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Haute Trash: Fashion Satire From the Gyre
Friday, August 27 & Saturday, August 28, 8 pm
at the Nevada Theatre
Nevada City, CA
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Haute Trash proudly presents our first big "local" show since 2007. And we are ecstatic to be performing at the historic Nevada Theatre, for the first time since 1990! We've got 16 designers coming together to bring you this show, from as far away as Seattle, Portland, and Colorado!
Our show's focus will be on the great garbage patches of the world. Our oceans are littered with these "gyres" - a swirling soup of plastics that break down and cause great damage to ocean life. Join us as we shine the spotlight on human stupidity, and learn what you can do in your daily life to help. |
Recent and Past Events 2010-2007
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Oregon Country Fair! - July 9, 10 & 11, Vaneta, OR
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Haute Trash shouts out a glowing THANK YOU!!! to all the beautiful models and designers of this year's OCF Trash Fashion Shows! Rayona Visqueen, Lotta Rubbish, Redusa, Queena, Garbie & Litterbug D'Trash, Iris, Skyla, Piper, Savanah, Nicole, Angela, Findley, Sam, Eden, Tian Qing, Carmen, Ani, Hannah, Rita Brown, Aiyana, Della, and Julz. AND! to our awesome new band BASURA featuring Stuart Zobel and Joseph Sheedy.
Seven shows in all, including our Friday night birthday gift for Chez Ray. Here's to the Umbrella Parade! Plastic worn in 95 degrees! Snow cones in the meadow! Barefoot models and all you fans who make it all worthwhile!! See you again next year!
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Haute Trash Fashion Show Ketchum
June 24, 2010
NextStage Theatre
Ketchum, ID |
What a fantastic show in a new town! Our show here was co-produced by Haute Trash and Madison Tidwell. Madison's goal was to bring awareness to the toxicity of styrofoam, and she worked with local restaurants to switch to sustainable to-go containers! We made lots of new friends and HT supporters!
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The American River Confluence Festival
Sponsored by PARC
June 13, 2010
Auburn, CA |
This year's festival delivered all the fun you've come to expect! Haute Trash took our entourage down the hill to Auburn to perform at this lovely foothill festival that's all about saving the American River. For the past five years, we've been using our fashion to raise awareness and bring to light ways we can all help our environment. This was another fantastic event, and we now look forward to taking a rafting trip on the American River with our hosts!
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Coldwell Banker's Earth Awareness Event
June 6, 2010
Grass Valley, CA |
Coldwell Banker Grass Roots Realty hosted their First Annual Earth Awareness Event on June 5th, and Haute Trash was proud to a big part of it! They gathered area companies that are progressive in helping move Nevada County towards a more sustainable community. Our Master of Ceremonies was the effervescent Mikail Graham, who kept the fans in stitches with our tongue-in-cheek commentary. Along with watching realtors model in our Haute Trash fashion show, spectators were treated to a set by the Lyman Gilmore Jazz band!
Pictured here are Pam, Griffin, Giordan and Heidi. Big thanks to all our volunteer models who made this show such a success! And thanks to our coordinators, Pam and Mary!
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ReSTORE's Bellingham Fashion Show
April 30, 2010
Viking Union's Multi-Purpose Room
Bellingham, WA |
This year's Bellingham Trash Fashion Show wass proud to partner with W.W.U.'s Fine Arts and Theater Department to bring one single evening of trash fashion to the Viking Union's Multi-purpose Room. The evening featured student work as well as professional/amateur designs.
