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Amazon adds new brands to its Common Threads storefront

Amazon Fashion is helping small fashion businesses affected by the pandemic through a partnership with Vogue. The two parties have created a storefront called Common Threads: Vogue x Amazon Fashion to help brands reach customers through curated assortments. Originally launched in May, Common Threads has now grown its roster to feature more...

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A Common Thread and Omaze launch “act for good”

A Common Thread today announced the launch of the “ACT for Good” campaign in collaboration with online fundraising platform Omaze. It’s aimed at building grassroots support for the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund (CVFF) initiative supporting those in the American fashion industry affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The “ACT for Good” campaign is...

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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 aiding the American fashion industry in times of COVID-19

During the COVID-19 pandemic, small and independent retail businesses are amongst some of the most vulnerable. The Council of Fashion Designers America (CFDA) have been doing their part to provide those in need with the crucial information and resources needed at this time to aid with concerns of financial and job security. The CFDA has been...

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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...