WELL
WELL NOW
WELL NOW WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? SOMETHING VERY, VERY
IMPORTANT.
YOU KNOW WE ALL WENT
THROUGH A ROUGH TIME
THROUGH THIS
PANDEMIC AND SO MANY
PEOPLE AFFECTED OUR
LIVES WE NEVER
THOUGHT WOULD EVER
AFFECT OUR LIVES AND
I'LL STOP TALKING.
I'LL LET MARLON
EXPLAIN THIS
BEAUTIFUL STORY THAT
SHE'S GOING TO SHARE
WITH REGARDING THE
MOST BEAUTIFUL SCARF
YOU'RE SEEING FOR
THE VERY FIRST TIME
THIS LIMITED EDITION
SCARF.
YOU LOOK AT THIS
SCARF, YOU JUST SEE
BEAUTIFUL
WATERCOLORS RIGHT
WHEN I OPEN THIS
SCARF YOU ACTUALLY
SEE A WOMAN RIGHT?
THIS IS CALLED WOMAN
OF THE WORLD.
THIS IS A WOOL BLEND
SCARF MARLA MALI
GINZBERG EXCUSE ME
WHO BRINGS US MALIAN
WHEN FASHIONS IS
JOINING US RIGHT
NOW.
OH, LOOK AT THIS
ARTWORK.
SHE'S BRINGING THIS
TO LIFE FOR US.
SO MALI GINZBERG,
WELCOME IN TO OUR
VERY PREMIERE
TONIGHT OF NEW YEAR
NEW LOOKS READY SET
GO.
I'LL LET YOU TALK
ABOUT THIS THIS IS
ALREADY BEEN
POPULAR.
HELLO MY FRIEND.
OH, YOU HAVE
ARTWORK.
ARTWORK.
ARTWORK. >> CAN WE TALK ABOUT
THE MEANING IN THE STORY BEHIND THIS
BECAUSE IT'S VERY
IMPORTANT.
IMPORTANT. >> SO I'M GOING TO
TRY AND GET IT THROUGH THIS WITHOUT
CRYING BUT CHANCES
ARE THAT WON'T
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN. >> I HAVE AN
ADMISSION TO MAKE BEFORE COVID I
DIDN'T REALLY PAY
ATTENTION TO A GIRL
WHO WAS CHECKING OUT
MY GROCERIES THE
AMAZON GUY, THE
POSTMAN, ALL THE
PEOPLE WHO MADE MY
LIFE AND ALL OF OUR
LIVES TENABLE
THROUGH THESE PAST
TWO YEARS AND
PARTICULARLY WHEN WE
WERE IN LOCKDOWN AND
THANKS TO ALL OF YOU
OUT THERE, THE MALA
BRAND AND WIND
LAYERS HAVE BEEN
VERY SUCCESSFUL AND
I HAD DECIDED THAT
IT WAS TIME FOR US
TO DO THE RIGHT
THING.
THING.
THING. >>
THING. >> IT WAS TIME FOR
US TO START GIVING BACK SO I CAME UP
WITH THIS IDEA TO DO
WOMEN OF THE WORLD
SCARVES AND I
STARTED WITH
ESSENTIAL WORKERS.
ESSENTIAL WORKERS. >> WHEN YOU SEE THIS
SCARF IT'S JUST AS YOU SAID, BEAUTIFUL,
BEAUTIFUL COLORS.
BUT THESE ARE TWO
REAL WOMEN WHO WE'RE
GOING TO TALK TO
ABOUT TONIGHT THE
YOUNG ARTIST WHO DID
ONE HUNDRED
PORTRAITS OF
ESSENTIAL WORKERS.
JULIA MADDALENA IS
GOING TO BE JOINING
.
BUT I WANT TO TELL
YOU SOMETHING I'VE
LEARNED A LOT ABOUT
ESSENTIAL WORKERS
OVER THE CHRISTMAS
HOLIDAYS.
