1. Trashion Show
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Background information
“Trashion Fashion is a community-driven effort to promote environmental awareness and
support the local creative arts environment”
Turning waste into wonder
Trashion fashion collaborates with the community to creatively turn waste into wonder in
order to envision a world full of possibilities
Rethink possibilities, repurpose with creativity, resource problem solve with waste,
reimagine a world of wonder from waste
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Hatch Fashion Show - I.D.E.A Store
o4 Divisions
● Altered Clothing: garments that are made from 60% or more reused clothing and/or
fabric that the designer modifies to create a new look
● Accessories: shoes, purses, hats, jewelry…
2. ● Unconventional Materials: Garments that are made primarily from materials that are
not seen in the clothing industry
● Paper fashion – made up of 85% recycled paper of any kind
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CLV Trashion Show Logistics
Date
● Friday, April 24 - Arbor Day
Time: 3:00 p.m.
● set-up @ 11:30
Themes:
● “The Tree of Life: Blooming Again”
○ Florals
○ Individual designs
○ Rebirth
■ Live Long-Die Short
Floor Plan
**This layout is only applicable if we do NOT use the projector.**
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3. Music:
● Remixes & Mashup of songs
○ Combination of songs is repurposing two or more songs to make a new one
○ A lot of the residents like music from the 1930’s – 1950’s
ohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbfFKfYRX0I
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Decor:
● Using spoons to make flower decorations (dye them or buy colored ones)
○ Some that are in full-bloom and others that are in the process of blooming
● Coffee Filter flowers
○ http://www.instructables.com/id/Coffee-Filter-Flowers-Great-for-Valentines-D
ay-and/
○ Tested and works!
● Runway
○ Need to find a way to do this
■ Tripping hazard with cloth etc…
● Tree
○ Balloon tree
■ Balloons and cardboard trunk
4. ● I can make the trunk look better than the sample image
● I think we could make it against the backdrop, so it wouldn’t be
so 3-D, just half of the tree is there (meaning it connects to the
backdrop.)
○ Some sort of recycled tree?
■ Not sure what we could use, but the idea is cool.
● Vines and leaves framing the perimeter of the runway
● Incorporate flowers within the room
○ made from recycled materials
■ newspapers, construction paper, tissue paper, etc.
○ Should look like Spring is in full bloom
○ Paintings of nature, flowers, plants…
● Backdrop:
○ Find old curtains around CLV or bring some in
○ Paint/Create a backdrop with scrap materials in the supply closet
● Lighting: (Can we possibly rent/get these donated?)
○ Spotlights?
○ Up-lighting along the runway.
■ Could allow for us to dim/turn off lights during the show.
○ Old Christmas lights that can be intertwined within the vines to light up the
runway (Check the storage garage)
5. ● Color scheme
○ Vibrant, Spring Colors
■ Stick to same one throughout the runway
■ Green, Yellow, Orange, Lighter Blues
Scent?
● Incorporation of air freshener/aromatherapy into the event to get the spring message
across.
● (lavender or spring scent?)
● Air Freshners or the Aromatherapy machines that we have.
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Promotional:
● Invitations throughout CLV or tickets
○ Made out of recycle materials
6. ● Each designer can have a boutonniere so that the artists are easily identifiable
Marketing
● Ways of getting the word out
○ Using Resident design team to speak to friends/pass out fliers
○ Invitations
○ Fliers posted around
○ Touchtown
8. ● Fringe: Old newspapers and magazines
● Bubble Wrap: packaging paper
● Ribbons
● Table Cloths/Napkins
Accessories:
● bottlecap necklace
9. Additional IDEAS
1. Garbage bags.Black is always classy and that’s even true in trashion designing. We saw
black, white and clear Hefty plastic bags, turned into dresses, jackets and even an elegant
sunhat.
2. Paper.Paper and cardboard are a fantastic basic to use in everyday trashion. Solid basic
colors can serve as a base for embellishment or stand on their own as classic pieces.
3. Pull tabs.These can be used for more than opening the Red Bull you so desperately needed
for your midterm! We saw them used for embellishment on a silvery dress.
4. Playing cards.These weren’t really trashy — unless they came from a cheap Vegas casino —
but we still thought this was clever. Nothing quite like a skirt made out of cards. We would’ve
liked to have seen a sweater though … a cardigan specifically. (Get it?)
5. Tea bags.If you love feather earrings but want to go a little less mainstream, tea bag earrings
are a cool alternative. Maybe wear just one though. Pick a nice scent too. Don’t use your
medicated tea bags unless you want to subtly tell everyone you’re feeling under the weather.
6. Foil.Sticking with jewelry, here’s a material to use for accessories. It’s shiny and pliable and
can be used for many dull areas of an outfit.
7. Post-its.Make a note to use these for your next party dress. Don’t worry if classic Post-it
yellow isn’t your color. There are so many different Post-it colors nowadays so you can find a
shade that suits you.
9. The Daily Cal!Newspapers were a popular medium for the trashion designers. And what’s
the most accessible newspaper in Berkeley? The Daily Cal! We saw dresses made with
newspaper and the paper also formed the border for the runway.
More options: Lampshades; old toys, cereal boxes, store bags (walmart, etc. plastic or paper),
Chip bags, Soda boxes, bubble wrap, water bottles and caps/lids, caution tape
Popsicle sticks, Velcro, picture frames, stickers, cupcake liners, wallpaper, tissue paper, key
chains, tin cans, washi tape, plastic utensils, candy wrappers, empty chip bags, cookie cutters,
gears, springs, trays, wind chimes, corks, bubble wrap, cards, shoe boxes, post-it notes, paper
towel/toilet paper rolls, sheet music, book pages, beads, legos, pop cans,