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Fashion designers are making scrubs for the NHS in its hour of need Susannah Butter “We didn’t think we would have to step up and help like this again,” says Holly Fulton. “But before Christmas the Royal Free called to say they needed more scrubs and we have been working to meet demand ever since. They have said we are a lifeline.” Fulton usually designs clothes – Killing Eve star Jodie Comer recently wore a jumpsuit by her – but since Covid hit, she has been making scrubs for NHS workers. The Emergency Designer Network, which Fulton runs with fellow designersBethany Williams and Phoebe English, with Cozette McCreery, has provided nearly 3,500 sets of scrubs, mainly to the Royal Free and Middlesex University Hospital. ....
1 of 60 For every product sold in its Paula s Ibiza collection between May and August 2020, Loewe is donating 40 euros to educational projects in collaboration with Plataforma de Infancia, with an initial donation of 500,000 euros. This alliance of social organisations works to protect children s rights and will be launching a series of education programs this summer to reduce inequality and school dropouts. Loewe is also producing non-surgical masks in its Getafe factory to be distributed between volunteer workers, and Loewe workers and their families. 2 of 60 The French fashion house is producing hospital gowns in its atelier in Paris, which will be provided to frontline workers in six Parisian hospitals who are taking care of patients suffering from Covid-19. 20 volunteers are working to create thousands of gowns, which will act as part of medical officials protective equipment. ....
Pivoting to PPE The fashion industry showed its resourcefulness by switching production to create PPE in support of the NHS and UK care homes during the first lockdown. Mulberry’s Somerset factory produced more than 17,000 gowns, while Derbyshire supplier David Nieper (above) created 40,000 garments. Reiss donated 6,000 metres of fabric in total to both the Emma Willis Style for Surgeons initiative, which was set up to produce scrubs for the NHS, and the Emergency Designer Network, which was established in April by emerging London-based designers Cozette McCreery, Holly Fulton, Bethany Williams and Phoebe English. Driving donations Many brands devised clever ways to raise funds to support both the NHS and charities supporting those impacted by the pandemic. Among them, Ted Baker launched the digital pop-up shop, Ted’s Bazaar, with all profits from the sale of merchandise (pictured above) going to charities including Magic Breakfast, which provides meals for sch ....
and aftermath. today we have two persons at our table that are trying to deal with the legacy and aftermath of slavery, tony battle and holly fulton. great to have you both. some people have said when they knew you were coming on the program that it takes a lot of courage to look in the past and deal with the aftermath and the legacy. tell us what welcome to the table is all about? we consider ourselves a branch of a national group called coming to the table. we are the oakland group and the national coming to the table community is now a nonprofit. it s all about bringing together descendants of slaves or slave holderrors traders to coming to the for healing processes, anything around dialogue and talking about and healing together around our legacy and our history. so our group that meets monthly does that. we coming to the in a circle in oakland. and tony and i cofacilitate the group together. how did you meet? we met a year ago this month. we were attending a ....