Fashion Fights Coronavirus: Designers Create Masks, Hospital Gowns and More to Fight Pandemic | WWD

From WWD

Several designers are producing hospital gowns and protective masks to aid medical workers.

Many of the world’s fashion designers and brands have had to halt everyday operations due to the coronavirus pandemic — but now, several firms are reallocating resources to fight the virus’ spread.

As COVID-19 cases have sharply increased, so too has the need for essential resources, such as masks, hospital gowns and hand sanitizer.

Fashion designers including Christian Siriano, Brandon Maxwell and Michael Costello are coming in to help fill that gap, mobilizing their teams to produce supplies needed by health-care workers and COVID-19 patients.

Larger companies, such as LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, Kering, L’Oréal and Coty are also pitching in, having their factories produce hand sanitizer to distribute free of charge to health authorities.