Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti at his daily coronavirus press briefing on Thursday night unveiled a partnership with clothing brand Reformation to organize the city’s garment manufacturers to make protective masks. The L.A. Protects initiative will leverage the city’s manufacturing facilities and garment workers not to make the medical-grade N95 masks so desperately needed by […]
COVID-19 has affected the clothing rental market. While Rent the Runway will still conduct business as usual online, the company sent an email out to its customers this weekend to announce the temporary closures of all of its brick-and-mortar locations. Rent the Runway’s retail stores closed at the end of business on March 15, […]
Over the weekend, designer Giorgio Armani took a full page ad in more than 60 newspapers in Italy, writing a letter to all of the healthcare providers strenuously fighting the coronavirus outbreak. The list includes major dailies from Corriere della Sera, La Repubblica, La Stampa, Il Giornale and Il Sole 24 Ore to sports newspapers […]
Over the past week, the world as we know it has completely changed. COVID-19 has left many of us, including those we follow on Instagram, within the confines of our homes as we practice self-isolation and social distancing. Sure, celebrity street style moments may be few and far between right now, but we’re adjusting to […]
The launch of Gwyneth Paltrow’s collaboration with Proenza Schouler for G. Sport — Goop’s athletic line — may have been held off “if it was another category,” said Shaun Kearney, Goop’s general manager of fashion and home. “We discussed holding the collection.” With the current climate, many brands are postponing launches and rethinking marketing strategies. […]
Designer Christian Siriano’s high-end looks are more common on runways than in hospital operating rooms, but that could be about to change, at least temporarily, in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Siriano volunteered his team to make masks, in response to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s call for help from the public. Cuomo described […]
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are elusive. Runway shows for their CFDA-winning fashion brand The Row are among the most exclusive in the industry. Garnering an interview with the dynamic duo is next to impossible. And we’ll likely never obtain an answer as to how they wear so many layers amid the L.A. heat while also […]
Donatella Versace is the latest fashion personality to make a significant donation to help fight coronavirus infections. The Versace chief creative officer, along with her daughter Allegra Versace Beck, donated 200,000 euros to the intensive care department of Milan’s San Raffaele hospital. “In times like this, it is important to be united and support however we can […]
Among mass hand sanitizer outages and a directive to stay home, The St. Patrick’s Day holiday will feel different this year — but that doesn’t mean it’s been forgotten. In addition to picking up a chic emerald nail polish and reading up on the real meaning behind the horseshoe symbol, another way to get into […]
Despite already seeing significant effects, the fashion industry has yet to feel the brunt of the repercussions — financial and otherwise — caused by the global outbreak of COVID-19. The arrival of coronavirus in Italy on February 21 coincided directly with Milan Fashion Week, which ran from the 18th to the 24th, causing some attendees […]