A group of volunteers at a previous Great American Cleanup event in Denton, TX.
On Saturday, March 25th, local nonprofit, Keep Denton Beautiful, will hold the annual Great American Cleanup. The event is Denton’s biggest and longest-running litter-cleanup event. In its 29th year, the Great American Cleanup mobilizes more than 2,000 Denton citizens each year to improve the beauty and environmental health of the Denton community.
Read MoreTRASHion Fashion is an annual Denton program program that sees designers of all ages competing against one another to create wearable works of art made from recycled materials. This year marks the 6th anniversary of the award-winning program and is sure to be a hit. Read on for more information about how you can be a part of this year's TRASHion Fashion program.
Read MoreInstead of throwing that cardboard coffee sleeve into the recycling bin, why not wear it as a bracelet or a leg warmer? Sound weird? That's the type of thinking that went into the creation of Denton's Trashion Fashion Program. The award-winning program is now in its fifth year. The City of Denton's Solid Waste and Recycling Department, SCRAP Denton, Keep Denton Beautiful and a few other awesome local organizations use the Trashion Fashion initiative to invite designers of all ages to create clothing (or what they call "wearable art") from materials that would otherwise end up recycled or in a landfill. At the same time, the program also promotes recycling and creative reuse. College fashion design students enter, as well as primary/secondary school students, and adults. Every year, they see designs that really earn that "wearable art" title. This year is one of the most impressive we've seen as far as designs and photography goes. Read on to see a small preview of this year's show.
Read MoreInstead of throwing that cardboard coffee sleeve into the recycling bin, why not wear it as a cuff or a leg warmer? Sound weird? That's the type of thinking that went into the creation of Denton's Trashion Fashion Program. The award-winning program is now in its fourth year and keeps getting better and better. The City of Denton's Solid Waste and Recycling Department, SCRAP Denton, Keep Denton Beautiful and a few other awesome local organizations use the Trashion Fashion initiative to invite designers of all ages to create clothing (or what they call "wearable art") from materials that would otherwise end up recycled or in a landfill. College fashion design students enter, as well as pubic school students and adults. Every year, they see designs that really earn that "wearable art" title; impressive garbs from all ages made from items as inconspicuous as dryer sheets or newspaper clippings.
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Photographer: Rebecca McFarland, Designer: Perla McBeain, Model: Briana McBeain
Instead of throwing that coffee sleeve into the recycling bin, why not wear it as a cuff or, better yet, a leg warmer? That's the type of thinking that went into the creation of Denton's Trashion Fashion Program going into it's third year now. The award-winning program, a joint venture from the City of Denton's Solid Waste and Recycling Department and the Denton Public Library, invites designers of all ages to create clothing (or what they call "wearable art") from materials that would otherwise end up recycled or in a landfill. Every year, they see designs that really earn that "wearable art" title; impressive garbs from all ages made from items as inconspicuous as dryer sheets.
The program has had months of preparation in the form of various workshops that help designers along the creation process. Last weekend, many of the models and designers had a photoshoot with Denton ISD's Commercial Photography class at the Pratt Recycling building off of Mayhill. Many of the photos from that shoot are embedded below. This saturday, at the Redbud Festival (Quakertown Park by the Civic Center), this year's program will culminate with an actual fashion show complete with a runway, judges, and food trucks. So, if you're the type who likes to chill out on the grass and munch on some banh mi (we're hoping The Pickled Carrot will be out), catch some live music, think about the environment for a bit (recycle that banh mi wrapper, dagnabit) and then catch a quick fashion show - you should probably go to the Redbud Festival. It is free afterall. Let's go ahead and look at some pretty photos now.
Model/Designer: Angela Rawlings
Photographer: Lexi Drake
Model/Designer: Sam Cogley
Photographyed by Cynthia Pantaleon
Photographer: Cynthia Pantaleon, Model/Designer: Megan Gibson
Photographer: Lexi Drake, Model Jensen Owens
Designer: Dominique Brown
Model: Cara Walker
Kiba Jacobson
Christa Boyd-Nafstad
Katja Boyd-Nafstad
Aurora Boyd-Nafstad
Eryka Amaning
Alyssa Hoberer
Carolina Carrasquillo
EDITOR'S NOTE: The writer of this article, Will Milne, is affiliated with the Trashion Fashion Program in that he teaches the photography class that took the photos above. He also made this editor's note in which he proceeded to write in the third person. Conflicts of interest be darned.