WE LOST MY FATHER
AND HE WAS AT
HOSPICE AND DURING
THAT PERIOD I
DECIDED THAT ONE
HUNDRED PERCENT OF
OUR PROCEEDS WOULD
GO TO SUPPORT DENVER
HOSPICE BECAUSE THE
WOMEN THERE MEN
THEY'RE THE
ESSENTIAL WORKERS
WHO SAW US THROUGH
ONE OF THE MOST
DIFFICULT TIMES OF
MY LIFE REALLY DROVE
THIS THING HOME FOR
ME.
I WANT TO INTRODUCE
YOU FIRST TO THE TWO
WOMEN THAT WE
FEATURED ON THIS AND
THEN YOU'RE GOING TO
MEET JULIA.
THIS IS NATASHA
POLIN.
POLIN.
POLIN. >>
POLIN. >> SHE'S FROM SOUTH
CAROLINA. SHE WAS AN ICU
WORKER.
SHE'S BEEN ON THE
FRONT LINE SINCE
COVID BEGAN.
SHE MADE SURE THAT
COVID PATIENTS WHO
WERE IN ISOLATION
COULD MEET WITH
THEIR FAMILIES.
SHE WOULD ARRANGE
LITTLE ZOOM'S LITTLE
FACE TIMES TO MAKE
SURE THAT THEY COULD
SAY GOOD BYE AND SHE
RISKED HER LIFE TO
DO IT.
DO IT.
DO IT. >>
DO IT. >> HER THE ONE THING
THAT SHE SAID THAT I THINK IS JUST SO
TOUCHING IS THAT WE
ARE ALL IN THIS
FIGHTING TOGETHER
AND FIGHTING THIS
PANDEMIC SO THAT IS
THIS PAINTING AND
THIS IS ONE OF
JULIA'S ORIGINAL
PAINTINGS AND
TIFFANY, THIS IS
TIFFANY SAID I
HONESTLY DON'T KNOW
WHAT YOU COULD SAY
THAT COULD
ACCURATELY DESCRIBE
IT.
IT WAS THE WORST
SITUATION SO SURREAL
IT EITHER BROKE YOU
OR IT BUILT YOU.
>> HERE'S WHAT I'VE
LEARNED. HOSPITALS ARE JUST
REALLY LOUSY HOTEL
ROOMS WITHOUT THE
NURSES.
NURSES.
NURSES. >> SO FOR VERY
PERSONAL REASONS AND AS A COMMUNITY I
LOVE THIS SCARF WHEN
I PUT IT ON BECAUSE
IT'S BEAUTIFUL
COLORS IT GOES WITH
I DON'T CARE WHAT
COLOR YOU'RE WEARING
BUT I THINK WHAT'S
MOST TOUCHING TO ME
IS WHAT I LEARNED
DURING COVID AND I
WILL TELL YOU THAT I
ASK EVERY CASHIER
HER NAME NOW I OPEN
MY DOOR AND SAY
HELLO TO THE GUYS
DELIVERING THINGS
AND I HOPE THAT I
WEAR THIS THING.
NOT ONLY DO I ENJOY
ITS INHERENT BEAUTY
AND THE ARTISTRY OF
JULIA'S WORK BUT I
ALSO HOPE THAT I
NEVER FORGET HOW
IMPORTANT PEOPLE
THAT I DIDN'T PAY
ATTENTION TO REALLY
ARE AND SO I HOPE
YOU WEAR IT.
>> YOU WILL LOVE IT.
IT'LL BE A BEAUTIFUL PIECE BUT IT HAS
SUCH PROFOUND
MEANING BECAU
THESE ARE JUST TWO
OF THE FACES OF THE
HUNDRED WOMEN THAT
JULIA PAINTED MEN
AND WOMEN AND I'M
JUST INCREDIBLY
TOUCHED AND
HOPEFULLY OVER THE
NEXT YEAR OR TWO
EVERY QUARTER WE
WILL DO A SPECIAL
SCARF BUT THIS ONE
IS DEDICATED TO THE
ESSENTIAL WORKERS
WHO HAVE BEEN WITH
US.
