Schools' Trash to Fashion® Awards

The Trash to Fashion® Awards show began as a small community based celebration over a decade ago, born from a community that embraces a sustainability ethos. Waitakere is recognized as New Zealand's first "Eco City".

Based on the ethos of Recycle - Reuse - Reduce - Refuse, Trash to Fashion® is an arts and cultural experience that now spans all ages, beginning with preschool, continuing through the primary, intermediate and secondary school, and culminating with New Zealand's largest theatrical and visual experience of its type, receiving regional, national, and international recognition.

Awards & Prizes 2009

Category Prize Pool Value: $2000		Supreme Award Prize: $500	Study Awards Value: $4000

Schools Trash To Fashion® Awards 2009 Dates

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June Waste Blasting Workshops (Keep Waitakere Beautiful Trust & Kids4Drama) For Years 7 & 8 Email: Stephen@Kids4Drama.co.nz Outside The Classroom - Schools T2F Workshop: CEAC Arts Education Programme For Schools. In The Classroom - Schools T2F Workshop With Claire Inwood, Textile Artist Miranda Brown - (suitable for Secondary School) Fashion & Textiles: Sustainable Practice; Creative Session; Fabric to Garment Pacifica Experience - modern weaving using recycled materials (suits all ages)

July Thursday 30 - Schools T2F Entries Close (Extended from July 17) In The Classroom - Schools T2F Workshop With Claire Inwood, Textile Artist Miranda Brown - (suitable for Secondary School) Fashion & Textiles: Sustainable Practice; Creative Session; Fabric to Garment Pacifica Experience - modern weaving using recycled materials (suits all ages)

August Fri 14 & Sat 15 Entries Received Fri 21 August - Finalists Announced Sat 29 & Sun 30 - Rehearsals

September Sat 5 & Sun 6 - Rehearsals Sat 12 & Sun 13 - Shows And Awards (Mau Theatre)

 

Categories

Theme - Our World

This year the Schools Trash to Fashion® celebrates the beauty of our world, and asks you to consider how we must take care of it. We believe that all people, and particularly young people, can change the world, one bit at a time. Reducing waste, reusing things, and recycling are ways in which we can do that.

If you throw something away, it is no longer useful and it ends up in landfill, incinerated or polluting the environment. We are producing so much waste that we are running out of ways to bury or dispose of it in a way that is friendly to the planet.

If only 1,000 people (like you) decide to start making a habit of being earth-friendly, thousands of parks could be cleaned. Thousands of reams of paper (and trees) would be saved. Thousands of bottles, bags and cans would stay out of landfills. And, by spreading the habit, thousands will turn into millions. Recycling can make a difference!

Plastic Bag Palace (Plastic Bag Category)

Think of an outstanding or royal occasion - weddings, Hollywood, royalty, the heavens....think of characters larger than life in the glitz and glamour of a palace. Think Angels, Kings, Queens, a bridal party or Superstars on the runway.

So many bags, so little time! Plastic shopping bags came have been around since the 1950s and are now a big problem for our planet. It can take up to 1000 years for a bag to degrade. They end up in trees, clogging sewers and choking marine wildlife. Many people around the world are working to find better alternatives to plastic bags, but there are still a lot of them around - so let's create a vision for an eco-friendly future and lead the way by recycling our bags into garments!

What to use:

• This is the only category in which you can use plastic shopping bags as the main material. Think about different ways to use them - they can be woven, layered, and even fused together.

Green Dreams (organic category)

All living things bring balance to our world, and in this category we would like you to create garments which are inspired by fairytales, myths or legends. Think about stories from close to home, or afar. You may choose to create a character, or represent an element from the natural world. Think sprites, fairies, gods and mythological creatures.

For example:

• Tangaroa and Hinemoana (Maori legend)
  What might we find living in a healthy ocean and rivers? Whales and dolphins, eels, fish and mermaids, beautiful underwater plants, or maybe a sea monster or taniwha!
• Iris (Greek legend)
  Iris is the goddess of the rainbow, who represents the union of the earth and sky. How could you create a garment inspired by the things we might see above us, things that might fly (Iris wore winged boots!) or things that reflect light?

What to use:

• You can only use materials that were created by nature and have kept their original quality. You can use linen, cotton, silk, harakeke, fallen plant material, shells, wood - anything that has come from the earth that will return to the earth, as a natural process of decay.

No:

• Plastic, plastic derivatives, metal.

Junkyard Superheroes (inorganic category)

Eco Warriors unite - you are here to save the planet! We want you to reuse and recycle the things that might usually go into the inorganic collection, and the crazier the better. Think about things like - old tyres, bits from computers, wires, plugs, metal, wheels. How can you transform them into completely new creations with the energy to change the world? Think superheroes their use of clothing and the way they move. Discover their eco special powers and what they might be!

What to use:

• You can use anything you can find that has another life as a human-made product. The only condition is that you cannot use plastic shopping bags at all!

No:

• Plastic shopping bags!