Photo at left is from last year's show in Bellingham, two designs by San Francisco's Lotta Rubbish (on left). Photo by Danny Gawlowsky of the Bellingham Herald. |
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Sierra College Grass Valley's
Earth Day Celebration
April 22, 2010
Grass Valley, CA |
This was Haute Trash's first appearance at Sierra College Grass Valley's Earth Day. We celebrated the 40th anniversary of Earth Day by bringing forth a retrospective of a decade of trash fashion. Sierra College students struted their stuff on the runway, and our Master of Ceremonies was the incomparable Kenny Miele. |
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Sierra College Rocklin's Earth Day Celebration
April 21, 2010
Campus Quad, Rocklin, CA |
Our fourth year at this event, and the first time we've had rain! We moved our act into the cafeteria and seemed to have a bigger audience than ever. Once again, SC's own Joe Medieros gave a stellar performance as emcee as we unveiled the latest in recycled fashions. Students and staff braved the runway as models, as we put our environ-ment in the spotlight. Pictured here are Giordan and Julia in their spring stripes. |
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University of Central Missouri's Earth Day Celebration
April 19, 2010
Elliott Union Ballroom, Warrensburg, MO |
It was with great pleasure that Prima and Redeema Debris took to the friendly skies and headed for our first Haute Trash show in the midwest! We managed to pack some 37 outfits into a giant duffle bag and two garment bags. This was our "farthest from home" show to date! We teamed up with the Environmental Awareness Club at the University to present a show that rocked the socks off our audience! Our models were game for just about anything, from being wrapped in licorice packaging, to being adorned in bicycle inner tubes. Our Master of Ceremonies was the impeccable Jon Hart. Big thanks to everyone who made this show possible!
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ReSTORE's 2010 Trash Fashion Shows
April 17, 2010
New York Fashion Academy
Seattle, WA |
The Re-Store offered two shows this year in one epic evening at the New York Fashion Academy. The 7 PM show was an all ages event. The 9:30 PM show was a 21 and older event with a beer/wine garden.
Sourced from a dumpster near you, local fashion designers craft panache from trash. Models flaunted designer detritus on the catwalk, as Rayona Visqueen announced the surprising source and vision behind each fashion. These fashions and accessories stretch the imagination regarding what is wearable ¡V materials might include construction fencing, food packaging, inner tubes, soda pop top chainmail, or plastic grocery bags woven, crocheted, pleated or sewn. If it can be thrown away, its fair game for the trash fashionistas. |
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OCEANA Awards Dinner
October 23, 2009
St. Francis Yacht Club, San Francisco, CA |
Designers Prima and Redeema Debris, along with Elivira Mental took their entourage to the city for a 10 minute show at a dinner honoring former SF mayor Willie Brown. The St. Francis Yacht Club was the backdrop for our brief but poignant runway show. Big thanks to our emcee, Lotta Rubbish, and all our models: Olivia, Taylor, Loren, Matt, James, Krista and Alastair.
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HAUTE TRASH presents A TRASH FASHION SHOW!
September 19, 2009
The Old Stone Church, Bend, OR |
Designer Redeema Debris and co-producer Cassie McCraw brought our Bend crew to life, and Haute Trash rocked the town with a one-of-kind Trash Fashion show! 55 designs hit the runway, from over a dozen designers. Master of Ceremonies Jason Graham kept things rolling at a steady pace!
The show was a benefit for Vima Lupwa Homes, a non profit organization that has developed a safe and stable family home for children in impoverished areas of Sub-Saharan Africa. While honoring and respecting the local cultural values, this family home provides education and medical care, as well as leadership, economic opportunities and environmental awareness, thus facilitating self-sustainability for these children, the family and their community. Vima Lupwa breaks and reverses the cycle of poverty and suffering, one child at a time.
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South Yuba River Citizens League
Annual River Clean-Up Party
Saturday, September 19
South Yuba River at Bridgeport
Grass Valley, CA |
This is a fabulous community event, and Haute Trash has become an integral part of helping SYRCL's volunteers celebrate their successes! This year's fashion show set a fire under our audience, in terms of inspiring them about their waste! The event was held at the South Yuba River at Bridgeport, and we performed our first EVER show on the BEACH! Another first was having a bicycle-powered PA system! Big thanks to Master of Ceremonies Kenny Miele, and all of our fantastic models!
