Armani Group converts all production to manufacture single-use medical overalls

The fashion designer’s Group was one of the first firms to take measures to halt the spread of the epidemic, deciding to hold its Milan Fashion week show on February 23 behind closed doors.

Now, the Armani Group converted all production at its Italian factories to manufacture single-use medical overalls. Armani has donated about $2.2 million (2 million euros) to hospitals in Milan, Rome, Bergamo, Piacenza and Versilia and to the Italian civil protection agency.

The group — whose brands include Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani — said they would be used for “the individual protection of healthcare workers engaged in the fight against the Coronavirus disease.”

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