US.
US. >>
US. >> IT'S DEDICATED TO
THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE LOST PEOPLE AND
WHO KNOW HOW
IMPORTANT THESE
PEOPLE WITH OR
WITHOUT THEIR MASKS
ON TRULY ARE TO OUR
LIVES.
LIVES.
LIVES. >>
LIVES. >> THAT IS YOU KNOW
I KNOW IT'S SO TOUCHING MORALE AND
I IT'S SO TRUE.
WE LOOK AT SO MANY
PEOPLE WE WE DON'T
SEE THE FACES.
WE'RE SO BUSY.
YEAH.
THANK YOU THING.
RIGHT.
RIGHT.
RIGHT. RIGHT. WE JUST CONTINUE ON.
WE HAVE TO BE A
LITTLE BIT MORE KIND
TO EACH OTHER A
LITTLE BIT MORE
THOUGHTFUL AND AND
YOU'RE RIGHT THERE'S
SO MANY PEOPLE THAT
HELPED US THROUGH
THIS PANDEMIC THAT
NEED TO BE
RECOGNIZED THAT ART
AND I'D LIKE TO
INTRODUCE EVERYONE
TO JULIA WHO IS THE
BEAUTIFUL ARTIST
BEHIND THIS
INCREDIBLE SCARF
THAT WE'RE ALL
WEARING.
I WAS GOING TO TAKE
THIS OFF TO SEE THE
ARTWORK.
ARTWORK.
ARTWORK. >> MAYBE YOU DID
AMAZING ON THIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH
AND BEAUTIFUL JOB.
MARLA TELLING HER
STORIES.
I MEAN THAT IS THE
WHOLE STORY BEHIND
WHAT I DID IS TO,
YOU KNOW, SHARE
THEIR STORIES, GIVE
THEM A PLATFORM,
GIVE THEM THE SPACE
TO SAY WHAT THEY
NEEDED TO SAY DURING
THIS TIME THAT THEY
DO HAVE A FACE AND
YOU ARE EXTENDING
THAT PLATFORM TEN
FOLD.
FOLD.
FOLD. >>
FOLD. >> SO THANK YOU.
WELL, YOUR ARTWORK IS UNBELIEVABLE.
WHAT MADE YOU
DECIDE?
I MEAN I KNOW BUT I
WANT TO SHARE YOUR
STORY.
WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE
IN THE MIDDLE OF
COVID TO PICK UP A
BRUSH AND DO THESE
INCREDIBLE PORTRAITS
100 OF THEM MIGHT I
ADD?
YEAH.
ADD? YEAH. SO I SET OUT IN
MARCH OF TWENTY
TWENTY RIGHT WHEN
THIS WAS HAPPENING
WITH A CALL TO
HEALTH CARE
PROFESSIONALS
THROUGH TWITTER.
JUST ASKING IF
YOU'RE ON THE FRONT
LINE OF THE COVID-19
PANDEMIC YOUR HEALTH
CARE WORKER I WOULD
LOVE TO HONOR YOU BY
PAINTING YOUR
PORTRAIT.
I MEAN EVERYTHING IS
AT A HALT AT THE
TIME I DIDN'T HAVE
ANY JOBS COMING IN.
I WASN'T TRAVELING
ANYMORE TO TEACH.
I HAD NO MEANS OF
DONATING TO A
CHARITY AND FEELING
LIKE I MADE ANY
IMPACT OTHER THAN
JUST MAKING SURE I
STAYED AWAY FROM
PEOPLE WHICH WAS
STILL VERY
IMPORTANT.
BUT ALL I HAD WAS
TIME TO PAINT AND I
WAS GOING TO MAKE
THE MOST OF THAT.
