{"id":120385,"date":"2018-11-15T14:30:59","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T19:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=120385"},"modified":"2018-12-13T14:33:20","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T19:33:20","slug":"bates-at-night-trashion-show-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2018\/11\/15\/bates-at-night-trashion-show-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Bates at Night: Trashion Show 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

For Essie Martin \u201921, modeling a dress made from trash at the 13th annual Trashion Show was a win-win proposition.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s fun, and it raises awareness about waste,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

Martin’s outfit was made from discarded plastic and accessorized with plastic straws once sipped by Bates students and by customers of Dunkin\u2019 Donuts and Starbucks. \u201cWe collected the straws from trash bins for months,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

For the prospective geology major from Newcastle, Maine, walking the runway matched her personal style. \u201cIt\u2019s a fun way to be yourself on a stage. And since you\u2019re wearing trash, it\u2019s gonna be ridiculous no matter what you do!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Photographs of the 2018 Trashion Show by Theophil Syslo. <\/em><\/p>\n\t\n\t

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Sophia Ball '21, Cassidy Martin '19, and Olivia McCulloch '21 prepare backstage before Martin walks the Trashion Show runway. (Theophil Syslo\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

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Backstage, Essie Martin '21 of Newscastle, Maine, adjusts a hair ornament made of plastic straws. (Theophil Syslo\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

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A moment from the Trashion Show on Nov. 14, 2018.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

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Outfit designer Michael Somkuti '19 of Ambler, Pa., and model T.J. Emmerman '21 of New York City walk the runway at the end of the Trashion Show. (Theophil Syslo\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

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A moment from the Trashion Show on Nov. 14, 2018.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

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The annual Trashion Show is produced by the student EcoReps<\/a> and, like the prior 12 editions, this year’s was a \u201cnight of fun and ridiculousness and lovely outfits,” says Tom Twist, the college’s sustainability manager.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the underlying thing is, of course, the message: We\u2019re still wasting a lot, and we want to increase awareness of that and of all the things Bates is doing to be more sustainable.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

One of those EcoReps is Liv McCulloch \u201921, an economics major from Sunderland, Mass. \u201cLast year I just watched the show. This year, I wanted to get involved, and get my friends involved,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

So McCulloch teamed up with Sophia Ball \u201921, a psychology major from New Hope, Pa., to design a Wizard of Oz<\/em>-themed outfit made from discarded Halloween costumes modeled by Cassidy Martin \u201919, a European studies major from Wilmington, Del.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople buy things on Halloween that they use once and throw away,\u201d says Ball. \u201cThat was our inspiration.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhich means there were 35,000 of these disposable thunder stick noisemakers. Who knows what happened to them afterwards?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For designer Michael Somkuti \u201919, a mathematics major from Ambler, Pa., an interest in pro video gaming, or eSports, inspired his outfit.<\/p>\n

Professional gaming \u201chas been exploding in scale and viewership,\u201d he says, pointing to a recent League of Legends World Championship event in South Korea that drew an audience of 17,000, who rocked the venue with inflatable noise makers throughout the competition.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhich means there were 35,000 of these disposable thunder stick noisemakers,\u201d he says. \u201cWho knows what happened to them afterwards?”<\/p>\n

Somkuti used similar sticks to make \u201ca kind of jumpsuit\u201d that was modeled by T.J. Emmerman \u201921, a prospective politics major from New York City.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne, it promotes an interest that I love,\u201d says Somkuti. \u201cAnd two, I hope that companies that promote eSports will think about their own environmental impact as they grow. Sustainability is important for corporations to keep in mind.\u201d<\/p>\n

Third, he adds, \u201cI loved plastering the logo all over it because eSports are super in your face, so I wanted my outfit to be super in your face.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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