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The Haute Trash Fashion Show, a high fashion event to raise awareness for the need for recycling and compostable to-go containers, will be coming to Ketchum from San Francisco on June 24, 2010. Garments made from thrown away materials such as Starbucks coffee cups will be shown off by local models of all shapes and sizes to generate awareness of the need for sustainable to-go containers throughout the Wood River Valley. Outfits are being brought in from San Francisco and Seattle, but there are several spaces available for local creations. Local artist Lisa Holley and architect Tobin Dougherty with Kerstin Spindler have already signed up to create garments for the show. If you are interested in creating an outfit please e-mail Kiki Tidwell at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to receive the design criteria at this time so you have plenty of time to prepare your outfit. Click here for complete design criteria details (HTAC Garment Criteria). The coming event is a response to the "sea of plastic" that now floats in the Pacific Ocean. This toxic stew, twice the size of Texas, weighs almost 3.5 million tons and floats in between San Francisco and Hawaii. 80% of the debris originated on land, and could have been easily prevented. (San Francisco Chronicle Oct 19 2007) The fashion show illustrates the ability for reuse and recycling through creative and humorous exhibitions. The Haute Trash group's designs have been shown at the Seattle Art Museum, Burning Man, county fairs, and dozens of other community events across the west. Since 2002, Haute Trash has produced over 100 shows, reshaping societal views on beauty, recycling, and ultimately trash. Outfits are designed from an assortment of thrown away materials such as construction fencing, food packaging, inner tubes, soda pop tops, coffee cups, plastic bags, and other salvaged materials. Local artists and creative citizenry are encouraged to create their own unique designs from nearby dumpsters, using satire to highlight this unconventional approach to going green. |
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