Tom Ford cancels New York Fashion Week show due to Covid-19

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Tom Ford has canceled his upcoming New York Fashion Week show due to issues caused by the covid-19 pandemic, according to multiple reports, one of the last live events to be canceled due to the number of cases remains high across the country.

Fashion designer and filmmaker Tom Ford arrives at the 2021 CFDA Awards at The Grill Room … [+] at The Seagram Building on November 10, 2021 in New York City.

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The Fall 2022 show, which was scheduled to close New York Fashion Week in New York City on February 16, was canceled due to COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles, where the clothes are designed, and in Italy, where the Ford factories are located. resulting in the collection not being completed in time for the event, Ford said in a statement to Vogue.

Ford said he was “incredibly disappointed” to have to suspend the show.

Ford is one of the only designers to have so far canceled her fashion show, and most events will continue as planned beginning February 11, with guests required to be vaccinated and masked to attend, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Forbes has reached out to Tom Ford for comment.

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4,267,365. That is the number of Covid-19 cases that have been reported in Italy in the last 28 days, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The country has the fourth highest number of Covid-19 cases in the world, behind the United States, France and India. The seven-day average positivity rate in Los Angeles is 17.47%, though it has been slowly declining over the past two weeks, according to county data.

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Ford’s exit from the festivities is especially noteworthy because the designer is president of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, which organizes New York Fashion Week.

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Ford isn’t the only creator struggling to host a live event, as the number of cases remains high. The Critic’s Choice Awards, which were scheduled for January 9, have been moved to March. The Grammy Awards, which were scheduled for January 31 in Los Angeles, were moved to Las Vegas in April due to the increase in omicron. On Thursday, Adele canceled her Las Vegas residency just a day before her premiere, saying “the show isn’t ready” due to delivery delays and Covid-19 cases among her crew.