The Trash to Fashion® Awards
show began as a small community
based celebration over a decade
ago, born from a community that
embraces a sustainability ethos.
Waitakere is recognized as New
Zealand's first "Eco City".
Based on the ethos of Recycle -
Reuse - Reduce - Refuse, Trash
to Fashion® is an arts and
cultural experience that now
spans all ages, beginning with
preschool, continuing through
the primary, intermediate and
secondary school, and
culminating with New Zealand's
largest theatrical and visual
experience of its type,
receiving regional, national,
and international recognition.
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Trash to Fashion® the show, is the end product of an
event that aims to provide its contestants with the
chance to design and create costumes out of recycled,
inorganic and organic materials. It's an opportunity to
make something wonderful from those things that are left
over, and usually thrown away.
The concept originated in 1996 as part of
Keep
Waitakere Beautiful's
Operation Spring Clean, and
was
run jointly by KWB
and Waitakere City Council. The event is co-ordinated by
the Arts Team at the Council.
Trash to Fashion® has become New
Zealand's largest recycled fashion show drawing
designers and audiences from throughout the country and
internationally. It attracts participation from a
variety of groups, cultures, and abilities including
established and emerging designers.
Many schools introduce Trash to
Fashion® as a curriculum activity.
Responsible for creating the show is a
production team that bring their individual arts
disciplines together to conjure up the unique Trash to
Fashion® entertainment experience.
Contact Jeannette Aldridge
if you have any questions or wish to join the Trash to
Fashion® mailing list.
Trash to
Fashion® DVD
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Trash to Fashion® event please
download the form below.
Trash to Fashion®
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