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First virtual Met Gala is a success

For 72 years, the first Monday evening in May has been dedicated to a very special event - the annual Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, where celebrities vie for attention on the red carpet in creations by famous designers. And why not, after all, it's about raising funds for the museum's Costume Institute. In times of corona and...

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Anna Wintour speaks out on CFDA's "A Common Thread"

"In this contribution for CFDA's Common Thread initiative in order to raise money for fashion industry members that will suffer from the coronavirus outbreak, Anna Wintour speaks out. Wintour even references how the outbreak is affecting her personally with her son, a doctor, who is infected, as well as how important it is for the fashion...

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Tom Ford on CFDA's "A Common Thread"

“The fashion industry has been hit hard,” said Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour. Wintour and CFDA Chairman Tom Ford took immediate action, transforming the 2020 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund into the “A Common Thread” initiative which raises funds for those fashion businesses impacted by coronavirus and tells their stories at this time of crisis....

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CFDA and Vogue launch Covid-19 relief fund to help US fashion industry

The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) and Vogue have launched a relief fund for people in the US fashion community who have been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. The initiative, called A Common Thread, looks to raise awareness around the growing global crisis and builds on the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund which was originally...