The Louis Vuitton chairman said hundreds of thousands of masks would be produced in the workshops which usually turn out designer clothes and luxury leather goods. —AFP/VNA Photo WORLD — Louis Vuitton is converting five of its French worskhops to make masks for frontline health workers, the luxury brand said on Wednesday. Its chairman Michael Burke praised employees who had volunteered to make the non-surgical masks with France hit — like several other countries – by shortages of protective facing coverings. He said hundreds of thousands of masks would be produced in the workshops which usually turn out designer clothes and luxury leather goods. Dior, which is also owned by LVMH, the world’s biggest luxury goods group, has been making masks since the end of last month for hospital staff. It said that seamstresses who usually work on couture creations had volunteered to go back to its ateliers in Redon in Brittany in western France, which has been closed since France when into lockdown on March 17. “In an exceptional show of solidarity, our wonderful petites mains (or “little hands”, as those who make luxury clothes are called) are working tirelessly” to protect health workers, the label said. A… Read full this story
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