Haute Trash Fashion - The High Fashion Art of Recycling

Trash fashion is created from debris; it is the conversion of trash into useful and fashionable objects.

Haute Trash Fashion Shows are high fashioned events created to bring attention to our landfills, which exceed their capacities thousands of times over and have become virtual cities unto themselves. Haute Trash Fashion events raise awareness for the need to recycle.

Many communities throughout the US hold their version of the Haute Trash Fashion Show to bring attention to and raise money for abused women, children and animals, as well as continuing to raise consciousness for the importance of recycling.

There is 3.5 million tons of toxic and dangerous plastic floating between San Francisco and Hawaii; this is twice the size of Texas. 80% of this toxic stew originated on land and could have easily been prevented.

Trash fashion shows illustrate the ability to reuse and recycle through creative and humorous exhibitions. They reshape societal views on beauty, recycling and ultimately trash.

Outfits are designed from discarded materials such as construction fencing, food packages, beverage containers, inner tubes, aluminum pop-tops and other salvageable materials.

Creative citizens and local artists create their own unique designs from nearby dumpsters, using satire to highlight this unconventional approach to going green. If you are an inclined designer with eco-sensibilities show off your talent at a local or national Haute Trash Fashion Show.

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