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Yeu-Gynn Yeung

Global luxury fashion brands like Christian Dior, Burberry, Gucci and Ralph Lauren are not the only ones filling in the shortage of medical equipment to fight Covid-19. These smaller, but equally, creative names in the luxury fashion industry are helping their communities in their own (run) way.
Although protective clothing is deemed as a “non-essential” in most countries, these six luxury fashion designers have stepped up to produce thousands of masks and protective wear for medical professionals in need.
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Fashion designer and former Project Runway winner Christian Siriano worked remotely with his team to produce thousands of masks to support health care professionals in New York. Siriano sent a tweet to the governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo. The governor accepted his help and the designer went on to produce masks and gowns for the front-liners.
Siriano has designed dresses for celebrities like Zendaya, Ashley Graham and Billy Porter. However, the masks are his current focus. The designer has posted on Instagram to tell his followers that “the (luxury) gowns take a back seat to our mission right now”.
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Malaysian fashion designer Khoon Hooi rolled up his sleeves to personally stitch together personal protective equipment (PPE) for the frontliners at local hospitals. Khoon Hooi is known for his detailed and sophisticated dresses, with striking, yet gorgeous colours. The designer’s outfits have been featured at the Golden Globes, and most significantly on Katy Perry at last year’s Jingle Ball in Minnesota.
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Michael Costello, a fan favourite of Project Runway, has been busy making non-surgical face masks with a local manufacturing agency in Los Angeles, California. The designer has also been working alongside medical professionals to produce medical-grade face masks. Costello has designed outfits for Cardi B, Kylie Jenner and Ariana Grande. Grande’s stylist, Law Roach, has said that Costello’s outfit for her at the 2016 MTV Movie Awards was one of the best.
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NY-based Brandon Maxwell has been focusing his team’s creative efforts into manufacturing PPE gowns for doctors and nurses in need. The team will transition to making medical-grade masks and gloves when more information on how they’re made becomes available. Maxwell has styled the likes of former US First Lady Michelle Obama, runway model Karlie Kloss and award-winning talk show host, Oprah Winfrey. Maxwell is also a judge on Project Runway.
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Nepalese-American fashion designer Prabal Gurung is working with New York governor Andrew Cuomo’s office to finalise an action plan to manufacture PPE for the first-responders. From his humble beginnings as an intern at Donna Karan to launching his own fashion label, Gurung has celebrity fans like Jennifer Lawrence, Sarah Jessica Parker and Zoe Saldana.
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California-based fashion designer Michael Ngo has been creating artisan, non-surgical masks to raise funds for the LA Food Bank. In an Instagram post, Ngo stated that the goal was “to help lower-income communities that have been disproportionately affected by Covid-19”. Besides that, the fashion designer has been making masks for hospital workers. Ngo’s portfolio includes styling stage outfits for Camila Cabello, Lizzo and Nicki Minaj.
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Project Runway’s Michael Costello, Brandon Maxwell and Christian Siriano among the high-profile names who’ve stepped up to provide essential protective garments to frontliners dealing with the coronavirus crisis


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