{"id":142848,"date":"2021-11-17T12:21:54","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T17:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=142848"},"modified":"2023-11-16T17:25:20","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T22:25:20","slug":"slideshow-students-dazzling-trashion-show-outfits-and-a-professor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2021\/11\/17\/slideshow-students-dazzling-trashion-show-outfits-and-a-professor\/","title":{"rendered":"Slideshow: Students’ dazzling Trashion Show outfits \u2014 and a professor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s been said that the truth is in our trash, and one finding from the 2021 Trashion Show is that we\u2019re in a pandemic. Still.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A novelty just two years ago, face coverings are now ubiquitous, in the waste stream too<\/a>, so it’s little surprise that masks were a go-to accessory for most outfits in this year’s Trashion Show. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year\u2019s show, filmed in Commons and presented online, was hosted by Marcos Pacheco Soto \u201924 of Santiago, Chile, and Kush Sharma \u201823 of Dehli, India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organized by the student EcoReps, the Trashion Show is fun with a purpose<\/a>: to highlight the amount of trash generated by the college. In that spirit, the hosts, who are Bates Student Government co-presidents, delivered a public service message about campus recycling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As with many communities, campus recycling faces the problem of contaminated items in the recycling stream, whether that means materials sorted into the wrong recycling bin or soiled items put into a bin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are causing overwhelming levels of contamination in our recycling bins,\u201d said the Trashion Show hosts. \u201cWhen a recycling bin is over 5 percent contaminated, all its contents must go into the landfill.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s a good rule of thumb for us all, dependent on your own community’s rules of course: Focus on making sure cans, bottles, and clean paper\/cardboard go in the recycling. Let everything else go in the trash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PSA now concluded, here are this year\u2019s creative teams \u2014 models and designers \u2014 photographed by Bates Communications multimedia producer Theophil Syslo, with some insights about each outfit from the creative teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Clutch<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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\"Sandia<\/a>
Sandia Taban \u201922 of Changshu, China<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\"Sandia<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Designer<\/strong>: Yueh Chuah \u201922 of Petaling Jaya, Malaysia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Model<\/strong>: Sandia Taban \u201922 of Changshu, China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Signature Use of Trash<\/strong>: Clutch bag made out of tea packets, bubble-wrap envelopes, and a soda can tab<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What the Designer Said<\/strong>: \u201cMade from mochi packaging, tea packets, and elastic strings from face masks, the see-through mask offers better accessibility for people to read facial expressions and read lips. The black trash bag shawl is decorated with chocolate-wrapper butterflies, a symbol of hope, perfect for early fall or late spring weather in Maine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Sandia
Model Sandia Taban \u201922 of Changshu, China, and designer Yueh Chuah \u201922 of Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, pose for the Trashion Show.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sunbelievable<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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\"Maria<\/a>
Maria McEvoy \u201925 of Missoula, Mont.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\"Maria<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Designer<\/strong>: Adelle Welch \u201925 of Livingston, Mont., and Izzy Borah \u201925 of Needham Heights, Mass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Model<\/strong>: Maria McEvoy \u201925 of Missoula, Mont.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Signature Trash<\/strong>: Sun Chip bags<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What the<\/strong> Designers Say<\/strong>: <\/strong>\u201cAs the days shorten, and the sun dips lower in the sky, what do we need? Sun Dress! Stepping out from behind the gathering winter gloom, Sun Dress is inspired by heart-healthy snacks, patchwork, and Sloan Phillips ’25 \u2014 who, with several other friends, contributed to our supply of Sun Chip bags.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Adelle<\/a>
Designers Adelle Welch \u201925 (left) of Livingston, Mont., and Izzy Borah \u201925 (right) of Needham Heights, Mass., are blinded by the Sun Dress, modeled by Maria McEvoy \u201925 of Missoula, Mont., as they pose for the Trashion Show.
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Tush to Tutu<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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\"Essie<\/a>
Essie Martin \u201922 of Newcastle, Maine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\"Essie<\/a>
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Designer<\/strong>: David Bilbrey \u201922 of Charlotte, N.C., and Hannah Webster \u201922 of Shelburne, Vt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Model<\/strong>: Essie Martin \u201922 of Newcastle, Maine <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Signature Trash<\/strong>: Wrappers from Who Gives a Crap toilet paper rolls<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What the Designers Said<\/strong>: \u201cOff-campus living has taught us what it is to stock and clean a bathroom, so our dress this year focuses on the fusion of the messy with the delicate. We call it \u2018Paper Ballet\u2019: From your tush to my tutu, we have created the ideal gown, for evenings practicing plies to mornings when the coffee kicks in. It\u2019s elegance and comfort, function to fashion \u2014 the whole kit and kaboodle, a real royal flush.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Essie<\/a>
Designers David Bilbrey \u201822 (left) of Charlotte, N.C., and Hannah Webster \u201822 (right) of Shelburne, Vt., flank model Essie Martin \u201822 of Newcastle, Maine, as they pose for the Trashion Show.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Masked Scholar<\/h3>\n\n\n
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\"Kirk<\/a>
Professor of French and Francophone Studies Kirk Read <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Designer<\/strong>: Professor of French and Francophone Studies Kirk Read, tailored by Assistant Dean of the Faculty Kerry O\u2019Brien<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Model<\/strong>: Kirk Read<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Signature Trash<\/strong>: 152 face coverings<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Designers Say<\/strong>: \u201cDr. Read will see you now. This masked man wears the premiere collection of COVID loungewear from the House of Read\u2013O’Brien \u2014 Nous nous masquons donc nous sommes<\/em>, ‘We mask, therefore we are.’ Light. Breathable. Yet every pore protected. Stitched completely from discarded campus face coverings. Your shame is our fame.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Kirk
Professor of French and Francophone Studies Kirk Read poses for the Trashion Show.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Top Dressing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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\"Josephine<\/a>
Josie Levey \u201924 of London<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\"Josephine<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Designer<\/strong>: Carter Fay \u201924 of San Francisco<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Model<\/strong>: Josie Levey \u201924 of London<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Signature Trash<\/strong>: Empty chip bags<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Designer Says<\/strong>: “The crocheted top is made from plastic utensil wrappers from Commons collected during just a few meals, by asking people for the trash they had on hand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Josephine<\/a>
Model Josie Levey \u201924 of London and designer Carter Fay \u201924 of San Francisco pose for the Trashion Show.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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