Buffalo State Talks Series: "Upcycling and Sustainability in Apparel" with Sustainability Expert Colleen Coughlin, '06

Join us Thursday, October 27 at the Alumni and Visitor to learn about upcycling and sustainability in apparel. Our expert guest will be alumnus Colleen Coughlin, '06, owner of The Full Edit, a Zero Waste Lifestyle Agency. Colleen holds degrees in both Fashion Technology from Buffalo State, Textile/Surface Design from The Fashion Institute of Technology and a Professional Certificate in Sustainable Design Entrepreneurship where she's a graduate of F.I.T’s first sustainability class. 

At The Full Edit, Colleen helps people organize their homes and upcycle their textile and plastic waste. Colleen walks clients through a purging process of unwanted items then recycles materials in “upcycle with TheFullEdit” workshops across Miami-Dade and New York. She also resells high-quality garments, shipping items in reused packaging making TFE Miami's first zero-waste apparel company. 

To date, TFE has eliminated 4,236lbs of fabric from the waste stream, organized 14 #ZeroWaste lifestyle awareness events and educated over 40 businesses on how to reduce their waste. Colleen is a recipient of the PALM AWARD for her work in the community and brings 13 years of NYC design experience to her endeavors. Working with brands such as Victoria's Secret, Tesla, Cradle2Cradle, Pinatex, NBA, and Glamour and featured as an expert in sustainable fashion by Discover, Amex and Nylon, she seeks to educate on sustainable design thinking while reducing textile waste in fashion.