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Ralph Lauren Just Donated $10 Million to Fight the Coronavirus


On March 27, the Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation announced that the company will donate $10 million to aid coronavirus relief—split between the Emergency Assistance Foundation, the World Health Organization’s COVID- 19 Solidarity Response Fund, and other organizations

Furthermore, the brand says it will provide financial assistance to its employees “facing special circumstances, like medical, eldercare, or childcare needs.” The company previously announced that select Ralph Lauren stores are closing temporarily but assured workers that they will still be paid. Ralph Lauren also plans to utilize its “U.S. manufacturing partners” to produce medical-grade protective materials, including 25,000 isolation gowns and 250,000 masks.

“Now more than ever, in this time of need, supporting each other has become our mission. Together we move forward with patience and optimism in the face of uncertainty,” Ralph Lauren’s full statement on this issue reads. “Our hearts and thoughts are with the global community. Our hope is to be a beacon of optimism and unity as we navigate this unprecedented time. It is in the spirit of togetherness that we will rise.”

Included in the $10 million relief effort will be an inaugural gift to the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) and Vogue Fashion Fund to help support the American fashion community.

Ralph Lauren, of course, is not the only fashion brand committed to helping those in need during the coronavirus outbreak. Brandon Maxwell, Prada, and a continually-growing list of fashion houses have promised to use their resources to make masks and gowns for hospitals facing shortages. Christian Siriano has already produced 1,000 masks with his team.

Meanwhile, luxury brand companies, like LVMH, are also writing checks and retooling their perfume and cosmetic factories to create more hand sanitizer. We truly love to see it, and hope other major companies (fashion and otherwise) follow suit.



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Want to Get Tested for Coronavirus? You Might Need a Few Million Followers


Kris Jenner was tested for coronavirus, a source told Entertainment Tonight. She had reportedly been exposed to a person at a birthday party who was later diagnosed with COVID-19. (Jenner tested negative.) “Jenner wanted to make sure she was being proactive in getting tested,” the source said.

The same week, also in Los Angeles, a man who performed CPR on his wife as she died after contracting coronavirus was told he did not meet criteria to be tested for the virus, the Los Angeles Times reported. Doctors told him that he wouldn’t be tested unless he showed certain symptoms of the virus.

The man’s daughter told the paper that the hospital said test kits were available in limited quantities, and that, though he was running a low fever, her father could only be tested if he were “hospitalized in critical condition.”

Meanwhile, four players on the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets tested positive for COVID-19, even though, reportedly, only one was showing symptoms.

A journalist for the New York Times wrote that it took him five days to get a coronavirus test in New York, despite running a fever of over 100 degrees.

Two days earlier, actor Idris Elba said he received testing for Coronavirus and was confirmed to have COVID-19. “I have no symptoms so far,” he shared. He had already been taking extra precautions, he wrote, since he was exposed to someone who had the virus.

The current moment in America feels like a cross between the premise of a Marvel movie and a really high production value Bernie Sanders ad: A state of emergency has been declared in the United States in the face of a deadly pandemic that no scientist fully understands. Testing is one of the only available tools. The rich and powerful seem to have access to the test that everyday people do not. Hospitals may soon be overwhelmed.

Americans have always valued money, connections, and clout. But right now, it seems like they could be the difference between, if not life and death, then between feeling secure and feeling terrified.

Coronavirus tests are scarce in the United States due to, according to reports, a series of breakdowns in the public health sector—too much bureaucracy, poor organizational systems, not enough equipment. And the federal government has been slow to respond to the pandemic, compared to other countries. The U.S. has tested, according to the best available data, around 125 people for every one million people in the country. In comparison, Australia has tested more than 1,000 people per million, Italy has tested more than 2,000 people per million, and South Korea has tested more than 5,000 people per million.



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Chiara Ferragni Is Using Instagram to Wake 18 Million People Up to the Threat of Coronavirus


Chiara Ferragni—the Italian model, fashion designer, and Instagram influencer—has a new bona fide: public health advocate. Since COVID-19 swept Milan, where she lives with her husband Fedez and their toddler, Ferragni has transitioned from her usual glamazon posts to dispatches meant to impress upon her 18 million followers the importance of not leaving their homes. (She is, thankfully, still sharing her “house look of the day,” driving me to consider how I might “style” my rotating cast of sweatpants.)

When it comes to social media, people have often said, “Instagram is not real life,” and never has that felt truer (or more twisted) than it does right now. This doesn’t feel like real life—watching a world-famous blogger become a voice of reason in our upside-down universe.

I started following Ferragni a few years ago. I liked the cute glittery sneakers she made and even bought a pair. I liked her excess—the sense that she was always doing too much, the most, everything. But I didn’t get really interested in her until Milan went on lockdown.

In Milan—and across the whole of northern Italy—hospitals are on the brink of total collapse, as the number of people who need treatment overwhelms the number of available beds and providers. According to the experts, the progression of the virus in the United States is expected to follow the pace it set in Italy, which means soon we’ll be in a similar situation if we don’t cancel everything to “flatten the curve,” or ensure that demand for health care doesn’t exceed the number of ICU beds and ventilators available.

