Trash Makeover Challenge is an eclectic fashion show highlighting creative reuse. This unique event features amateur and professional fashionistas who use at least 90% recycled materials to craft spectacular garments and showcase them in a dazzling spectacle for attendees.

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To celebrate Trash Makeover's 15th, our theme this year is Quinceañera. Experience a joyful fusion of community, cultural traditions, and eco-fashion innovation, where repurposed materials transform into glamorous, runway-ready looks fit for a milestone fiesta.

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Your involvement will help raise funds for Texas Campaign for the Environment and its grassroots organizing for cleaner, healthier, and just solutions for Texans. If you're up for the challenge, sign up below!

 

CHALLENGE

• Create a quince-inspired outfit that keeps a traditional factor such as a ball gown or pastel colors and give it a modern twist with new silhouettes or bold colors to create a blend of traditional and modern. 

• Make the garment from 90% trash/recycled/repurposed materials

  • Materials resembling fabric are discouraged: the more unconventional the material, the better

• Do not purchase new items. Fixtures like zippers, thread, glue, tape can be new, but we hope you don’t have to buy anything.

• Previously submitted designs are not eligible

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PRIZES

• $3,000 1st place

• $1,000 2nd place

• $500 3rd place

• $500 People's Choice

• $350 Seedling Award (students of all levels up through high school)

         ~ All members of winning team receive a portion of the prize. 

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