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NEVADA COUNTY FAIR
August 14, 2009
Grass Valley, CA |
Yes, this was really our SIXTH year of performing at the Nevada County Fair! Our show's hosts were Mikail Graham and our own Lotta Rubbish. It was a non-stop parade of fabulous new creations from a dozen designers. Our show was made possible by the kind folks at Nevada County Recycles! |
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OREGON COUNTRY FAIR
July 10 thru 12, 2009
Vaneta, OR |
Rayona celebrated our 10th year of Haute Trash at Oregon Country Fair while the entire Fair celebrated 40 years of fairies, fun and frolic. All was going along quite sunny under blue Oregon skies until Sunday morning when the skies turned grey and thunder rolled like cannons overhead. 15 minutes before our first show of the day it started to rain. We took a vote and all of us cried YES! We are in plastic (most of us), we do our show! The audience was great, not one person left despite the damp conditions, and they gave us a standing ovation!
OCF elders declared this the most rain ever at the fair and the paths were muddy lakes filled with muddy hippies and fairies. This year's designs were mostly from the House of Visqueen, with the exception of one piece from Dress for the Revolution. We saw several trash fashions wandering the fair this year! And much to our happiness, PEOPLE WERE WEARING THEIR BROKEN UMBRELLAS! The movement is alive and well.
Pictured here is Rayona in her own creation, "Yuk Fur", a coat made from old Santa hair and beards! OCF photos copyright by John Cornicello. |
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AMERICAN RIVER CONFLUENCE FESTIVAL
June 14th, 2009
Auburn, CA |
It is with true LOVE of the art form that we presented our delightful yet thought-provoking show for the whole family at one of our favorite little foothill festivals. Our young designers were out in force: Garbie, Litterbug and Summer Thyme brought forth their latest brainstorms, made from everything from playing cards to lampshades. Mikail Graham was our master of ceremonies for yet another foray into unfathomable fashion. Prima Debris' latest creation, "H20 To Go", a tutu made from water bottles, really captured the crowd's attention, and (hopefully) got them thinking about swearing off those disposable plastic water bottles!
Sponsored by PARC, Protect the American River Canyons. Building community through conservation and stewardship of our American River resources. |
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LOS ANGELES ZERO WASTE CONFERENCE
May 30th, 2009
The Center at Cathedral Plaza, Los Angeles, CA |
Haute Trash was pleased to present a Zero Waste Fashion Show for this 4th Annual Conference. We worked with locals to bring you the latest runway delights! We were happy to welcome two young high school designers, Genesis Godoy and Tiera Moseley.
The ballroom at the Cathedral of Angels was set up with a 24-foot runway, and our volunteer models strutted our eco fashions for their peers. Emcees for the show were Mikiala White and L.A. City Commissioner, Cynthia Ruiz.
Haute Trash was thrilled to make a connection with Trash for Teaching, a non-profit organization that gleans industrial waste and makes it available for teachers and schools to use as art supplies and teaching tools. Our designer, Shaun Muscolo made a dress from cast-off Pentel pen caps! Watch for photos, coming soon!
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The 7th ANNUAL ReSTORE RECYCLED ART AND FASHION SHOWS
April 11th at the Wild Buffalo House of Music, Bellingham, WA
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April 17th at the New York Fashion Academy, Seattle, WA
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Imagine the wide-eyed wonder of passersby on Ballard Avenue as the 2009 REstore Art and Fashion show was going on just inside Seattle's New York Fashion Academy. Over 300 enthusiastic fans packed the house, while another 50 stood outside on the sidewalk peering through the plate glass windows for a glimpse of this year's latest trash fashion fantasies.
A juried exhibit brought in a whole new generation of designers, including Phillipa Phillips from London, England who mailed us her divine hand dyed dryer fluff stuffed bubblewrap choli top OR April Holmquist, whose piece "New Wave Victorian" was the product of an inspired bicycle adventure through the SODO district dumpsters. ReMixa Plastique designed and wore the "Ballard Ball Gown" with melted vinyl record corset and hoop skirt of old longshoreman's raingear, ALL gleened from the same boatyard dumpster in Ballard. Keep your eyes out also for the likes of Anita Ujunka, Elle PouBelle, Pinky Saran, Alotta DeTritus, Selena Eon, Susanne Foster, Curry Chang, Jade Burrows, June Park, Anna Dicklhuber, Pack Rat & Sirena, Paisley Gray, Avery Milieu and at last Lynne DeNino and Mary K. Johnson who made the 8 foot wide paper gown that was featured in the window of the Fashion Academy.
