L.A. brands Citizens of Humanity, Hedley & Bennett and Michael Costello, along with New York designers Brandon Maxwell and Christian Siriano, Italian label Prada and French conglomerate Kering, are making face masks and medical gowns.
“I’m trying to produce as many masks as I can with fabrics that we have in stock — cotton, neoprene and nylon — and I have researched fabrics that are OK to use, with higher air filtration effectiveness rates,” Costello said.who manufactures surgical-grade masks in Calabasas at the rate of 60,000 per hour, according to the designer.
He said he sent a shipment by Uber to San Diego and has received calls from nurses and healthcare facilities in L.A., Seattle, New York and Las Vegas.“We spent a long time trying to find the right fit. I spoke to a lot of scientists and doctors,” Charney saidof his design, which has a metal nose piece. “We’re buying hundreds of machines, and I’m hiring hundreds of people. I hope by next week, if I really hit it hard, I’ll make 50,000 and then, the next week, we’ll try to get it to 100,000.
On Monday, Hedley & Bennett posted a retail pre-order that would allow someone to buy one mask for $22 and have a second one donated. However, orders overtook capacity. Now the company is capping pre-orders by email at 1,000“Our team is ramping up to be able to make thousands of units per week,” Bennett said. “We are marching forward starting today, and we are having to activate on a grassroots level right now like never before, which is why we called it the Wake Up & Fight Mask. ...
A second prototype also includes a filter insertion pocket. Williams said she’s waiting to hear back from Garcetti’s office on a standardized mask design, which is being approved by a USC doctor.
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