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  2020-09-01

  Costume Designers during COVID-19

  I found this post on Ali Ewoldt's public Instagram account. This post puts the spotlight on costume designers and how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected their business. Much of the publicity with the shutdown of Broadway has been on the actors so far, but as this post mentions, Broadway employed many people to work backstage and those people may end up going out of business is the federal government doesn't provide reimbursement for the shutdown. This post also points out how little the performing arts sector is asking compared to the economic benefits they offer to the United States.
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  05/14/2020

  Face Masks as Fashion: 14,000 Results

  A screenshot of the top results out of 14,000 listings for the search "designer face masks" on Etsy. Most of these feature knock-off designer logos on masks made by individuals or small companies. Reilly Dunne, Fordham University, SOCI2800