Also enhancing the evening were designs from veteren Haute Trash icons Prima Debris, Elvira Mental Werks, Lotta Rubbish, Dress for the Revolution, Chako San and your hostess, Rayona Visqueen. See a collection of photos by John Cornicello.
Photos at left by Michael Cline.
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TAHOE-TRUCKEE
EARTH DAY
April 18th, 2009
Squaw Valley, CA |
Haute Trash returned for the third time to Squaw Valley's Earth Day with a little help from students at Truckee High School's Envirolution Club. Inspired by the designs of Haute Trash, these young designers created their own eco-friendly fashions out of trash, which debuted during the Haute Trash show. It was standing room only, as our emcees Mikail Graham and Daria Kent dished the dirt on the latest trash fashion trends! |
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"BEYOND THE POWER OF THE PURSE": A Haute Trash Fashion Show
March 6, 2009
1201 K. Street, Sacramento, CA
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Haute Trash joined with the Political Action Committee of the California School Nurses Organization to present a recycled fashion show for their annual fundraiser. Part of the annual CSNO Conference, our show gave participants a chance to have great fun and enjoy decadent chocolate desserts, champagne, wine and great raffles prizes. Modeling on the recycled runway were 25 school nurses from all across the state. Our Master of Ceremonies was the debonair Stan Miller.
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PLACER RECYCLES DAY...............November 15, 2008............................Roseville, CA
Folks came out in force on this beautiful fall day in Roseville for a fun-filled time focused on reusing, reducing and recycling. Our show was packed with enthusiastic local models, who were coiffed and made up by artists Ronnie Campanelli and Shannon Davis, with assistance from Dominique and Jasmine. Our runway was backed with a wall of video screens, streaming live footage of the show. It was another fabulous runway show for the whole family, featuring the latest of the new fall lines from our amazing dumpster-diving designers. Master of Ceremonies was the incomparable Joe Meade.
Pictured here are first time models Sadie and Saffron! |
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ECO-KIDS!
November 9, 2008
The Imaginarium
Nevada City, CA |
The Sierra Nevada Deep Ecology Institute presented its fabulous Ecology Fair for children and their families. with activities for children, food, games, animals, and more. The grand finale of the day was our ALL-KIDS Haute Trash fashion show! |
Pictured here are Sienna, Baylee, Litterbug, Skyla, Quinn, Garbie, Gracie, Eliza and Summer Thyme. |
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FREAKS OF FASHION
October 31, 2008
The Enoteca Lounge @ The Siena
Reno, Nevada |
Haute Trash made it's second appearance at the "Freaks of Fashion" show at the fabulous Siena Casino in Reno. Our late-night Halloween fashion extravaganza had a packed audience cheering for more, as our models strutted the runway in some of our racier recycled fashions. Big thanks to our models: Taylor, Aria, Loren, Bonna, Krysta, Nick, Sara, Joey, Rachel, Nicki, and Kylee. And to our backstage manager, Eve Elder.
And another big thanks to the fabulous team from Salon 7 of Reno, who did a bang-up job on our hair and make up!
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HALLOWEEN HOLLOW!
October 30 & 31, 2008
Reno's Riverwalk District
Reno, Nevada |
It was a crowd of little ghosts and goblins that came out to see our fashion shows alongside the river in downtown Reno. A bit of rain fell and high winds threatened to blow over our dressing room, but our stellar group of supermodels would not be deterred! The shows went on to rave reviews. Big thanks to Reno's Riverwalk Merchants for hosting us.
Pictured here is Taylor, in "Envelop Me" designed by Mr. Trashwell. Photo by Mr. Trashwell. |
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SYRCL SOLEIL!
Celebrating SYRCL's 25th Anniversary
September 20, 2008
Nevada City, CA |
If ever trash was a match, it would be with the South Yuba River Citizens League Annual River Cleanup Day. Haute Trash designers collected trash from the shores of our wild and scenic Yuba River in the morning, then took that trash and designed fantastic new clothing that was modeled in the afternoon. Now that's fresh!
