Category Archives: Rubbish Renewed

What Will You Create? Garment Submission Deadline April 4th!

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Just 2 weeks until the submission deadline at midnight on Friday, April 4th. Remember that you do not need to have your garment completed, but the further along you are, the easier it is for the jury to recognize your vision in your photos and artist renderings. Read the material guidelines carefully.  Here is the link to the Runway Submission Page. It doesn’t hurt to get your submission in early.

Check out these materials from a few designs that have started to roll in!

Submit your garment design in just 3 EASY STEPS to be considered for the 12th Rubbish Renewed Eco Fashion Show on Saturday, May 10th

  1. Complete the Submission Form linked from the Runway Submission Page
  2. Pay Submission Fee
  3. Send 3 photos of your design

Complete the submission process by the deadline of midnight << Friday, April 4th >>

We can’t wait to see what you create!

More than a Trash Fashion Show

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Rubbish Renewed is more than a Trash Fashion Show, it’s about community connections, sustainable education, design inspiration…. Friday, February 21st was the first free Trash Fashion Design Workshop collaboration with DIYcave. Amazing to bring students and adults together from diverse corners of Central Oregon to share, collaborate, and get inspired! Thank you to our group of talented mentors from ReStore, ReCoHere, and Interconnected Diversity! These sponsors not only support the event, but they also gave their time and expertise to burgeoning designers. We can’t wait for the next workshop on March 7th!

The Green Room Magic

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Helping designers/models, especial the young ones, build confidence and recognize the value of their creation, while preparing the “frame” to highlight the art on the runway, are part of the magic of the green room created by the stylists who give their time.

2024 brought together 4 fabulous hair stylists from Badlands Hair Studio, Kiersten Rowles, Karl Yates, Jonae Schoen, and Lylly von Hurst. These stylists worked their magic quickly and creatively, with a focus on making each model and garment stand out. Kiersten, Karl, Jonae, and Lylly, as part of Badlands Hair Studio, are committed to the environment dedicated to fighting beauty waste and climate change. 

For the first time we had a student led makeup team. Holland Rhodes, a senior at Realms High, led the team of mostly high school makeup artists. Their rapport with the young designers/models from all over Central Oregon helped create a supportive experience for all.

Thank you to the fantastic stylists who created a fun, supportive atmosphere and fashioned the fabulous “frames” essential to a professional looking show!

Free RR Design Workshop collaboration with DIYcave!

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How can I create something from nothing?

What is the value of trash beyond the landfill?

What is its story?

Sign up for one of the first ever Rubbish Renewed free organized community design workshops! Rubbish Renewed is partnering with DIYcave to inspire and support new and burgeoning trash fashion designers of all ages. We created two 2-hour workshops to help jump start your vision with an additional 1-hour free studio time gift card from DIYcave.

Space is limited to 12 participants for each workshop. We will have several dedicated designers, material manipulators, and technical teachers to meet you where you are in the process. Come with garment ideas, material samples, and an open mind! Sign-up for one by clicking the linked dates below.

Rubbish Renewed Design Workshop 1: Friday, February 21st 4-6pm

Rubbish Renewed Design Workshop 2: Friday, March 7th 4-6pm

The 2025 Rubbish Renewed Eco Fashion Show will be at the Pavilion on Saturday, May 10th 2025. The garment submission deadline is Friday, April 4th.

We can’t wait to see what you create!

Rubbish Renewed 2025 – Date announced!

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Mark your calendars for the Rubbish Renewed Eco Fashion Show May 10th, 2025

Bend’s coolest event celebrating sustainability, trash fashion, and local arts

Create and submit a garment

Support Local Schools

Rooted in a love of fashion, an appreciation of art and a passion for the planet, the Rubbish Renewed Eco Fashion Show fuses environmental responsibility, funky fashion and community.

Started in 2010 as a rogue fundraiser by a couple of teachers, it has turned into a Bend staple, a fashion-centered, sustainably run event that everyone in the community can enjoy.

The preparation and event encourage people to look at how much waste their lifestyles produce and inspires them to change habits that decrease their impact on the planet through small doable actions.

The Pavilion prepared for the start of the 2024 Rubbish Renewed Eco Fashion Show

A Commitment to Educate: 2024 Adult Garment Gallery Posted

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A friend reminded me today, after taking a minute (or a month) to breathe, we need to get back to work. Each of us can make a difference by focusing action at the community level, on local legislation, and talking to people meeting them where they are.

