to open it up and get dirt all through my apt and it's also too damn cold outside to take it out there and clean it.