With a nutrient list that looks like the ingredients for a multivitamin capsule, Aesop’s Sublime Night Mask lives up to its name.
Miuccia Prada and Patrizio Bertelli are donating two units each to three hospitals.
You’ll need to be financially stable to pony up for this sprawling spread an hour outside Manhattan.
The venerable watchmaker is the first major player in its category to make the move.
The brand’s best-selling denim is on sale for ONE week.
What’s going on with luxury retail? As in, why is it going on? With every public official and medical and scientific expert out there pleading with people to avoid all nonessential public encounters that require physical interaction closer than that six-foot distance, how can the lords of luxury continue to keep their doors open for business in locales where governments haven’t mandated closure?
People need some of what Walmart sells — food, groceries, pharmaceuticals. Ditto, Target, CVS and Walgreens, all now partnered with the federal government in trying to stem the coronavirus crisis. Workers at such retailers — sales associates, managers, stock people, security, delivery, all of them — are now in the same category as health-care providers: Their work is essential. They are at risk for the greater good, and God willing, their employers are doing everything possible to ensure their good health. (A monetary bonus during or at the end of the crisis would be nice, too.)
But Dior? Chanel? Ralph Lauren? Prada? Nobody needs what they sell; by definition, luxury is a world of want, not need. For what greater good are their retail employees now endangering themselves and, should one become infected, everyone she or he comes in
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SYDNEY — Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia’s 25th–anniversary edition has been canceled, according to organizer IMG.
The showcase of Australian Resort 2021 collections had been due to run from May 11 to 15 at Sydney’s Carriageworks venue.
“Due to the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC)’s mandate against holding non-essential, organized public gatherings of more than 500 people in light of global health concerns regarding COVID-19 (coronavirus), we regret to share that Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia 2020 will not take place,” said Natalie Xenita, executive director of IMG’s fashion events group for the Asia-Pacific region, in a statement on Tuesday morning Sydney time — a day after the introduction of the Australian federal government ban. “We thank our incredible designers, producers, partners and staff for their support of the Australian fashion community and look forward to celebrating our 25th anniversary in 2021.”
All tickets already sold to MBFWA shows taking part in the new MBFWA: The Experience initiative will be reimbursed as quickly as possible, according to IMG. In November, IMG said it was trialing an integrated consumer strategy at this year’s event, which was due to see 25 percent of seats at participating shows available for purchase by the public.
MBFWA’s Spring 2021 showcase
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The fine jewelry community has united for an online campaign, #Linked, to help feed U.S. youths left vulnerable after nationwide school closings due to coronavirus concerns.
“Nearly 22 million low-income kids from communities across the country rely on the free and reduced-price meals they receive at school,” according to Share Our Strength, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that works to solve hunger and poverty around the world.
The organization runs No Kid Hungry, a national program focused on feeding children in need, and is currently supporting the U.S. Department of Agriculture in providing “flexibility in how kids access meals during this time and for Congress to make sure [Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which supplies nutrition benefits so those in need can buy healthy foods] is maximized for struggling families.”
Alison Lou, Irene Neuwirth, Ana Khouri, Jenna Blake, Deborah Pagani, Andrea Fohrman, Sarah Hendler, Maya Brenner and Jacquie Aiche are among the growing number of more than 40 fine jewelry designers, from New York City to Los Angeles, who have come together to help fund the initiative by donating a portion of their sales to the cause.
“There were no parameters, it was just a call to action,” said public relations agency founders Danielle Gadi of
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By supporting any of these organizations you will be helping those most affected by Covid-19.
The EV is powered by a methanol fuel cell that produces hydrogen.