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If you have missed Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn on “Project Runway,” there is no need to fret. The duo is returning to reality television, but not on “Project Runway.” On March 27, “Making the Cut” will debut on Amazon Prime, and Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn will be the hosts. There will also be some outstanding judges—Chiara Ferragni, Joseph Altuzarra, Naomi Campbell, Nicole Ritchie, and Carine Roitfeld.
This new venture for Heidi and Tim will showcase 12 fashion entrepreneurs who are competing and positioning their fashion brand as the next great fashion brand. The winning design from each episode will be available for sale on the “Making the Cut” store on Amazon. The winner will receive a $1 million dollars and have the entire collection produced and sold exclusively on Amazon.
“Making the Cut” will premiere on March 27, running until April 24. Klum and Gunn are executive producers of “Making the Cut.”
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Three big US retailers temporarily close
JC Penny, J. Jill, and Skechers have temporarily closed their stores to help curb the growing spread of the coronavirus. They are not the only chain stores that are shuttering stores due to the coronavirus pandemic. Buckle, The Gap, Cato, Zumiez, and Destination XL are also closing stores temporarily.
JC Penny will close its 846 stores, as well as its business offices, until April 2. J. Jill has promised to continue to pay its employees as it shutters its 280 stores nationwide until March 27.
And Skechers will close its retail locations in North America and select European footwear stores until March 28. “We are monitoring our business and the impact of the virus in all countries and will continue to close stores as we feel needed,” commented Skechers COO David Weinberg in a release, as reported in fashionnetwork.com.
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Kylie Jenner uses her social media reach
US Surgeon General Jerome Adams has enlisted the services of beauty mogul Kylie Jenner and other social media influencers to help combat the spread of the coronavirus. Prior to the urgings of Surgeon General Adams, Kylie Jenner had already implored her 166 million followers on Instagram to take note of the pandemic.
“Another daily reminder to take this social distancing serious and self-quarantine.” She added that she was already on day eight of her own quarantine, adding that her pregnancy prepared her for this. “I didn’t leave the house for months,” Kylie wrote.
Taking advantage of Kylie Jenner and other social media influencers significant following Surgeon General Adams explains, “What we really need to do is get our influencers out—[basketball players] Kevin Durant, Donavon Mitchell. We need to get Kylie Jenner. We need to get our social media influencers out there in helping folks understand that, look, this is serious, this is absolutely serious, people are dying.” Adams continues, “Think about your grandmother, think about your grandfather. You’re spreading disease and that could be what ultimately kills them.”
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More woes for Bangladesh factory workers
Manufacturers expressed concern that orders in the amount of $138 million have been cancelled or delayed from Bangladesh factories due to the coronavirus pandemic. More than 100 factories in Bangladesh have lost orders, causing extreme economic hardship on Bangladesh factory workers.
“We are totally dependent on our export proceeds,” said Rubana Huq, president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, which has more than 4,000 members. [Our] plea to the brands has been to continue taking our orders until June. And to support us in any form so that the workers don’t go hungry … how will their lives and livelihood be sustained if there are cancellations?”
Bangladeshi labor activists have confirmed that no workers have lost their jobs; but are afraid of layoffs due to the cancellation of orders. “These workers live hand-to-mouth and they are panicked because they have heard that orders are being cancelled,” Kalpona Akter, founder of the Bangladesh Centre for Worker Solidarity, in a fashionnetwork.com article.
Bangladesh garment factories employ more than $4 million workers, mostly women, supplying 80% of the country’s exports. Bangladesh is the second largest garment supplier, behind China. Bangladesh has reported on 17 coronavirus infections, with one death.
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