Hundreds of trash-collecting volunteers cheered as they watched previous river rafts, tubes and miscellaneous debris being modeled on the runway rather than clogging the river. Variety in color, style and texture kept the audience entranced as Haute Trash presented its concept of what river wear really looks like. Bikinis were not in shortage for this event. And, of course, the wear-your-broken-umbrella-movement brigade had to make a presence, as the river is where many of those umbrellas were found. Come join us next year as we clean up the pride of Nevada County, the Yuba River. And wear that trash!!!
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NEVADA COUNTY FAIR
August 6 & 7, 2008
Nevada County Fairgrounds
Grass Valley, CA |
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This was our FIFTH year performing at our local county fair, thanks to our sponsorship from Nevada County Recycles! We performed two shows to packed audiences, featuring new works from all your favorite designers, as well as some young new designers with some surprising finds. The "Chicken Pluckers Ball Gown" from the House of Sublime Potential got rave reviews, as did "Sarah's Amazing Technicolor Dream Dress" from Mr. Trashwell. Our mistresses of ceremonies were those fashion-forward women of Nevada County Recyles: Daria Kent and Lynne Lacroix. It was another successful set of shows at the beautiful Nevada County Fairgrounds. (Pictured here is Garbie in her own creation entitled "Smile and Be Green") |
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NEW OLD TIME CHAUTAUQUA
July 19 - August 3, 2008
San Juan Islands, Washington |
Rayona Visqueen took Haute Trash to the sea, on tour with the New Old Time Chautaqua, where we were performing, parading and presenting workshops. Our sailing educational circus took us by ship and sail from Port Townsend on the tip of the Olympic Penninsula, all the way around the San Juan Islands, Bellingham and Whidbey Island, and ended up in Port Gamble for the Great Penninsula Future Festival. The Mayor of Port Townsend was seen modeling Haute Trash Fashion!! |
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TOUR de FAT
July 26, 2008
Truckee Regional Park
Truckee, CA |
Haute Trash was pleased to join up with New Belgium's Tour de Fat in Truckee! Yes folks, the Tour de Fat once again meandered and pandered their way through 11 western cities, spreading the good word about the positive societal offerings of the bicycle. Our trashy fashion show was a rousing success, as we slammed the 24-foot runway with our fast-paced fashion extravaganza. Our veteran emcee was the amazing Mikail Graham. |
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5TH ANNUAL SOLARFEST
Friday, July 18, 2008, 7 pm
175th & Meridian, Shoreline, WA |
SolarFest, Shoreline Solar Project's fifth annual sustainable living and renewable energy fair, took place on Saturday, July 19.
For the second year, Haute Trash presented a fashion show as part of the kick off event, held across the street at the Aurora Church of the Nazarene.
On Saturday SolarFest had exhibits from nonprofit organizations, vendors offering green products and services, and speakers on topics relating to sustainability. |
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OREGON COUNTRY FAIR
July 11-13, 2008
Vaneta, OR |
Another fabulous Country Fair! This year's show paid tribute to our amazing Haute Trash kids! With kids like these, we see lots of hope for a sustainable future. Our one and only Garbie not only designed and modeled for this show, she made her debut as an emcee! Our camp was a-buzz with kids of all ages as we performed six shows over three days.
Pictured here are Country Fair kids Noa, Ani, Kaya, and Savannah |
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June 19, 2008
"Green With Envy" Fashion Show
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Haute Trash was proud to represent at this Green Carpet event, hosted by Reality Cares. We were invited by the Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency to dress their models in our trash. Haute Trash will also be featured this fall on a "green" episode of Janice's reality TV show on the Oxygen Network, "The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency"!
Designers Prima, Redusa and Mental were on hand to dress models in eight of our favorite eco-friendly designs. (Left, Xian Mikol photo by Marc Salsberry. Right, Payton Brady, photo by Tiffany Rose.)