SO AFTER POSTING MY
VERY FIRST PAINTING
IN EARLY APRIL, WORD
OF MOUTH READ ABOUT
A PROJECT ALL ACROSS
THE COUNTRY EVEN
INTERNATIONALLY AND
IT WAS OVERWHELMING
TO THINK THAT AS I
PAINTED ONE HUNDRED
OF THESE THEY IT'S
SUCH A SMALL
FRACTION OF HOW MANY
PEOPLE WERE ON THE
FRONT LINE DURING
THIS PANDEMIC AND
HEARING THEIR
STORIES LOOKING INTO
THEIR EYES AS I
PAINTED THEM BECAUSE
THAT'S ALL YOU COULD
SEE WAS THEIR EYES
FOR THE MOST PART
AND THOSE ARE THE
WINDOWS TO THE SOUL.
>> I CAN ONLY HOPE
THAT WHAT I DID BROUGHT A LITTLE BIT
OF JOY INTO THEIR
LIVES IN A VERY HARD
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. >>
TIME. >> I THINK THAT'S SO
BEAUTIFULLY YOU YOU TOUCHED ME WHEN WE
FIRST MET.
I DON'T EVEN
REMEMBER I MUST
GOOGLE BY CENTRAL I
DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW
I CAN'T EVEN
REMEMBER NOW HOW I
FOUND YOU BUT I AM
SO GRATEFUL TO YOU
FOR CREATING THIS
WORK TO BOTH BOTH OF
OUR WONDERFUL NURSES
WHO ALLOWED US TO
USE THEIR PORTRAITS
AND TO ALL OF YOU
OUT THERE I HOPE
WHAT YOU'RE SEEING
IS JUST IT'S A
BEAUTIFUL SCARF AND
WHEN I WRAP IT
AROUND MYSELF NO
MATTER WHAT I'M
WEARING IT LOOKS
BEAUTIFUL BUT I
OFTEN TALK ABOUT A
THING CALLED
COLLATERAL BEAUTY
AND COLLATERAL
BEAUTY IS THAT
WONDERFUL THING THAT
COMES FROM SOMETHING
VERY TRAGIC AND I
FELT LIKE THIS THESE
COUPLE OF YEARS IN
THE HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
WE'VE LOST WHETHER
IT'S TO COVID OR
WE'VE JUST LOST THEM
FROM NATURAL CAUSES.
>> IT MADE ME WAKE
UP AND I LOVED THE IDEA OF TAKING
JULIAS BECAUSE WHEN
I WRAP IT AROUND MY
NECK FIRST OF ALL
IT'S AN OUTFIT
TRANSFORMED MIGHT I
SAY.
SAY.
SAY. >>
SAY. >> BUT IT'S ONE OF
THOSE THINGS THAT WHEN I WEAR IT IT
HAS GREAT MEANING TO
ME AND I THINK TO
ANY OF YOU WHO'VE
ENCOUNTERED
ESSENTIAL WORKERS
AND I DON'T THINK
THERE'S A ONE OF US
WHO HASN'T WHEN YOU
WEAR THIS YOU ARE
GIVING BACK TO
ESSENTIAL WORKERS
WHO HAVE TOUCHED MY
LIFE PERSONALLY BUT
THEY REPRESENT
GLOBALLY A UNIVERSE
OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE
REALLY BEEN AT WAR
FOR US WHILE WE SAT
IN OUR HOUSE,
WATCHED NETFLIX AND
ORDERED IN FROM
STUCKART AND
THEMELESS IT'S A
BEAUTIFUL PIECE.
IT MEANS SO MUCH TO
ME PERSONALLY AND SO
MANY OF YOU OUT
THERE THIS EVENING
WHO ARE ORDERING
THIS PIECE.
I REALLY THANK YOU
BECAUSE THIS ONE
DOES MEAN SO VERY
MUCH TO ME.
WELL, WE HAVE TO
THINK OUR MODEL
WHO'S ALSO A NURSE
THAT YOU SEE
STANDING THERE
LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, THIS IS
ALSO A NURSE WHO
WORK AT THE FRONT
LINE.
SO I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT TO STRESS
TO THANK HER FOR ALL
OF HER WORK WHO'S
BEEN THERE WHEN WE
ALL KIND OF LOSE IT
AND WE'RE CRAZY AND
WE'RE SAD OR WE'RE
NOT FEELING WELL.
