The world of fashion and design has come up against some significant challenges within the last few months. Fashion authority Fern Mallis, who – among many other things – created New York Fashion Week and who was the Executive Director for the Council of Fashion Designers of America from 1991 to 2001 and author of the popular series Fashion Icons with Fern Mallis, took some time to chat with Domus about how fashion has responded to the current state of events from Covid-19 to the civil unrest in the United States as well as the importance of the in-person connections that are made during runway fashion shows.