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JUNE 8, 2008
Haute Trash made its FOURTH appearance at one of our favorite little foothill festivals! With the temperatures pushing triple digits, we once again gave thanks for the breezes which blow up the deep river canyon and across the outdoor stage of the Festival. It was here that our stellar cast of models strutted and sweated there stuff, dressed in couture created largely from plastic rafts and floaties! Rayona and Kenny were a dynamic duo as emcees, and models included the entire D'Trash Ohana: Redusa, Queena, Garbie and Litterbug, as well as The House of Sublime Potential's Julia and Mikail, plus a few of their cousins we roped in: Zach, Jay and Thea. Not to mention two of our beautiful designer/models, Chicca Plastique and Elvira Mental. Those floaties and rafts were all found along wild and scenic rivers along our west coast water shed: the American, the Yuba, the Deschutes and the Willamette. Remember: the health of our oceans begins high in the mountains. Water is our life... 96% of us anyway. |
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May 17, 2008
The Blues Patrol
and Red Dress Fashion Show!
The Brass Rail
North San Juan, CA |
The Blues Patrol thoroughly rocked the house, and then Haute Trash brought it down with our Red Dress Fashion show! Our audience couldn't have been more receptive, as we took to the stage with our bevy of power models, and presented 17 all-red dresses. Rayona did the honors as emcee as the crowd cheered for more.
The evening and the raffle were a big success, as well over a thousand dollars was raised for two of our designers, Kathi and Katie Griffis, who rode in the AIDS LifeCycle June 1-7.
Big Thanks to our hosts Matt and Jordana, who kindly donated a percentage of the bar sales to the cause!
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Earth Day in Nevada County
Saturday, May 3
Loma Rica Ranch
Grass Valley, CA |
Nevada County Recycles brought Haute Trash to the stage for our local Earth Day celebration, thanking Nevada County residents for all their efforts in achieving our recycling rate of 60%. We have reached our initial goal and ask that you keep up the great job of recycling everything you can and help us get to Zero Waste!!
This was a Zero Waste event, so the only trash at this venue was the HAUTE variety! Haute Trash helped to deliver the message, as our models strolled across the grassy lawn at beautiful Loma Rica Ranch. Big thanks to our emcee tag team, Daria and Kenny. |
Tahoe Truckee Earth Day
April 26, 2008
The Village at Squaw Valley
Squaw Valley, CA |
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This was our second appearance at the Tahoe Truckee Earth Day celebration in beautiful Squaw Valley! Haute Trash presented a runway packed with all new fashions to the raucous crowd that surrounded our stage. Models were gathered from all around the bio-region, and this was yet another mind-boggling episode in trash fashion history. |
IDAHO FALLS EARTH DAY!
April 26, 2008
Idaho Falls, ID
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This was our second "satellite" show in Idaho Falls, under the guidance of Jose Bunzow. Jose works for the Department of Energy and she's a huge Haute Trash fan! We sent her a handful of outfits, and she single-handedly made it happen at the Earth Day Celebration in Idaho Falls.
Jose was pleased to welcome the participation of a local Girl Scout troop, who all enjoyed their first modeling experience. Big thanks goes out to all our models!
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Monday, April 21, 2008
United Natural Foods, Inc
Rocklin, CA |
It was with great pleasure that we said "yes" when UNFI's Green Team asked us to perform an in-house show for their company's upcoming Earth Week festivities. In particular, because designers Prima and Rayona have a long history with the company, dating back to the early 80s. Back then, it was "Mountain Peoples Warehouse", a small company with a dozen employees, two of whom were Prima and Rayona, who were doing everything from taking hand-written orders to going out on truck runs and delivering to tiny co-ops in the middle of nowhere! Even back then, they gleaned lots of good trash from the warehouse, most notably Rayona's "Mountain Peoples Metallic Line", which debuted in 1988.
Since then, Mountain Peoples has gone on to become United Natural Foods Inc, the nation's largest distributor of natural foods. UNFI's Green Team aspires to be environmentally conscious and utilize sustainable business practices in all aspects of their daily operations. They are dedicated to environmental improvements that foster a sustainable future and lead to awareness within the industry and the community they do business.