SO THANK YOU TO OUR
BEAUTIFUL MODEL WHO
IS ALSO A FRONT LINE
WORKER AND TO ALL OF
YOU HER FRONT LINE
WORKERS WHO WERE
THERE EVERY SINGLE
DAY THAT WE TAKE FOR
GRANTED WHETHER
YOU'RE A NURSE,
WHETHER MAYBE YOU'RE
SOMEBODY JUST
DELIVERING FOOD OR
ME YOU KNOW SO MANY
PEOPLE WORK THROUGH
THIS PANDEMIC THAT
WE NEED TO BE
THANKFUL FOR.
AND MARLA, THANK YOU
FOR MAKING US AWARE
THAT WE NEED TO BE A
LITTLE BIT MORE
THANKFUL AND OUR DAY
TO DAY LIVES
EVERYONE WHO HELPED
US GET THROUGH THIS
AND THAT WAS THERE
FOR US AND THE
BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK
THAT YOU WERE ABLE
TO CREATE I DON'T
KNOW HOW YOU DID
THAT.
WE LOOK AT THIS
ARTWORK.
IT'S BEAUTIFUL BUT
RIGHT WHEN YOU PUT
IT ON IT IS A
STUNNING SCARF.
NOBODY WOULD KNOW
THAT WHEN YOU TAKE
THIS OFF WHEN YOU
GET SOMEWHERE AND AS
YOU'RE FOLDING IT OR
YOU'RE OPENING IT
UP, PEOPLE ARE GOING
TO SAY WAIT A MINUTE
,ARE THOSE ARE
THOSE WOMEN'S FACES
AND YOU GET TO TELL
THE STORY AND DON'T
FORGET ALL OF YOUR
PROCEEDS GO TO THE
DENVER HOSPICE.
DENVER HOSPICE. >> SO IT'S BEAUTY
AND FASHION WITH A CAUSE AND THAT WE
LOVE AND THERE YOU
CAN SEE JULIA'S
ARTWORK.
SO THANK YOU TO THE
BOTH OF YOU FOR
SHARING HOW WE NEED
TO BE A LITTLE BIT
MORE THANKFUL FOR
EACH AND EVERY ONE
OF US EACH AND EVERY
DAY AND AND THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR
HAVING US ON THE
SHOW.
IT'S A GREAT SHOW
AND I WAS JUST
DELIGHTED THAT YOU
WERE ABLE TO HAVE US
SO THAT YOU COULD
MEET JULIA AND YOU
CAN MEET THE INTENT
AND THE PASSION AND
THE LOVE THAT REALLY
WENT INTO THIS
PROJECT.
PROJECT.
PROJECT. >> IT'S NOT JUST
SCARF.
SCARF.
SCARF. >>
SCARF. >> IT'S A MESSAGE.
IT IS. SO THANK YOU LADIES.
THANK YOU FOR
SHARING THIS MESSAGE
AND FOR US TO BE A
LITTLE BIT MORE
THOUGHTFUL TO EACH
OTHER.
SO MILA, GOOD LADIES
,HAPPY NEW YEAR AND
THANK YOU FOR
SHARING THIS
BEAUTIFUL WORK WITH
US.
ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE GOING TO
CONTINUE ON.
THERE'S A LOT MORE
THAT WE'VE GOT TO
GET TO IN 15 MINUTES
BUT IT'S THIS
GORGEOUS SCARF SO I
LOVE THAT MARLETTA
BECAUSE BOY, WE ALL
KNOW SOMEBODY THAT
WAS THERE ON THE
FRONT LINES RIGHT.
>> AND THANK YOU SO
MUCH TO ALL OF YOU WHO DID WORK THROUGH
THAT PANDEMIC.
ALL RIGHT.
AND ARE STILL
WORKING.
LET'S CONTINUE ON.
IF YOU'RE SAYING TO
YOURSELF, OK, AMY, I
DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT
LEGGINGS THAT ARE
DRESSY