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Some of us, even though we only surface once a year for Rubbish Renewed, acknowledge being a trash fashion designer is part of our identity. It’s the thrill we get from discovering the essence of a newly found type of waste; a design unfolding from an idea complicated by its merging with an unlikely material; the hours of deconstructing a material to get to its core then create something completely new. The mind time is monumental and extraordinarily satisfying.

Enjoy the work of these trash fashionistas in the 2026 Adult Garment Gallery, some finding the fun of design for the first time, and the rest of us resigned to being lifers in the trash fashion design world.