The Rubbish Renewed runway application is here for the most innovative fundraising event in Bend, the Rubbish Renewed Eco Fashion Show! Aspiring designers have until Friday, December 2nd to get their submissions in for a possible spot on this year’s runway. This is a juried show. Please make sure to read and follow the rules and guidelines on this website. Space on the runway is limited. Each year, we receive more applications than spaces available on the runway.
Category Archives: Trash Fashion
Inspired by Kids!
Kids inspire me. With Trash Fashion on my back burner for months, it took the beginning of the school year with a slew of excited middle school students to get my mind spinning with ideas. For the first post of the Rubbish Renewed season, here is an encouraging account written by several of last fall’s REALMS Rubbish Renewed Elective students. Several fantastic photos, by Heaven McArthur, highlight garments made by students quoted below, and Joe Kline’s ghostly image of the community garment.
RIMROCK TIBET Designer/Model: Becky Knight Materials: Discarded “Community/Prayer” Flags School: REALMS
Designers: Ella Cook & Scout Gesuale; Model: Matea Gesuale
THE SEASONS Designer/Models: Maggie Pierce – Fall & Tatum Huegal – Winter Materials: Fall – used packing paper, discarded cloth napkins; Winter – Tin foil, discarded curtains, pipe cleaners, scrap fabric
This year the Rubbish Renewed Elective at REALMS was a hectic blur of measurements, cutting, restarting, redoing, sketching, and stitching. All of us, in the elective, had the goal of making it to the runway. Finally, after hours of work and thought poured into every garment, the deadline for submissions had arrived. That day, everyone was fussing over this or that trying to find the perfect name and description for their garment. Even now that everyone’s submissions were in, the suspense wasn’t over. We waited and waited for the results to come by email on the 12th of December. After days of anticipation the wait was over, whether your submission made it or not we still had work to do. The community garment had yet to be started. Those whose submissions had made it in continued to mess with their designs until it was just right. Others worked and worked on the community garment featuring old calculators from the 6th grade math room. All of the students in Rubbish Renewed had a delightful experience and are planning on making more trash fashion next year. Here are some comments that our students had:
“Waiting backstage was delightfully nerve wracking,” said student model and designer Becky Knight.- Ella Cook realized that anything can be reused to make something new. “I learned that almost everything that someone throws away can be used for something else.”
- This year a group of REALMS students had the idea of creating outfits with a theme of the 4 seasons. They worked together to create some fabulous outfits. Lilah Beck,student designer and model of spring said, “I am most proud of the bond that I formed with my team. We helped each other make the garments come together to be the best they can be.” Another student designer and model, Violet Loftus of summer stated, “I used to think that trash was gross and that it should be thrown right into the trash but then I went to the show!”
- Jaide Summers noticed that “It makes you aware of what to throw away and what to repurpose.”
Look for Galleries from last year’s show coming soon!
2016 Rubbish Renewed Photos
Photo by Heaven McArthur
We tried something new this year! We invited a team of photographers to help us capture the whole Rubbish Renewed story. Thank you to Heaven McArthur, Joe Kline, Paula Bullwinkle, and Krystal Collins for being our inaugural Rubbish Renewed Photography Team.
Joe Kline Photos HERE / to purchase Joe’s photos, go to the gallery HERE and use the password, “rubbish”.
Heaven McArthur Photos HERE / FLASH SALE TIL MONDAY at Midnight.
A message from Heaven McArthur: Did you go to the Rubbish Renewed Eco Fashion Show this year? it was my first year and i was totally and absolutely blown away. the show is a fundraiser for the REALMS school (http://www.friendsofrealms.org/) and to keep the money coming, I am offering prints for sale with 50% of the proceeds to go to REALMS, if you were there or know someone who was and care to share, please do! as a bonus if you purchase a full digital set of images, you’ll receive a copy of the slideshow, which, after april 1st will be the only way to see it. \\\\\ link to the images: http://heavenmcarthur.pixieset.com/rubbishrenewedecofashion… (backstage, 1st and 2nd show categories are listed along the top row) they are only on sale till MONDAY at midnight, so hurry flurry!! if you have any questions, give me a ring, a ping, a shout!! (video coming next! )
Paula Bullwinkle & Krystal Collins- check back for gallery coming soon.
