Giorgio Armani donated $1.4 million towards fighting coronavirus - and he's one of many in luxury fashion rallying to help combat the global pandemic

Richemont, the Swiss luxury conglomerate which owns Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, and Chloe, has pledged 10 million renminbi ($1.4 million) to combating COVID-19, as reported by Jonathan Ho of the style publication Luxuo.

Designer Giorgio Armani gave €1.25 million ($1.4 million) to numerous Italian hospitals and institutions, reported Sandra Salibian from Women's Wear Daily.

Luxury conglomerate Kering, which owns companies such as Gucci, Yves Saint Lauren, and Alexander McQueen, donated 7.5 million yuan ($1 million) to the Red Cross Society of China, reported Leona Liu of South China Morning Post.

Leona Liu from South China Morning Post reports that Hermès pledged 5 million yuan ($711,278) to the China Soong China Ling Foundation, which highlights the medical professionals currently fighting the virus in the country.

Versace donated 1 million renminbi ($143,748) to The Chinese Red Cross Foundation to help bolster the country's shortage of medical supplies reports Sandra Salibian from Women's Wear Daily.

Jewelry house Bulgari donated an unspecified amount to the Istituto Lazzaro Spallanzani's research department. Located in Rome, its medical team was among the first who were able to isolate the DNA of COVID-19, WWD's Sandra Salibian reports.

Salibian also reports that the donation allowed for the department to buy a microscopic image acquisition system which is worth about €100,000 ($112,856.00). The machine will help medical teams figure out how to prevent and treat the virus.

Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana announced their brand would be donating to support research by professors at the Humanitas University in Italy who are seeking to find solutions to help fight the virus, Harper's Bazaar's Amy de Klerk reported in February.