Moore College of Art & Design Turns Trash into Fashion
May 1, 2008 · Print This Article
Would you wear a gown made of electrical tape and used shower curtains? How about a cocktail dress made of candy wrappers? Moore College of Art & Design held their eleventh annual Trash Fashion Show last Thursday, showing off over 20 eco-friendly designs made entirely of trash and reused items.
The event had students constructing garments made of items like soy packets, phone wire and old CDs. Students weren’t allowed to use anything new or store-bought; it all had to be trash and was held together by fishing line, glue guns and staplers. It was designed to get people to think about how items that are thrown away could be used differently.
While the contest was held in honor of Earth Day, and a similar one-time challenge was seen previously on an episode of the popular Bravo series ‘Project Runway’, things like this shouldn’t be seen as a stunt. There are plenty of things that are currently being thrown away that could function beautifully as materials for clothing, and if designers started taking it seriously, we could end up with some fabulous eco-fashion made of all kinds of recycled materials.
Link: [Moore College of Art & Design]
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I was curious as to what everyone thinks of the recent extreme waste of resources wasted on the week long DNC? There seemed to be a lot of waste going on. I mean it was moved from it’s original location to make room for a crowd of people that could have fueled a small country for a year!!! I noticed that there was a story recently about wasting of our resources by a republican, but can’t seem to find any on the recent democratic adventures. Just a question from a lifelong democrat. I happen to do all I can to “save the planet” including changing my light bulb choices, recycling and cutting my vehicles down in size. I did not see that with our new candidate.. in fact, what I did see, was a huge waste of MY money and MY childrens future fuel. Can someone help me with that?
Diane
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