Daily LInks
1. LVMH will use its perfume and cosmetics factories to manufacture free hand sanitizer for France: The factories that produce perfume and makeup for brands like Christian Dior and Givenchy will be making hand sanitizer starting on Monday. – Read More on CNBC
2. Peloton, Apple, Patagonia Among Stores Closing to Ward Off Virus: However, most major department stores in the U.S. remain open. Saks Fifth Avenue stores, for instance, “continue to be a safe place for you to shop,” according o the retailer. – Read More on Bloomberg
3. Telfar Clemens’s Mass Appeal: “I want to be Michael Kors, but on purpose,” says Clemens, whose Shopping Bag became the label’s best-selling item. The brand releases new colors of the bag on the first Friday of the month. – Read More on the New Yorker
4. RETRO READ: Telfar – A Perfectly Modern Fashion Brand. In a time when fashion is inherently global and dictated not by the pre-internet pages of a magazine but by the expansiveness of digital and social media, and when the industry’s most traditional gatekeepers are increasingly losing their dictatorial power, brands like Telfar are not only in-demand, they are powerful. – Read More on TFL
5. This Year’s Time-Themese Met Gala Has Been Postponed: The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced Monday that the annual Met gala, which was scheduled to take place on May 4, has been postponed “indefinitely.” – Read More on Vogue
6. What does the symmetry of your logo say about your brand? Logos are one of the most important element of a company’s visual identity. People tend to perceive symmetrical shapes as more attractive and preferable, in comparison to asymmetrical ones. As such, it is not surprising that brand managers favor using symmetrical logos. – Read More on HBR
