TRASH THE RUNWAY™- REYCLED COUTURE GEARS UP FOR ITS 10th YEAR
Trash the Runway™(formerly Recycled Runway), will be held in March 2019 at The Boulder Theater. Now in its 10th year, this groundbreaking Boulder design competition promises to deliver the haute-est recycled couture yet.
Every Spring, for the past nine years, young designers from around the Metro Area work tirelessly for months to create stunning couture. Their creations are showcased in a final fashion show and competition to an historically sold-out crowd at The Boulder Theater. There is always a range of couture from sweeping evening gowns to whimsical leisure attire. The presentation is stunning, the younger designers who attend local middle and high schools are poised perfection, and the designs themselves are made entirely of recycled and found materials. Evenings gowns have been made from old trampoline mats and pantsuits from discarded exercise bands. One winning dress from last year’s competition was painstakingly made from thousands of old Starburst candy wrappers.
It’s an evening not to be missed and is notable for the creativity, confidence, and eco-consciousness it inspires.
The Creative Lab at Common Threads in Boulder, which organizes and runs this competition, held the first recycled runway event in 2009 to a crowd of less than thirty at The Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art. In recent years, nearly a thousand tickets sell out within hours and enthusiastic supporters line up hours early to be sure to get into The Boulder Theater for the best vantage point they can find.
Trash the Runway™: Recycled Couture, celebrating its 10th year, will be held on March 12, 2019 at The Boulder Theater. Follow along @trashtherunway on Facebook and Instagram to stay up-to-date as the excitement builds for what will certainly be one of the most fun and fashionable evenings of the year.
About Common Threads and The Creative Lab
Founded in 2007 by Libby Alexander, Common Threads is a unique fashion marketplace where people come together to create, collect and consign. The Creative Lab in Boulder offers a range of classes from sewing basics to summer camps to the wildly popular Trash the Runway™. Libby teamed up with her sister Jennifer in 2011 to bring the Common Threads concept to Old S. Pearl St. in Denver. Together the two stores provide an eclectic mix of designer favorites such as Prada and Isabel Marant as well as fashion forward basics from stores like Anthropologie and J Crew to offer the modern shopper affordable and sustainable fashion. Learn more at: http://www.shopcommonthreads.com.