Create the 2011 Community Garment

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2010 Community Garment, created during First Friday last year.

I love this time of year!  More time with family, friends, holiday parties, and the 2nd annual Rubbish Renewed Eco Fashion Show is upon us; just 10 days away.  Along with the season’s merrymaking, we can not ignore our increased production of holiday trash. The facts about holiday waste are staggering…

  • From Thanksgiving to New Years Day, household waste increases by more than 25%. Added food waste, shopping bags, packaging, wrapping paper, bows and ribbons – it all adds up to an additional 1 million tons a week to our landfills. (EPA and Use Less Stuff)
  • In the U.S., annual trash from gift-wrap and shopping bags totals 4 million tons. (Use Less Stuff)

We believe in the power to educate, change, and inspire and want to invite you to come out on Friday night (December 2nd), during the First Friday festivities, to create the 2011 Community Garment.   To have a hand in this “show-stopping” number, stop by TBD Loft (upstairs at 856 NW Bond Street), and make a pledge to reduce your consumption and waste this season and for a lifetime.

Last Saturday Rubbish Renewed Photo Shoot

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Don’t miss the Last Saturday at the Old Ironworks Complex!  Get a glimpse into this year’s runway show at Studio 3.  Tambi Lane Photography will be shooting studio shots of fabulous fashion.  See what goes into fashion photography; check out what some designers have done with trash; buy your Rubbish Renewed Eco Fashion Show event tickets; and mingle with sustainably minded community, artists, models, and designers.

Wear Rubbish and Get Rewarded

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Auctioned last year

Wear your tie skirt

How about wearing “rubbish” and getting rewarded!  At our second annual Rubbish Renewed Eco Fashion Show we will honor those who wear outfits that are re-fashioned or trash-fashion with a free drink ticket.  Don a piece purchased in our last year’s live auction and get into this year’s event for free!  Finally, we hope you will join other courageous characters to strut your stuff in our audience runway walk.  More than ever we believe transforming trash inspires community for a sustainable earth.

Skirt by Allison of Utilitu; dress by Karen Holm;

Photos by Tambi Lane Photography

Creative Accessories

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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.



Join Us!

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Join us at the following community events, leading up to the show!

FRI. NOVEMBER 18TH (5-8pm)

UtilituSEW will be hosting the “Rubbish Renewed Accessory Wall” creation this Friday, November 18th from 5-8.  We will be playing with ‘trash’ to make wearable jewelry and accessories to potentially pair with the final outfits for the runway shows. Feel free to bring appropriate items to add to the pile of goodies to be reused! Ideas: bottle caps, soda can tabs, tin cans, cereal boxes, six pack holders, glass jar lids, plastic containers/lids… anything else you think would make a rad accessory! This is a free event.

SAT., NOVEMBER 26TH (6-10pm)

A “peak” into this year’s runway shows.  Watch our pre-show photo shoot at Studio 3 by Tambi Lane Photography.  The garments featured int he shoot will be available for purchase in our live auction at THE RUBBISH RENEWED ECO FASHION SHOW.  Location – Old Ironworks Complex at 50 Scott Street (same area as Sparrow Bakery).

FRI., DECEMBER 2ND (6-10pm)

Participate in the 2nd annual RUBBISH RENEWED “Community Garment” creation at TBD Loft (located at 856 NW Bond Street, suite 2-upstairs) during “First Friday”.

Questions?
Contact Amy Anderson or Karen Holm
541-322-5323

rubbishrenewed@gmail.com

Playing Card Skirt detail

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Playing Card Skirt detail

Casey, a 6th grader at REALMS, careful connected playing cards for her rubbish renewed piece.

Thursday, November 10th the deadline for the 2nd annual Rubbish Renewed Eco Fashion Show arrived with 50 submissions for the runway!  Now the challenging jurying process begins. Twice the entries and more diverse and eclectic than last year, designs range in categories from global impact to altered extremes.  Materials like cat food bags, candy wrappers, old playing cards, negatives and slides, and even a kiddy pool are envisioned into carefully crafted environmentally savvy high fashion.  Stay tuned for coming preview pictures.  Only 4 weeks to go!

Get Involved!

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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.

Contact http://www.rubbishrenewed@gmail.com or call 541-322-5323 for answers to your questions.

Created by the Bend Community at TBD Loft 2010

2nd Annual is December 8th

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Don’t miss the 2011 Rubbish Renewed Eco Fashion Show!

Rubbish Renewed Eco Fashion Show fuses environmental responsibility, funky fashion and community. Join other socially conscious individuals for an evening of sustainable fashion,showcasing styles that the future demands. We invite you to reconsider the value of trash and celebrate the creative, sustainable spirit of Bend.

Rooted in a love of fashion, an appreciation of art and a passion for the planet, Rubbish Renewed Eco Fashion Show is a fundraising event for REALMS Charter School’s Arts Program. An eclectic, wearable art runway show, a live and silent auction, and a gallery-style marketplace (where contributing local artists sell and showcase their work), will showcase how we “fashion” our lives while lessening waste.

REALMS arts education inspires students to share content knowledge through artistic expression that synthesizes experiences and educates others about our world.