NYC designer Christian Siriano will produce masks for coronavirus instead of high fashion cocktail dresses and ‘whimsical’ evening gowns

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Commuters are seen crowding inside Grand Central Terminal during rush hour before the coronavirus update.

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Pedestrians walk through a busy Times Square in New York before the outbreak.

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Dawn breaks over Manhattan as the city struggles to contain the number of coronavirus cases on March 18, 2020, in New York City. Across the city businesses, schools and places of work have been shutting down leading to empty streets and quiet neighborhoods. New York City mayor Bill de Blasio has threatened to call for a "shelter-in-place" order as Manhattan continues to see a rise in cases of the virus. World wide, 200,000 people have now contracted COVID-19.

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The recently-opened Hudson Yards Vessel is seen almost devoid of people and traffic on Sunday morning during the Coronavirus pandemic outbreak.

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Commuters walk through a busy Fulton Center in New York on Nov. 10, 2014.

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The Vessel at Hudson Yards become last year's newest tourist attraction in west Manhattan, New York.

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US fashion designer Christian Siriano attends the world premiere of "Like A Boss" at SVA Theater on January 7, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

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The Oculus transportation hub in Lower Manhattan is mostly devoid of commuters and tourists early Tuesday morning, March 17, 2020. As Coronavirus infections intensify it could force a curfew or road closures in New York City.

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The nerve center of New York City, Times Square, is seen almost devoid of people and traffic on Sunday morning during the Coronavirus pandemic outbreak. Sixty people have died from coronavirus in New York City, as statewide cases jumped to over 10,000 on Saturday, officials said.

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The ice skating rink at Rockefeller Center is empty as it sits closed in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak on March 18, 2020, in New York City. Businesses continued to close days after bars and restaurants shuttered as authorities in New York weighed a "shelter-in-place" order for the entire city.

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The Brooklyn Bridge sees significantly less traffic due to coronavirus cases and fears on March 17, 2020, in New York City.

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People walk on a very crowded Brooklyn Bridge on April 6, 2019, in New York City.

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An unidentified woman walks past the Charging Bull statue early Wednesday morning in the financial district area. As coronavirus infections continue to surge, New York has ordered private business to cut on-site workforce by half.

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Children play in the fountain in Washington Square Park in Manhattan, New York on Wednesday, July 17, 2019.

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People congregate at the Charging Bull in lower Manhattan during the holiday week between Christmas and the New Year on Dec. 29, 2018, in New York City. Before the outbreak, the Charging Bull statue was a main tourist attraction.

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People walk through the Oculus Transit Hub as it is decorated for Christmas on Nov. 29, 2019, in New York City.

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A sparsely occupied Grand Central Station appears at midday on Wednesday, March 18, 2020, in New York.

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Ice skaters are joined by a man dressed as Santa Claus at The Rink at Rockefeller Center on Dec. 14, 2018, in New York City. Rockefeller Center, home to the famous Christmas tree, is once again thronged with tourists, shoppers and holiday eleven days before Christmas.

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The Fulton Street Station transportation hub in Lower Manhattan is mostly devoid of commuters and tourists early Tuesday morning, March 17, 2020.

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An empty Washington Square Park is seen Wednesday morning, March 18, 2020.