<img width="583" height="1024" src="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/328726_fabca9de908e2530_b.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Image features: Long-sleeved, knee-length, reversible coat in needle-punched felt made from recycled sweaters. One side is a dark irregular plaid of blacks and blues, the other a patchwork of blue-tone knit fabrics. Please scroll down to read the blog post about this object." style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/328726_fabca9de908e2530_b.jpg 583w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/328726_fabca9de908e2530_b-171x300.jpg 171w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/328726_fabca9de908e2530_b-134x235.jpg 134w" sizes="(max-width: 583px) 100vw, 583px" data-attachment-id="33926" data-permalink="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/2019/05/23/remade/328726_fabca9de908e2530_b/" data-orig-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/328726_fabca9de908e2530_b.jpg" data-orig-size="583,1024" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"Matt Flynn","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"This image may not be reproduced without authorization from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="328726_fabca9de908e2530_b" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/328726_fabca9de908e2530_b-171x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/328726_fabca9de908e2530_b.jpg" />As part of Eileen Fisher’s numerous sustainability efforts, the company committed to taking back used Eileen Fisher garments from its customers. Since 2009, with almost no promotion of the initiative, over 600,000 garments were returned. About 40% are still usable; they are cleaned and repaired in the company’s recycling centers in Irvington, NY and Seattle...
