Press
Announcements
Round One Grant Award Announcement
March 2025
Susan Easton Named Product & Marketing Director
March 2025
NY Governor Kathy Hochul 1st Grant Opening Announcement
New York State Website - Sept 2024
NY Governor Kathy Hochul Press Release Announcement
New York State Website - Sept 2023
Articles
New York Fashion Innovation Center Paves Way for Sustainable Textiles
FuzeHub - Dec 2024
From Sleek Spinners to Yak Yarn, Sheep & Wool Festival Knits Together Thousands Amid a Kaleidoscope of Colors
The Daily Catch - Oct 2024
New York State announces grants for textile innovation
TexSPACE Today - Sept 2024
New York State Fashion Innovation Center launches new grants for textile innovation
Apparel Resources - Sept 2024
New York State Fashion Innovation Center to launch new grants for textile innovation
TexAdviser - Sept 2024
New York State Fashion Innovation Center to launch new grants for textile innovation
Fashion Dive - Sept 2024
Fiber, But Make it Fashion / Fibra, Pero a la Moda
Manhattan Times - Sept 2024
New York State Launches Fashion Grants for Sustainability and Innovation
Business of Fashion - Sept 2024
First Round of Grants from the New York State Fashion Innovation Center
The City Life Org - Sept 2024
New York State to Reveal Companies Who Will Receive Innovation Grants
Women’s Wear Daily - Sept 2024
To Close Out Fashion Week, Governor Hochul Announces First Round of Grants from the New York State Fashion Innovation Center
Governor’s Press Office for Kathy Hochul - Sept 2024
NY’s Fashion Innovation Center Gets OFDA 2000
American Sheep Industry Association Newsletter - Aug 2024
FIT’s Sustainability Conference Wants to Reimagine Fashion’s Future
April 2024
Building a Sustainable Fashion Industry in New York
The Capitol Pressroom - Sept 2023
RPI, FIT and Field to Fiber among those to lead New York’s Fashion Innovation Centre
Fashion United - Sept 2023
FIT to Help Manage New York’s Fashion Innovation Center
Women’s Wear Daily - Sept 2023
Building a sustainable fashion industry in New York
The Capitol Press Room - Sept 2023
Hochul Announces Consortium to Manage N.Y’s Fashion Innovation Center
Morning AgClips - Sept 2023
From Governor Hochul:
"As the fashion capital of the world, New York is working to develop innovative ideas that help make this industry more sustainable, we’re stitching together a team of experts at the Fashion Innovation Center that will help develop a smarter, greener fashion industry here in New York. From the farmers who produce raw materials… to the universities educating the next generation of designers, New Yorkers from across sectors are working together to advance innovative solutions and build a more sustainable industry.”