In the Before times Hello 1st Grade Back To School shirt. hoards of people would gather at Procell’s store on Delancey Street to buy rare vintage tees. Now, the crowds are helping to support City Kits, an organization founded by Sophia Wilson that donates bags full of water, masks, gloves, and more to protesters in New York City. Volunteers assemble kits and distributors pick up kits to be seeded around the city from inside the store. With many bricks-and-mortar stores closed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, this seems like a worthy transition of storefront space. In addition, many organizations in New York, from the Museum of Modern Art to Metrograph, have been opening their doors to allow protesters to hydrate, rest, and use the bathrooms.

For the hedonists, a towel is something altogether different. Ludovic de Saint Sernin, a maker of the most sensual menswear, sent an otherwise nude model down the runway in a beige terry loincloth Hello 1st Grade Back To School shirt. At the sight of him an audience member actually gasped, “Oh, my goodness.” The designer turned the female trope of getting-ready fun on its head with hotness. Over the years, there have actually been a lot of towel turns on the catwalk, from Gianni Versace’s butterfly-clad bombshells to Chanel’s poolside dilettantes. So as you exit the shower tomorrow morning and contemplate what to wear, maybe leave the t-shirt and shorts behind in favor of a little more time in your towel. Or perhaps you’d like the look of a proper little suit in upcycled hotel towels by Marine Serre. My friend has been wearing hers during self-isolation with her hair wrapped up in a towel too. And why not? Discussing her spring collection, Miuccia Prada said that “personal style is more important than clothes.” Amen, Miuccia.