Arizona Fashion Incubator Makes Reusable Medical Gowns

By Lauren Gilger
Published: Friday, April 17, 2020 - 12:55pm
Updated: Friday, April 17, 2020 - 1:09pm

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Angela Johnson
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Angela Johnson

Earlier this week, the National Guard flew in 3 1/2 tons of material to be made into personal protective equipment for Arizona’s medical professionals battling COVID-19.

FABRIC, a local fashion incubator, is repurposing the talents of its designers to create reusable isolation gowns that could provide greater protection to our doctors and nurses.

For more on how they made it happen, The Show talked with co-founder Angela Johnson.  

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