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Category: Sustainability

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FIT and The RealReal Partner for a Second Upcycled Collaboration

April 21, 2025 Ivana Cepeda College & Campus, FIT + Industry, School of Art & Design, Students, Sustainability, Top Stories

This spring, The RealReal, the online marketplace for authenticated resale luxury goods, partnered with FIT for the second upcycled collaboration […]

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Student-Faculty Duo Creates Compostable Leather Alternative

April 21, 2025 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Business & Technology, Students, Sustainability, Top Stories

For the capstone project in Technical Design this spring, graduating students were asked to create an innovative garment. Isabella Estevez, […]

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FIT President Joyce F. Brown with Sustainability Council Chair Karen R. Peterson at the FIT Changemaker Award ceremony, where Dr. Brown received the award for her legacy of contributions to sustainability at FIT.

Sustainability Conference Welcomes Circularity Trailblazers

April 14, 2025 Kim Masibay College & Campus, Sustainability, Top Stories

On April 8 and 9, FIT’s 19th Annual Sustainable Business and Design Conference, Charting a Course Toward Circularity, brought together […]

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Slow Fashion Capstone Project Highlights Four Sustainable Fibers

May 28, 2024 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Business & Technology, Students, Sustainability, Top Stories

  The 33 students who developed this year’s Textile Development and Marketing capstone project, titled “Farm to Fabric,” describe it […]

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FIT Invests in Energy-Efficient Infrastructure

April 29, 2024 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, Sustainability, Top Stories

In the fight against climate change, individual action is important, but upgrading infrastructure makes a much larger impact. This spring, […]

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Business Students Present Sustainability Project at World Retail Congress

April 22, 2024 Alexandra Mann School of Business & Technology, Students, Sustainability, Top Stories

A team of students from FIT’s School of Business and Technology, representing the United States, developed an innovative retail concept […]

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FIT’s Sustainability Conference Looks to the Future

April 15, 2024 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, Sustainability, Top Stories

At the 18th annual Sustainable Business and Design Conference, April 9 and 10, innovators across the sustainability spectrum shared their […]

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Bringing Fashion Back to the Farm

March 18, 2024 Jonathan Vatner College & Campus, School of Business & Technology, Sustainability, Top Stories

When Lorenza Wong took on responsibility for the Textile Development and Marketing capstone course, she rewrote it from scratch. Before this […]

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A composite image; on the left, a man and woman in white T-shirts; on the right, a man in a black T-shirt and black shorts.

C.J. Yeh and Christie Shin Launch a Sustainable Lifestyle Brand

February 12, 2024 Irina Ivanova Faculty/Staff, School of Art & Design, Sustainability

Creative Technology and Design professors C.J. Yeh and Christie Shin have launched a lifestyle brand that aims to join urbanwear […]

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Graphical abstract from Sarkar, Islam, and Gao's EPA grant

FIT Receives Grant to Develop Reusable Face Masks from Plastic Waste

February 5, 2024 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, School of Business & Technology, Sustainability, Top Stories

The worst of the pandemic may be largely over, but the waste from everyone’s face masks isn’t. Now three Textile […]

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The Talks: New York Tech Week FashionTech Panels

June 5 at 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

The Talks: New York Tech Week FashionTech Panels

For New York Tech Week, we’re bringing together top leaders and emerging brands in fashion and retail tech to share [...]

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Exhibition: Being Hyper Human — Opens

Exhibition: Being Hyper Human — Opens

June 7

Exhibition: Being Hyper Human — Opens

June 7–September 3, 2025 Art and Design Gallery Being Hyper Human is a collaborative exhibition that brings together photography and [...]

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2025 Illustration MFA Visual Thesis Exhibition: Syndicate XVI — Opens

2025 Illustration MFA Visual Thesis Exhibition: Syndicate XVI — Opens

June 14

2025 Illustration MFA Visual Thesis Exhibition: Syndicate XVI — Opens

June 14–July 13 Goodman Center Lobby The 2025 Illustration MFA Visual Thesis Exhibition, titled Syndicate XVI, represents the culmination of [...]

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2025 CFMM Capstone Research Presentations: Beauty’s Next Frontier—Unlocking the Future of Beauty

June 25 at 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

2025 CFMM Capstone Research Presentations: Beauty’s Next Frontier—Unlocking the Future of Beauty

The 2025 capstone presentations of "the beauty industry's think tank" feature six months of global research into ways to adapt [...]

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FGI Beauty U Symposium

June 26 at 9:30 am - 2:45 pm

FGI Beauty U Symposium

Fashion Group International, in partnership with FIT Gladys Marcus Library, will host a symposium around beauty industry innovation. Find the [...]

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2025 CFMM Capstone Research Presentations: Beauty’s Next Frontier—Unlocking the Future of Beauty

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June 26 at 9:30 am - 2:45 pm

FGI Beauty U Symposium

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June 25 at 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

2025 CFMM Capstone Research Presentations: Beauty’s Next Frontier—Unlocking the Future of Beauty

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June 26 at 9:30 am - 2:45 pm

FGI Beauty U Symposium

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