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The coronavirus has spread to over 80 nations, including the U.S., Iran, Italy, Japan and South Korea, since the outbreak began in Wuhan City in the Hubei Province of China in late January — and its impact is being felt across myriad industries.
The virus, which has affected roughly 101,300 people and caused 3,451 deaths is now the cause of a number of other cancellations and postponements in other industries, including tech conferences and music festivals. These cancellations have led many to speculate what major event the virus will affect next, with some wondering the fate of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. COVID-19 has rocked the fashion world acutely, shifting international fashion weeks, upcoming trade shows and other events globally.
WWD compiled a list of major events that the public is speculating will be canceled in light of the COVID-19 outbreak. Read on to see the status of many upcoming events in the fashion, film and music industries.
Beautycon: Not Canceled
Beauty festival organizer, Beautycon, is slated to host its Los Angeles festival on Aug. 1 to 2 and its New York festival on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. Organizers are also planning a Tokyo
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IT’S THE GREATEST CASHMERE: As part of a sustainability push — and in a nod to International Women’s Day on Sunday — retail entrepreneur Kim Winser has been asking some well-known names to snap selfies wearing her recycled cashmere poncho.
Among those to oblige were the actress and Bond girl Rosamund Pike; singer KT Tunstall and Sister Sledge, of “Lost in Music,” “We Are Family” and “He’s the Greatest Dancer,” fame. Multiple generations of the Sledge family continue to tour — and they remain connected to fashion: In January, the group performed in Milan at DSquared2’s 25th anniversary show.
Winser London, a direct-to-consumer brand founded by Winser, former chief executive of Pringle of Scotland and Aquascutum, has introduced recycled cashmere into the collection, via the long, slim poncho. The brand follows in the sustainable footsteps of Stella McCartney and Pringle of Scotland, which are both working with recycled fibers.
Winser London’s ponchos are recycled in Italy from old sweaters or other cashmere pieces, which are first collected and divided by color. The used items are then cut into tiny pieces and combed back into fibers before they are spun into new knits.
The brand, which offers cashmere, merino wool and silk classic separates, has been
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The cast of HBO’s “Westworld” is back together to celebrate their third season.
Series’ cast members including Evan Rachel Wood, Tessa Thompson and Thandie Newton joined newcomers such as Lena Waithe and Aaron Paul at the TCL Chinese Theater in Los Angeles Thursday night to celebrate the show’s upcoming season.
The new season, which airs on March 15, comes nearly two years since the show’s second season aired in April 2018. The show’s debut in 2016 resulted in HBO’s most watched drama series premiere to date with 3.3 million total views, according to Deadline. Viewers have since been captivated the sci-fi series that takes place in a futuristic, Wild West-themed amusement park populated by androids.
The premiere’s red carpet had a number of high-fashion moments, including on the likes of Newton in a silky gray Burberry pre-fall 2020 dress, Wood in a custom Versace dress, Katja Herbers in a sculptural Iris van Herpen dress and Thompson, who wore a printed Loewe fall 2020 dress, which debuted on the Paris runway just last week.
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PARIS — Givenchy, whose perfume business is said to be riding high, has tapped a new president and chief executive officer with experience in fashion and beauty, WWD has learned.
Renaud de Lesquen, currently president and ceo of Dior Americas, is to join Givenchy on April 1.
A suave but discreet executive, de Lesquen has been in the New York-based role for four years, and previously served the same amount of time as president of Dior China. Prior to that, he spent 10 years at L’Oréal in Paris, as president and ceo of YSL Beauté, and before that as global president of Giorgio Armani Beauty.
The appointment suggests Givenchy is about to embark on a new development phase — and also underscores the penchant of parent LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton to groom and promote executives from within.
Renaud de Lesquen
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De Lesquen succeeds Philippe Fortunato, an LVMH veteran whose six-year tenure straddled two distinctly different creative directors: Riccardo Tisci, culminating with an acclaimed New York showing, and then Clare Waight Keller, who arrived from Chloé in 2017. He ramped up retail expansion, brought couture back to the runway, oversaw the brand’s arrival on e-commerce, and also put the spotlight on its men’s wear
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LONDON — Copenhagen Fashion Summit, the annual two-day event around sustainability, has been postponed to October due to the coronavirus.
Originally, the summit was supposed to take place this May, however as health bodies warn of large crowds and governments cancel sporting events, it comes as no surprise that fashion is to follow suit.
“While this was certainly a difficult decision, we believe it is the only responsible and sensible thing to do, taking the global health uncertainties and authority recommendations into consideration. The health and safety of everyone on our team, including the numerous participants who come from across the globe to Copenhagen each May to convene and advance sustainability in fashion is our first priority,” summit organizers said in a statement released today.
The summit attracts more than 1,000 members of the fashion and retail industry with more than 100 companies attending and exhibiting and 600 business meetings facilitated.
Earlier this week, Giorgio Armani and Versace postponed their cruise shows and Tokyo Fashion Week and Milano Design Week has also been cancelled in light of COVID-19. A string of other shows has been cancelled such as Ralph Lauren and Gucci cruise show, which was supposed to take place mid-May.
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