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FASHION SHOW CANCELLATIONS PAGE #2

Originally scheduled for May 16, Versace has postponed its
US fashion show. The headquarters of Versace is located in
Milan which is on lockdown, like the rest of Italy.

Chanel has announced it will postpone a repeat showing
of its Métiers d’Art, which was scheduled to take place in
Beijing in May.

The Hermès resort show scheduled for April 28 in London

has also been postponed.

Burberry was scheduled to have a show in Shanghai on
April 23, but it has since been postponed.
As previously reported, in January, when the coronavirus

was still spreading throughout China, Burberry predicted
that COVID-19 would have a worse impact on its bottom
line than the Hong Kong protests, which cut sales in half in

Armani has postponed its cruise show, which was originally
set to take place in April in Dubai. As of now, the show has

been pushed to November. Armani said that because of
the COVID-19 outbreak, the decision has been taken as a
precautionary measure in order to protect all the industry
stakeholders, employees, and guests who would be involved
in the trip.

Originally scheduled for May 18 in San Francisco, Gucci
is postponing its cruise 2021 fashion show to an as-yet-
undetermined future date. Gucci’s rep said the decision to

cancel was due to the COVID-19 outbreak and was made as
a precautionary measure. A decision on the new timing and
location of the show will be announced at a later date once
the situation becomes clearer. At this time, our thoughts are
with all of those affected around the world.

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