I have been home with my three almost-teenage children for over a week and, honestly, I’m going kind of nuts. While they commandeer the common spaces to do their homework and watch TV, one of the things that’s oddly kept me sane is Chiara Ferragni’s at once mesmerizing and comforting Instagram stories.



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Here's Why Ariana Grande Is Suing Forever 21 For $10 Million


When it comes to protecting her image, Ariana Grande is not playing around.

On Monday, the pop star filed a lawsuit against Forever 21, alleging trademark infringement for the unauthorized use of her name and likeness, after a deal between Grande and the fast-fashion retailer reportedly fell through.

According to documents obtained by ABC, Grande and Forever 21 were in talks for a potential partnership “which she explicitly declined due to Forever 21’s unwillingness to pay the fair market value for a celebrity of Ms. Grande’s stature.” Around the same time, the retailer and its beauty chain Riley Rose reportedly referenced her music and image in various social media posts. Now, Grande is seeking “damages in an amount to be proven at trial, but in no event less than $10 million,” per ABC.

“The campaign capitalized on the concurrent success of Ms. Grande’s album ‘Thank U, Next’ by publishing at least 30 unauthorized images and videos misappropriating Ms. Grande’s name, image, likeness, and music in order to create the false perception of her endorsement,” the lawsuit alleges.

In the complaint, Grande’s team included screenshots of social posts from Forever 21’s Instagram account that reference her songs, “Thank U, Next” and “7 Rings”, as well as models styled to looks like the singer.

The lawsuit comes just days after Bloomberg reported that Forever 21 was considering filing for bankruptcy. Glamour has reached out to the retailer for comment, and will update this story when we hear back.



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The British Royal Family Spent $104 Million of Taxpayer Money Over the Past Year


As Americans, we can have fun obsessing over the British royal family—especially now that California’s own Meghan Markle has joined. We shop the fashions of Markle and her sister-in-law, Kate Middleton, ogle their adorable children, and lament that we don’t have more opportunities to wear fascinators and tiaras. Or is that last one just me?

Of course, royal watching is even more intense in the U.K., but it also has real financial implications for Brits as the royal family is supported by, in part, their tax dollars. Because of that fact, they release an annual report called the Sovereign Grant that details spending for the year, from April 1, 2018 through March 31, 2019. That’s how we learned that the renovations to Markle and Prince Harry’s new home, Frogmore Cottage, cost over $3 million (2.4 million pounds). Members of the family also have massive amounts of private wealth, the spending of which they do not have to report.

According to the report, Queen Elizabeth II and the royal family received $104 million dollars (82.2 million pounds) from British taxpayers.

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Let’s break down some of the most interesting details we learned about House Windsor’s spending from the report.

They spent $42 million on renovations to royal palaces and properties.

Along with the upgrades to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and Master Archie‘s home, a number of other home design projects took up a big chunk of the budget, including Buckingham Palace, Kensington Palace, and Windsor Castle.

Travel does cost a thing.

The royal family serve as ambassadors for the U.K. across the country, commonwealth, and the world. Hence, they’re out and about a lot. According to the report, members of the family undertook over 3200 engagements during the year, with the 93-year-old queen doing 140, and the total travel costs were around $5.8 million (4.6 million pounds.)

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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's Home Renovations Cost Taxpayers Over $3 Million


Meghan Markle‘s engagement ring isn’t the only thing in her life that’s recently been redesigned. A new report released by the royal family is giving us all some new details about the renovations to her and Prince Harry‘s new house.

The Sovereign Grant Report is basically a breakdown of spending by the royal family that comes from public funds. (The family, of course, also has enormous personal wealth that is not funded by the taxpayers, and Markle had amassed her own money before marrying Harry last year.)

The report shows that the renovations to Frogmore Cottage in Windsor, a gift to the Sussexes from Queen Elizabeth II, cost over $3 million. (That’s in U.S. dollars—the renovations are about 2.4 million pounds.) Obviously, that’s a lot of money and more than most of us could ever imagine spending on…anything. But the home was built all the way back in 1801 and had previously been broken down into multiple apartments, necessitating a conversion back into a single home. “A very large proportion of the ceiling beams and floor joists were defective and had to be replaced,” a source told People. Updates were also necessary for the heating, water, and electrical systems to get them up to modern standards.

And some of these renovations to the historic structure were going to be necessary, even if Markle, Harry, and baby Archie weren’t calling it home. “The property had not been the subject of work for some years and had already been earmarked for renovation in line with our responsibility to maintain the condition of the occupied Royal Palaces Estate,” Sir Michael Stevens, Keeper of the Privy Purse, told reporters at Buckingham Palace.

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Per People, British taxpayer money funded the structural renovations of the home including the exterior doors, windows, and walls and upgrading some of the other buildings on the property. But “anything moveable,” for example, was paid for personally by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. “All fixtures and fittings were paid for by their Royal Highnesses,” a royal source told the magazine. “Curtains, furnishings—all that would be paid separately, paid privately.”

“If a member of the royal family says, ‘We want a better kitchen than you’re prepared to provide with public money,’ then that would fall to them privately and they would have to meet the cost,” the source continues. “If they want that higher specification, they have to pay the extra.” Apparently those rumors of a yoga studio with a “floating” floor were simply that, rumors, as that luxe feature is not mentioned in the report.



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