Rubbish Renewed Live Auction – It’s a fundraiser!
Friends, acquaintances, and at times strangers often remind me, that the Rubbish Renewed Eco Fashion Show is their favorite event of the year. People of all ages love the energy, art, and message of the evening. However, many of those same people don’t realize that Rubbish Renewed is a fundraising event for REALMS Magnet School and supports the unique programing that makes REALMS a place where rigor, relevance, and relationships intersect.
We carefully select 6-8 auction items from adult designers who want to donate to the goal. Check out these pieces, from generous designers, and come ready to bid! Click on the image to learn more about the item and designer.
Put the Needle on the Record
Designer: Mayra Stearns
Corporate Meeting on the Rocks
Designer: Karen Holm
Natural Edge Furniture
Designer: Kassy Windus
Mt. Bachelor
Snowstorm Diva
The Ventilator Designer: MAURICE
ReStore Sublimity
Playing it Safe
Designer: Kelly Powell
PHOTO SHOOT: looking ahead to the runway
4 weeks before garments need to be runway ready, on December 17th, a small group of designers, models and Rubbish Renewed volunteers gathered at Tambi Lane Photography for our pre-show photo shoot. Photographs are focused on Business Challenge participants, garments being donated to our live fundraising auction, and student garments (completed garments enter a lottery for the final few spaces). The end result is to present you with a sneak peak of the richness to come. We couldn’t create this professional shoot without the wonderfully talented Bishops Barbershop’s masterful hair, and Mayra Stearn & Arenal Hruby makeup magic! Tambi Lane Photography not only contributes the sweet space, but once again, Tambi made the garments come alive in a fun and supportive atmosphere.
STUDENT GARMENTS – Click on the photo to link to the student garments
Fruity Tutui
Designer/Model: Fiona Wright
Material: fruit bags and netting, potato sacks, newspaper bags, flour sacks
BUSINESS CHALLENGE – Click on the photo to link to the Business Challenge
Mt. Bachelor
Designers: Andria Zippler, Denise Ellington, Sam Whitman, Stephanie Kirpach, Martha Jeffers
Materials: old Mt.Bachelor trail map (wings), old banner that says, “snow”, etc
AUCTION GARMENTS – Click on the photo to link to the auction garments
Put the Needle on the Record
Designer: Mayra Stearns
Materials: records, doilies, linens and sheet music
Get your tickets today at rubbishrenewed.com for one or both of our shows on January 14th at the Midtown Music Hall.
First show showcases Student Garments, Business Challenge, and our Live Auction Items. Second show is 21 and over and highlights Adult Garments, Business Challenge, and our Live Auction Items.
Garment Submissions In!
Mock up drawing from student submission
The Rubbish Renewed garment submission deadline has come and gone and we were blown away by the quality and quantity of submissions this year! The adult garment slots filled up with the most diverse designs yet. And we had almost 50 student submissions from 10 schools for only 20ish student spots. Decisions were tough for the jury, but found sticking to the criteria the way to narrow the field:
- Furthering Rubbish Renewed Mission – Description & piece communicates Transforming trash, inspiring community for a sustainable earth
- Use of Materials – Transformation of trash into fashion. Shows attention to manipulation of materials.
- Design – Coherence; Innovative techniques; unique aesthetics; creative expression.
- Quality of Construction – Construction methods inspire long-term use.
Material manipulation from student submission
Every design met at least 2 of these criteria, but the ones that made the cut, focused on all.