Cutting Edge (fashion category)

Inside out, upside down, deconstructed, reconstructed - the most eco chic way to be fashionable is to recycle old clothes. Not only does this save on the amount of trash we generate and the amount of clothing we demand to be produced, but it is also an amazingly creative way to express ourselves and our individuality.

We want you to breathe CREATIVE new life into an existing garment with a little wardrobe surgery. The finished item should be wearable, durable and fashionable, with an eye on the catwalk.
Think high fashion, couture and artistic interest (shape, texture, and colour).

What to use:

• An existing piece (or several items) of clothing. You will need to take a photo of the original garment(s) before you begin to remodel. These photos must accompany the Garment Entry Form.

Colour your World

This category is a celebration of the beauty and colour of this planet, from the green of this country to the aquamarine of the Pacific Ocean.

We would like your garments to explode with colour and movement, for the biggest global party Trash to Fashion(r) has ever seen!

Use one colour only, or stick to two. Or go mad and use them all! Think big, bold and imaginative, larger than life and leading the way into a bright new future. Wow us with your ideas for recycling the wildest things you can think of!

What to use:

• Anything - except plastic bags!

Junk to Jewels

Adornments and accessories.

Head High

Hats and headgear

 *Junk to Jewels and Head High entries can be with a whole outfit (from any category), or can be entered as individual (not worn) items. Items entered without a garment will be put on display.

Category information Flyer

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Category information (Size 491K)

Volunteers

If you are interested in being a volunteer at the Schools Trash to Fashion Awards, please download the volunteer interest form.

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Volunteer Interest Form (Size 62K)

Rules and conditions of entry

Remember that Trash to Fashion® is all about Reducing, Reusing and Recycling our planet's resources. Garments should be made with these principles in mind - so as much as possible use natural resources rather than toxic ones, and use recycled and reused products in your entries.

Your garment must be made from either;

• Household, Industrial, Manufactured or Man-Made Waste
• Re-used, Recycled Clothing, Objects and Fabric Off-Cuts
• Organic Waste

Your garment must not contain any materials that have been purchased new for the purpose of the construction of your garment.

You should avoid using Staples & Sellotape, AND there must be NO sharp edges (mirrors, glass, or chicken-wire etc) anywhere on the garment. You are encouraged to use environmentally friendly glues, dyes, paints, resins etc in the construction of your garment.

Garments must be well made, safe and durable, and able to be worn several times for rehearsals, judging and performances. Please consider the weight and comfort of the garment, as you need to move freely on and off the stage.

Consider the following;

• Visual impact - Choice of colours and overall look of the garment when worn.
• Originality - Innovative use of recycled materials and originality of design used.
• Use of "TRASH" - Is the entry made from genuinely recycled or reused products?

These points are of paramount importance to the judging panel and we urge designers to carefully consider them when entering the Trash to Fashion® Awards.

Entrants in schools categories must take a leading part in the design and construction of their garments. Entries that are clearly made by adults will be disqualified.

Entrants in schools categories must model their own garments and models must be available for ALL rehearsals if selected to go forward to the Trash to Fashion® Awards Show. You will be notified well in advance about the location and time of rehearsals. Failure to attend any rehearsal will automatically disqualify any entrant.

After making your garment

Label your entry clearly using the garment entry form (available in April). You are encouraged to include notes on inspiration for the design and recommendations as to how the garment should be worn, along with a brief biography.

Your garment must be accompanied by 2 x photographs only, a front and back view. If there are no photos your garment will automatically be disqualified.

If your garment needs to be hung up, please include a coat hanger in your delivery box. Boxes and packaging must be clearly named. Include a return address and if applicable, courier fee attached to your garment entry form. NB: Trash to Fashion® is not responsible for arranging couriers to return your garments to you.

All garments submitted to Trash to Fashion® will be subject to a pre-selection process. It is important that designers understand that not all garments will make it to the finals.

Playcentre Trash To Fashion®

Ms T Bag by Rhiannon Galuszewski

In cooperation with Keep Waitakere Beautiful Trust, and Waitakere City Council, Playcentre are very excited to present the opportunity for pre-school aged children to explore their creativity with an environmental focus with the Playcentre Trash to Fashion® Awards.

Auckland Playcentre Association organised The Playcentre Trash To Fashion® Awards for pre-school aged children and selected four entries to be part of The Schools Trash To Fashion® 2008 Awards show.

This was the first time that pre-school aged children were able to participate in the Trash to Fashion® event. The event was open to all early childhood education services.

2009

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Playcentre T2F Awards 2009 information (Size 153K)

Playcentre T2F Awards 2009 Garment Registration Form (Size 112K)

For further information contact Jaidan Mason on 827 8649 extension 4.

Mailing list

To join the mailing list to be notified when new dates have been set, please email: Trash to Fashion Coordinator.   

Sponsors for 2009

Registration form

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Booking information

Tickets are $5 plus booking fee. Book now through iTICKET.

Workshops

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Schools Trash to Fashion® Workshops (Size 165K)