City of Fort Worth, TX

03/27/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/27/2024 06:13

Reduce, reuse, refashion. Look who won the Trashion Fashion Show

Reduce, reuse, refashion. Look who won the Trashion Fashion Show

Published on March 27, 2024

Congratulations to this year's Trashion Fashion Show winners!

  1. Natalie Jaecks submitted Volunteer Valkyrie, whose wings were made from more than 160 cans; the chain mail dress was made from over 2,300 pop tabs. A shield was crafted from cereal boxes and the bottoms of cans, and a staff was made from a broken canopy tent pole wrapped in macramé cord.
  2. Jimena Villagomez submitted Snowdrop, comprised of packaging foam, ribbon and thread.
  3. Louisa Hathcock submitted Tacky Taki Dress that reused 100% trash material - chip bags, paper packaging and shopping bags.

    Winners were awarded gift cards and prize packs. Winners and some participants were also greeted by a visit from Mayor Mattie Parker.

    View a video recap of the show.

    Thank you to the KFWB board members for serving as judges of the contest:

    • Rose Eichler, KFWB board president
    • Fran Burns, KFWB board secretary
    • Andrea Ordonez, KFWB board member
    • Jennifer Glass Renta, KFWB board member

A special thank you to District 9 Councilmember Elizabeth Beck for emceeing the event.

What is Trashion Fashion?

Keep Fort Worth Beautiful continually encourages Fort Worth to use less stuff, be it through reducing, reusing or recycling items that would otherwise be thrown away and discarded. KFWB came up with a unique way of educating people to be more conscious of waste through fashion.

Creative minds from all over Fort Worth were asked to design runway-ready looks and take part in the 2024 Trashion Fashion Show. The basic criteria were that all design submissions be comprised of at least 50% trash or recyclable items. All participants were invited to walk the stage and show off their pieces at Earth Party, a celebration honoring volunteers of the Cowtown Great American Cleanup hosted by Keep Fort Worth Beautiful.

In all, 21 designs were submitted, ranging from aluminum cans, pull tabs, cereal boxes, packaging foam, chip bags and even an old tent. We're all winners if we rethink our waste into resources and work to keep our city litter free.

Learn more.

Photo at top:Mayor Mattie Parker, right, congratulates two of the contestants in last weekend's Trashion Fashion Show.

Photo above:Designers show off their trash-based outfits following the runway show.

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