On Friday October 4th at 7:30 p.m. The Wholsen Center of Sustainability held their fifth annual TRASHION show. Designers had to use trash to create their pieces that were then modeled at the show. We had 25 contestants who all came with unique and fresh ways of using trash that is commonly found on campus, and in your room. A common theme was to use cardboard boxes, Styrofoam, newspapers and plastic bags. Some of the more creative dances involved the use of old tiles found outside a hardware store and bottle caps. One contestant even sewed her dress with thread found on bags. Another had a cardboard skirt with newspapers to create a weaved basket pattern. A group of freshman girls designed a jacket that looked like a bunch of notebooks strung together but revealed that the jacket was created with Styrofoam, aluminum and newspaper clippings. Another skirt looked like bookmarks, but was a combination of newspapers and magazines. Someone had even died her design with Capri sun so it was environmentally friendly.
This year the show was dubbed the People’s choice and we all had to vote on four main categories: Most Sustainable, Best Runway Walk, Most Fashionable, and Most Creative. The “Most Creative” design was from our first contestant who strutted his stuff in a roman army costume created with cardboard boxes and plastic bags. He even had a helmet to top it all off. The “Most Fashionable” was given to contestant number five, whose top was created by tiles that were found outside a store to create a sexy mosaic like halter top with a skirt. The “Best Runway Walk” was given to contestant number fourteen, who already looked like a professional model even before walking. Her designer had created a sleek plastic dress with a small bow. The “Most Sustainable” design was given to contestant number twenty-three. The designers, both Freshman, had used an array of CVS plastic bags to create a beautiful ball gown dress with an A-line hemp and a mermaids tail.
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