MILAN, Feb 19 ― Milan Fashion Week kicked off yesterday overshadowed by the coronavirus outbreak, with thousands of Chinese designers, buyers and journalists ditching the event. China accounts for over a third of global luxury consumption and the crisis has already cost Italy's fashion sector...
Models present creations for Chinese designer Han Wen's Fall-Winter 2020 collection, as part of the ‘China, We are With You’ fashion event, kicking off the fashion week in Milan on February 18, 2020. ― AFP pic
But the show must go on, and for five days, Italy's biggest fashion names such as Armani, Fendi, Prada, Versace and Gucci will showcase their Autumn-Winter 2020 Women's collections. The virus, which has already killed nearly 1,900 people around the world, mostly in China, also cast a pall over London's Fashion Week.
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