Today I begin by highlighting the incredible trash fashion crafted by local Central Oregon adults. Creating trash fashion to showcase at the Rubbish Renewed Eco Fashion Show each year is a commitment to educate, inspire, and bring to the forefront the impact individuals can make to help the environment.

Check out the 2024 Adult Rubbish Renewed Garment Gallery of incredible trash fashion pieces and get inspired to take your own community action.

Rubbish Renewed 2024 had a diverse team of photographers. Thanks again to Kimberly Teichrow Photography, Joe Kline Photography, and Melissa Barnes Dholakia for the incredible images you’ll find in our galleries.

Get Inspired: 2024 Student Garment Gallery Posted

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My compost bin is full of fall leaves, political postcards riddle the recycling, and in my studio I’m wallowing in waste ready to get inspired for the coming trash fashion season! It’s time to spread sustainable creativity by posting the Student Rubbish Renewed Garment Gallery from the 2024 Rubbish Renewed Eco Fashion Show.

Rubbish Renewed 2024 had a diverse team of photographers. Thanks again to Kimberly Teichrow Photography, Joe Kline Photography, and Melissa Barnes Dholakia for the incredible images you’ll find in our galleries.

Check out the 2024 Student Garment Gallery and look for more galleries and blog coming soon!

Rubbish Renewed-Trash Fashion video by Milan Anderson for The Obsidian

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This year we were lucky to have a young journalist, Milan Anderson, create a video piece on the Rubbish Renewed Eco Fashion Show for the Obsidian (the inaugural youth publication from the Future Journalists of America program). Milan, two-time winner of Bend Film’s Future Filmmaker Award and a 2024 Realms graduate off to film school, created this 7+ minute piece. Check it out, and see some trash fashion in motion, hear about our humble beginnings, and celebrate Bend’s talented youth.

Rubbish Renewed-Trash Fashion by Milan Anderson for The Obsidian

First Glimpse – Show Fashion Photos!

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Designers from 2nd grade to their 90’s created the unique trash fashion pieces that came to life on this year’s Rubbish Renewed runway. Materials from old single socks, farm refuse, net veggie bags, to an old garden hose were masterfully manipulate into sustainable style. Here is the first glimpse of a few fashion photos illuminating the brilliance of our trash fashion designer community!

Thanks to a skilled team of photographers, Kimberly Teichrow, Joe Kline, and Melissa Barnes Dholakia, we have a diverse set of images to tell the 2024 Rubbish Renewed Eco Fashion Show story. More posts with photos to come soon including full galleries. Keep checking!

Photos by Kimberly Teichrow Photography

Check out Kimberly Teichrow’s full gallery of Rubbish Renewed portraits for purchase at Kimberly Teichrow’s 2024 Rubbish Renewed Proofs

Photos by Joe Kline Photography

Check out Joe Kline’s atmospheric images in his gallery of Rubbish Renewed photos for purchase at Joe Kline Rubbish Renewed Gallery 2024

Photos by Melissa Barnes Dholakia

Thank You 2024 Rubbish Renewed Sponsors!

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The Pavilion indoor/outdoor environment was the perfect setting for the 12th Rubbish Renewed Eco Fashion Show! The weather was flawless, the crowd energized, the vibe celebratory, and the runway stunning! Bendites perused the sustainable marketplace, local beverages and food, and most prominently interacted with re-envisioning rubbish both on and off the runway.

Together we celebrated the creativity of students from 14 local schools (our greatest participation ever), Central Oregon adults, and businesses on the runway. Together we created the best fundraising and eco-elevating event in Bend! We couldn’t have done it without our sponsors!

If you’ve been to the Rubbish Renewed Eco Fashion Show, you know it takes a village to produce. So many parts come together to create this spectacular, sustainably-minded event. Cash sponsors support infrastructure (like venue rental) and in-kind sponsors bring items (like beverages) and skills (like hair styling) that we couldn’t create on our own.

THANK YOU to each of our sponsors for supporting the Rubbish Renewed Eco Fashion Show make an impact on creativity and sustainable vision in our forward-thinking community.

Aeternum  Designers: Bend Anesthesiology Group
Model: Holly Graham  Materials: Sterile “blue” polypropylene (#5 plastic) wrap
Photographer: Joe Kline

These sponsors belief in our mission helped bring Central Oregon a creative, inspiring, and sustainable fundraiser once again! Together we raised almost $20,000 for REALMS Schools continuing the vision to foster scholarship, strengthen community, and inspire stewardship through active learning.

Thank you!