Stories about "Trashion Show"
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Slideshow: Plastic-bag swan, name-tag kilt, and cardboard giant on stilts elevate the Trashion Show
Thursday, November 16, 2023 5:00 am
See Bates students on the Trashion runway in fashions crafted from cardboard boxes, name tags, plastic bags, transit cards, zero-balance gift cards, face masks, newspapers, paper banners, bubble wrap, sticky notes, and paperback book pages.
![The Trashion Show, including Harvest Meal desserts served by Bates College Dining in Commons on Nov. 16, 2022, was held in the Christian Daggett Gray Athletic Building.Contestants:First Place: Miguel Pacheco '24, wearing stilts and a dress made of recycled book covers, created by Sloan Phillips '25.Second Place: Bora Lugunda '25, wearing a Marie Antionette-inspired gown made from trash bags and plastic sheeting, and a hat made from cardboard and brown packing paper, created by Grace Acton '24Third place: Claire Barlass '25, wearing a self-designed "milk dress" made from discarded milk cartons from Commons, an outfit that was also her Halloween costume this year.Quinn Macauley '24, wearing a "mermaid-inspired" outfit made from trash/discarded swim gear from Tarbell Pool, created by Talia Skaistis '25 and Lianna Rosman '26, all three students are on the Bates Swimming and Diving TeamLily Ritch '25, wearing a "puffy jacket-inspired" outfit made from discarded bubble wrap, chip bags, coupons, mesh orange bag, and straws, created by Emma Righter '23, and accessories by Ella Lungstrum '23 .Leen Dockery '26, wearing a self-created cowgirl-inspired outfit made from discarded cardboard from the Parker 4th floor recycling bin. (I didn't recognize her in the outfit! I remember her from the Visio Divina photos) (edited) 3:39Let me know if you want the self-written descriptions for their outfits. I have the script Theo shared, and I can pick them out (there were a lot of withdrawals, I guess! There are like 13 names on the script)Plus one more male contestant:7. As Abraham Lincoln once said: there is nothing like a sour patch kid to brighten your day! In this issue of munchies, Henry Welch, Ben Huston, and Jonah Yaffee design a chic, yet delicious outfit of sour patches, chips, goldfish bags, and other assorted snacks to express the intrinsic human primal desire for food, and boy does it look good.](https://www.bates.edu/news/files/2022/12/tone221114_Harvest_Meal_Trashion_Show_2293-400x267.webp)
Video: ‘Really cool outfits out of trash’
Friday, December 2, 2022 10:03 am
Watch Bobcats strut their stuff during the annual Trashion Show, where students model outfits designed by fellow students and made from campus trash.
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They don’t call it a trash can’t: Can-do students model fashion created from campus trash
Friday, November 18, 2022 9:59 am
“One man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” as the proverb goes, and students took it to heart — and to the runway — during the 16th annual Trashion Show, and the first in-person edition since 2019.
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Slideshow: From rubbish to runway at the 2019 Trashion Show
Tuesday, December 10, 2019 2:15 pm
At the 2019 Trashion Show, student models and designers posed for portraits and explained the creativity behind their outfits made from campus trash.
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Bates at Night: Trashion Show 2018
Thursday, November 15, 2018 2:30 pm
The annual Bates Trashion Show is a night of fun, with a message.
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Video: Students in Trashion Show model high fashion from low places
Thursday, November 16, 2017 3:06 pm
The Trashion Show, an annual waste-couture extravaganza, shows Bates students at their creative and sustainable best.
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Video: Kevin Tejada ’17 and the Trashion Show
Wednesday, March 29, 2017 11:06 am
In our latest "Voices from the Class of 2017," Kevin Tejada explains how designing outfits for the Trashion Show led to self-discovery.
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Slideshow: Trashion Show proves that your trash is another’s fashion treasure
Thursday, November 19, 2015 7:16 pm
The annual Trashion Show once again featured wearable runway designs made from recycled stuff, including one outfit inspired by Barbarella and Madonna.
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Multimedia: Featuring detritus that delights us, the Trashion Show is a model of recycling
Friday, November 21, 2014 12:35 pm
The Trashion Show raises awareness about sustainability through a fashion show featuring outfits made from recycled materials.
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From blue bin to Beyoncé, 2013 Trashion Show is a sensation
Friday, November 22, 2013 3:21 pm
Pitting students, staff and other Bates folks against one another in a friendly quest to make recycling fashion-forward, the Trashion Show takes place every year before November break.