25 Fashion Design students participated in the Washington State Recycler’s Association (WSRA) Trashion Show along with Instructor, Kim Forbes and Pro-Tech Lauren Hayhurst
A focus of the Fashion Design program is to bring to light the harm the fashion industry inflicts on our environment. Every year according to many sources, fashion is always in the top 5 of the world's largest industries contributing to global pollution. Fashion fads, trends, and microtrends are spreading around the world faster than ever with our digital globalization of information. Fast fashion is a term that has been coined because of our obsession with the newest and trendiest things that are being mass-produced quickly, and often in the cheapest way possible, despite the human and environmental cost. Here you will see the next generation of fashion designers, creators, thinkers, and problem-solvers that will help us with this growing dilemma to look great, have fresh new looks, and reduce waste. Each student has taken time and personal resources to re-think, re-imagine, and bring some fun and fresh ways to reduce, reuse, recycle, and "upcycle" materials and garments. This was an honor and a great experience for this group of student designers.
Photo Credit Cascadia Tech Academy
Thank you to WSRA for the donation of $500 to Cascadia Tech Academy Foundation for Fashion Design.