Thank you submitting designers for your dedication to the planet, to quality, sustainable fashion, and belief in making a difference one small action at a time.
Garment Submission Deadline Friday!
Just 5 days until the Rubbish Renewed garment design submission deadline, and entries are beginning to roll in. It’s not how far along my garment is or isn’t that usually keeps me from submitting early, it’s the name. I’m not sure what makes that so hard for me, or even why it’s important, but somehow I always find coming up with the perfect name a barrier to submission.
I think it stems from my childhood. Every time my dad, an expert in native arts, would complete a new book, our family would spend hours sitting around the dinner table brainstorming titles. We usually started with serious ideas then quickly digressed into puns or silly names only loosely connected. In the end, the publisher rarely used our creative titles, but instead named the book something dry and what we thought, insignificant. I digress . . .
This year I’m submitting early, and that is, today. I’m ready with photos of completed sections of the garment showing how I’m manipulating materials, and since I’m not finished, clear sketches of the front and back. I have a name (even if not perfect), and a short written description (3-5 sentences) of my piece -materials, inspiration, and connection to the mission. All I have to do is fill out the online application, pay my $20 submission fee using the Paypal link, and email my photos to rubbishrenewed@gmail.com. Now I can spend my spare moments this week working on the garment, not on stressing about the submission deadline.
We can’t wait to see what you’re creating!
2015 Student Runway Gallery Posted
T-Time
Designer & Model: Lily McNabb
Materials: Tea bag wrappers
Inspiring students rewards all of us. As a teacher, seeing students create a goal, persevere through challenges and meet that goal, is the best. And when that goal includes taking care of the planet, it’s even better. I’ve had a chance to teach, mentor, assist, problem solve, and push students each year to enter in the Rubbish Renewed Eco Fashion Show. Many life skills come out of this experience and the 2015 Gallery shares the fruits of this labor. Thanks for all the determination, resilience, and follow-through shown by these student designers. We can’t wait to see what they bring this year.
Only 3 1/2 weeks to the submission deadline!
Check out the new 2015 Student Runway gallery posted today! Photos by Tambi Lane Photography.
2015 Adult Runway Gallery Posted!
True Contours
Designer: Karen Holm
Materials: slide sleeves & topo maps
As luck would have it, I get to peruse Tambi Lane Photography runway photos from last year’s Rubbish Renewed Eco Fashion Show. Thumbing through the images immediately brought me back to the green room on the evening of January 15th. . . Examining the garments up close illuminates the quality of construction and the intricacy of work (manifested in many hours) that goes into manipulating rubbish into fashion. Textures and tricky techniques abound. Our goal is to continue to push designers in material choices (see post Organic Matter isn’t Rubbish), uniqueness of design and quality construction.
Check out the new Runway 2015 Adult Designer Runway gallery, posted today! Runway photos by Tambi Lane Photography.
PROJECT RUNWAY USES REAL REFUSE FOR ONCE
Kelly Dempsey creates this textured dress with cut pieces of metal ducting.
Ashley Tipton plays with Polaroids.
Project Runway is known for it’s unconventional challenge. Each season, on at least one episode, show designers run to retrieve something unfabric-like, sponsored by some corporation or another. Although unconventional, the objects are new material that is re-envisioned into fashion. Designers use base fabric and hot glue to construct something unique. However amazing, this is not Trash Fashion. (Read our last post “Organic Matter isn’t Rubbish”).
This season, episode 7, used real refuse for once! “The designers go dumpster diving for recycled electronics in order to merge the worlds of fashion and technology.” Although they still use muslin (new material – not allowed in Rubbish Renewed) for base fabric and many use hot glue to assemble the garment, the concept hits the mark. See how these designers manipulate materials, using the innate qualities to push the fashion forward!
How will you stretch your use of materials this season?
Edmond Newton & Candice Cuoco use keyboard keys, wire, and mouse pads.
Rubbish Renewed Eco Fashion Show 