I love trash fashion. In my book I talk about how I started my trash fashion design career twenty-five years ago in California, and am still designing trash fashion in Hawai'i. This year I designed this outfit, called Meditating with Trash for the Hilo Haute Trash fashion show at Imiloa, on October 26.
Here is my script:
Meditating with Trash
In
these troubled times, every now and then a rest from worry and a solitary quiet
time can bring a sense of peace while the whole world whirls on. Recyclarella created this mediation ensemble,
modeled by Malama Opala, just for those times, and added inspirational sayings
from her page-a-day Zen calendar, collected since 2009, to help calm the mind
and remember to let go of what is not needed.
The robe is crafted from a shower curtain ruined by a housesitter’s hair
dye, covered with calendar pages and duct tape accents. The casual off the
shoulder look uses leftover rope scraps.
The loose fitting tunic and pants fall back on that classic trash
fashion statement: the black plastic
trash bag, quilted for softer comfort in both walking and sitting
meditation. The hat, once a food screen
before it became a cat toy, adds another layer of insulation from the outer
world, with even more calendar pages and abandoned fishing line. Thank You, Malama
Opala, and may this little rest provide you with strength in your mission to
care for the planet.
Now that you have read this far, here are some more pictures of trash fashion I did not design, for your amusement.
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