Recycled couture
by Dave Gibson
The city of Boulder, CO, has set an ambitious goal of recycling 85 % of its annual waste by the year 2025. Trash the Runway (formally called Recycled Runway), now in its 10th year, is part of the movement that raises awareness and promotes the reuse of items that would otherwise end up in the landfill. Turning trash into high fashion garments would seem an unlikely use of garbage, but that is exactly what forty-two middle and high school students did recently. Guided through the process by mentors at Common Threads Creative Lab, some of the kids spent months collecting their discarded materials. They had six weeks to design and manufacture their creations that were presented in a runway show at Boulder Theater March 12th, where the girls and boys appeared as their own models.
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