A Tapestry Inc. spokesperson said: “Out of an abundance of caution, prioritizing the health and safety of our people, we have just shifted our New York/New Jersey official return to office date to Feb. 1 from Jan. 10. While our offices have been and will continue to be open with enhanced safety precautions in place should employees elect to come in, our hybrid working model will go in effect on Feb. 1.
“We are currently following the CDC and New York City’s Small Business Guidelines for any in-person work. Our entire team is set up to work remote and they come to the office on an as needed basis. We are fortunate to have finished our last market just before the Omicron spread in early December. Being a small team allows us the flexibility to make some of the bigger decisions closer to the dates.
Siskin noted that the company has many in-person events planned for the first quarter with key retailers. “We will make He noted that the Ungaro and Kobi Halperin design teams still plan to travel to Première Vision in Paris Feb. 8 to 10, and they are showing Ungaro during Paris Fashion Week in March. They will also show the Kobi Halperin brand for European clients during the same time.
While she believes New York Fashion Week could pose a problem, she feels that Coterie, which is very late this year is good, and smaller specialty stores will feel safer coming to New York. She said her company, which would normally travel to Europe at the end of February, isn’t going this year. “Right now for us as a showroom we’re more comfortable traveling within the U.S.