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For The Mask Crusaders, Artists Create Protective Gear for First Responders

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By Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor It was March 19 when costume designer Lauren Oppelt started to make masks. The coronavirus pandemic meant PPE workers putting themselves on the frontlines were at risk because they didn’t have enough protective gear. “I got a call from a childhood friend who worked at Kaiser Permanente who told me she was reusing her N95 mask,” Oppelt says.

From there, her mask-making efforts have escalated. In just under a month, Oppelt has rallied actors, producers, dog owners, costume designers and seamstresses for The Mask Crusaders, an effort to make sure PPE workers have the protective gear they need. “I’m working with motion picture costumers and IATSE on this and it’s become a union effort, but remains a mask

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