Gucci, vogue homes to donate hundreds of thousands of surgical masks, medical robes
PARIS — French design homes Yves Saint Laurent and Balenciaga will shift their attentions from excessive vogue to producing surgical face masks to assist the worldwide coronavirus assault, their guardian firm Kering stated.
“The French workshops of Kering’s homes Balenciaga and Yves Saint Laurent are getting ready to fabricate masks whereas complying with the strictest well being safety measures for his or her employees members,” Kering stated in a press release posted on its web site.
Manufacturing will get underway “as quickly because the manufacturing course of and supplies have been authorised by the related authorities,” it stated.
Kering additionally stated it might buy three million masks from China and import them for the French well being companies.
One other Kering firm, Gucci, has dedicated to donating 1.1 million masks and 55,000 protecting medical robes to assist Italy’s battle in opposition to the coronavirus, the assertion stated.
Kering not too long ago stated it anticipated to lose a number of hundred million euros within the first quarter of 2020 due to the worldwide pandemic, with lots of of hundreds of thousands of individuals worldwide in dwelling confinement.
Its French rival LVMH has for its half launched into the manufacturing of sanitising hand gel for hospitals at three fragrance and cosmetics factories in France.
In the USA, “Challenge Runway” star Christian Siriano has reportedly designated 10 seamstresses in New York devoted to creating face masks. Likewise, vogue producer Los Angeles Attire goals to churn out about 300,000 masks and 50,000 medical robes in per week.