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Tag: Sustainability

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A Bright Idea from Home Products Development

July 22, 2024 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, Featured, School of Business & Technology, Students

Home Products Development at FIT is designed for and by the growing home products industry, and its students are encouraged […]

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A Surprising Ingredient Can Turn Cotton Into a Performance Fabric

May 13, 2024 Irina Ivanova College & Campus, Faculty/Staff

Cotton, the world’s most popular natural fiber, has a lot to recommend it. It’s lightweight, breathable, absorbent, and biodegradable. But […]

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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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Greenchella: The Sustainability Fair

April 19, 2024 Laura Hatmaker

FIT is celebrating Earth Week 2024 with a Sustainability Fair on the Breezeway! The fair will feature: Trade of Materials: […]

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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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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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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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Students Redefine Sustainable Luxury Outerwear with The RealReal

January 29, 2024 Laura Hatmaker College & Campus, Featured, FIT + Industry, School of Art & Design, Students, Sustainability

Last fall, The RealReal, an online marketplace for authenticated resale luxury goods, partnered with FIT to offer Fashion Design students […]

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UNIQLO Partners with FIT on an Upcycling Collection for RE.UNIQLO Studio

December 18, 2023 Alexandra Mann College & Campus, FIT + Industry, Innovation, School of Art & Design, Sustainability, Top Stories

More than 225 people gathered on Tuesday, December 12, at the UNIQLO Fifth Avenue Global Flagship Store to celebrate the […]

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Shireen Musa’s Sustainability Research Receives Industry Recognition

December 13, 2023 Irina Ivanova College & Campus, Faculty/Staff, School of Business & Technology

Shireen Musa, assistant professor, International Trade and Marketing, recently joined the editorial board of the Journal of Fair Trade on […]

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