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PHOTOS: Nelson fashion show features wearable art made of trash

The show attracted some very skilled designers to work with throw-away materials
Bill Metcalfe
Bill Metcalfe
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Madame Cola, designed by Shirley McLim. Can-can dress crafted from pop tabs and crochet thread for the bodice, and coke tins, crochet thread and stiff wire for the skirt. Hat and rose accessories made from coke tins. Model: Tiffany McLim. Photo: Bill Metcalfe

Nelson’s first Haute Trash! – Trash Fashion Show and Competition was held on May 20 at the Capitol Theatre.

The runway-style fashion show featured creative wearable art made from post-consumer waste in several design categories including youth, art and sculpture.

Rococo Trash, designed by Erin Thompson. Created using found objects including old jewelry, old sequin, flowers, foam, old lingerie, recycled clothes, broken hula hoops, knickknacks and 1960’s hair curlers. Model: Laena Brown. Photo: Bill Metcalfe
Rococo Trash, designed by Erin Thompson. Created using found objects including old jewelry, old sequin, flowers, foam, old lingerie, recycled clothes, broken hula hoops, knickknacks and 1960’s hair curlers.

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Bill Metcalfe

About the Author: Bill Metcalfe

Bill has lived in Nelson since 1994 and has worked as a reporter at the Nelson Star since 2015.
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