My Home Town Inspiration

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Rubbish Renewed

This week we solidified the date for this year’s Rubbish Renewed Eco Fashion Show – December 6^th! With this in place, my trash-fashion-sense soared. Suddenly surrounded by bicycle tubes, discarded zippers, old tape measures, and metal screen scraps . . . I can’t stop thinking about new designs.

Then today, in my inbox, I received an invite for a Trash-Fashion Show this Sunday in my old “home town,” Lopez Island. Check out the poster. Here’s to hoping some of you can make it, but if not, I’ll post some inspirational photos next week.

Lopez Island is a role model in sustainability. Whether keeping items out of the landfill or recycle bin, enriching the community with local food, providing access to housing, or teaching students about sustainable farming, Lopez, you’re the best!

A Mother/Daughter Duo | Rubbish Renewed

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Rubbish Renewed

The Rubbish Renewed Eco Fashion Show relies upon parents, students, and staff! The following photos capture our mother/daughter duo who made their runway debut in 2011. Thanks Kerry and Vanessa for being a part of the show!

Kerry (left) modeled a dress made from reclaimed materials from Habitat for Humanities ReStore and designed by team a of designers, including Sophie Paez, Marianne Felner, and Stuart Breidenstein. Vanessa (right), a 6th grade student at REALMS, designed and modeled her dress made from old magazines.

Photos: Paula Bullwinkle

Faces behind the show | Rubbish Renewed

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Rubbish Renewed

Last December Bend’s event venue, the Century Center, hosted one of the most forward thinking, eco friendly, community events Central Oregon has witnessed. This spectacular show and fundraising event (est 2010) is organized and supported by creative, passionate, artistic, and environmentally-conscious people! LOTS of people. This post is the beginning of a series of posts featuring the talent behind the show.

2nd Annual Rubbish Renewed – A success!

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Rubbish Renewed

It is hard to believe that the 2nd annual Rubbish Renewed Eco Fashion Show has come and gone! We took a strong event and, because of the community support and involvement, exceeded all of our goals. For a complete line up of photos from Tambi Lane Photography, please go to the gallery below.

http://tambilane.nextproof.com/galleries/RREFS_2011

We had more in attendance this year – an estimated 300+ at each of our two shows
We made more money for REALMS Charter School’s Arts Program – $10,500
We executed our first ever “Business Challenge” with 6 businesses participating on the runway
We had more students submissions and more students on the runway than last year
We executed our Rubbish Renewed Mentorship program with students working diligently every Wednesday afternoon in November under the guidance of Allison Murphy of UtilituSEW
We demonstrated how to enter the holiday season more sustainably through creative present wrapping and drinking from re-useable Silipints at all of your holiday parties
We had 34 garments on the runway (in each show), clearly demonstrating the sustainable and creative spirit of Bend
We had a fabulous marketplace with 17 local vendors, promoting local holiday shopping
We satiated people’s appetites with local food carts and helped washed it all down with beverages from our favorite local beverage businesses
We had a large volunteer squad that lightened the load for the organizers
We had more sponsors and people involved than ever before!

We can’t wait for the third annual,

Amy, Karen & Allison

Sneak Peak of Next Week’s Fashion Show

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Rubbish Renewed

What happened to your old scratched vinyl records? What do you do with the stash of raffle tickets that didn’t win? How about the plastic bags stuffed in the garage?

Find them in these incredible trash fashion photos taken last Saturday night at Tambi Lane Photography – the first public Rubbish Renewed preview photo session. Not only cutting edge in style, these garments re-envision trash into sustainable, wearable art. Come out tomorrow night (December 2nd) for 1^st Friday. You may catch a glimpse of a few pieces making their red carpet debut. Find them around town or at TBD Loft for this year’s Trash Transcendence Community Created Garment.

Garments designed by: 1) Lloyd McMullen; 2) Cecile Cuddihy; 3-4) Sarabella; 5) Mohave Woodson; 6/8) Rowan Varvais; 7) N. Spekktor; 9-10) Panambi Opazo Elliott; 11-13) Alicia Renner (Horned Hand Business Challenge) + Stuart Breidenstein (necklace); 14) Astacia Christenson

photos by: Tambi Lane Photography

www.tambilane.com | 541.390.7666 | tambilane@msn.com

Creative Accessories

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Rubbish Renewed

New this year for the Rubbish Renewed Eco Fashion Show is the Accessory Wall. Here are a couple of crazy creations that may be worn on the runway. Materials can come from almost anywhere.

The hat pulls together the beauty and texture of the fall garden. Dried sunflower heads adorn a compostable bowl, a byproduct of the REALMS healthy lunch program.

The purse was made last year in early November. Piles of campaign brochures filled mailboxes. This piece only represents a small fraction of the waste generated by one person in one household.

Get involve in the creative process of the accessory wall. Add to the artistry of styling for the runway.

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Get Involved!

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Rubbish Renewed

Save the date and come to the show or become more involved! The deadline for being a part of the event is NOVEMBER 10TH. Don’t miss out! Whether you are excited to share your fashion on the runway, promote your business and environmental practices, share and sell your creative gear in the marketplace, or support REALMS’ art education and sponsor the entire event; there are multiple ways to get involved. Rubbish Renewed Eco Fashion Show is a fundraising event, hatched by two teachers, for the art program at REALMS Charter School. All of the information can be found in “pdf” files on the sidebar.