Prima and Rayona were joined by Redusa and Queena D'Trash, and we recruited a number of UNFI's employees to brave the runway! And making her designer debut was UNFI's Sara Etchieson. She created some pieces exclusively from UNFI's own daily trash. Master of Ceremonies was the multi-talented, multi-tasking Lee May. |
6th Annual
ReStore Show
April 18th, 2008
New York Fashion Academy
Seattle, WA
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The 6th annual ReStore Art and Fashion show began with a wind that whipped down Ballard Avenue and exploded in a clap of thunder that shook the New York Fashion Academy building and the already excited group of trashy models getting ready upstairs. The sold out show was no less of an impact. Rayona was emcee and helped to promote Seattle's Zero Waste initiative by reminding the crowd that nature is our best teacher in this regard. Nature is a perfect example of the ¡§closed loop system¡¨, meaning that is EVERYTHING is used, reused, composted, and feeds EVERYTHING else. The stuff that doesn't work for nature - we humans made it, and we should take responsibility for dealing with it. Like Julia Butterfly says: When you throw it away¡K just where is ¡§away¡¨?
Gracing the 60 foot runway that twisted and turned around the entire room were a bevy of top notch models displaying the works of three veteran local Haute Trash designers: Mary Welch of Wayward Girls Productions, Allota DeTritus, and Chako San, along with first-time trash designers Summer Godfrey, Angel Estes, Jade Tabares and Michelle Auer. Michelle works for the Stranger, an alternative Seattle weekly newspaper, and she had her ¡§Stranger Party Dress¡¨ (above) featured on the cover that week. About 20 pieces were shown from California designers Prima Debris, Redusa D' Trash, Rayona Visqueen and Elvira Mental Werks. Don't worry Seattle, we'll be back!
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Sierra College Celebrates Earth Day!
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Rocklin, CA
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Haute Trash returned to Sierra College for an encore performance at their Earth Day celebration. Students and faculty joined with our array of supermodels, to bring to the stage all the lastest in recycled fashions, direct from rubbish bins all around the world! Joe Medeiros took the stage as our illustrious master of ceremonies. Pictured here are the men of Sierra College - Josh, Houman, Tremain and Geoff. |
THE NEW OLD TIME CHAUTAUQUA
St. Joseph's Hall
Grass Valley, CA
February 15th - 17th, 2008 |
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The New Old Time Chautauqua rolled into Grass Valley recently with it's usual clamor of joy and good will, bringing vaudeville artists from as far as New York City and Port Townsend, Washington. Cowgirls with rope tricks, bubble magic, The Flying Karamazov Brothers with their Juggling and Cheap Theatrics, a bevy of folk singers and, of course, Haute Trash! All spent the weekend embracing our friends at Hospitality House Shelter, parading through the streets of Grass Valley and putting on three stellar variety shows. Saturday night's show went over 4 hours and ended in a standing ovation. Duncan Phillips was on hand to bring a podcast of his dad Utah Phillips, from the hospital in San Francisco. Haute Trash was extremely proud to present a showcase of the work of our young designer Chicca Plastique (Soleil Smith-Normand) at the Sunday matinee.
Haute Trash has had the pleasure of being involved with the New Old Time Chautauqua since 2000, when designer and producer Rayona Visqueen began travelling with the troupe. She's staged numerous trash fashion shows on their cross-country road trips, most recently to do relief work in New Orleans in the spring of 2006.
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SYRCL'S
WILD AND SCENIC FILM FESTIVAL
January 12, 2008
Nevada City, California |
Haute Trash was incredibly pleased to take part in the 6th Annual Wild and Scenic Film Festival, the country's largest environmental film festival. The South Yuba River Citizens League plays host to this event in the historic town of Nevada City, which transforms into a cinematic wonderland for the weekend! Learn more about the festival by visiting their website.
Haute Trash was asked to stage a "scene" at the gala awards ceremony, and we stepped up to the challenge! We booked some of our top models and designers, and dressed them in our most elegant, Oscar night gowns. Our "starlets", Daria, Aria, Queena, Rachael and Racey, were then picked up by a bio-diesel "limo", chauffered by the fabulously attired Dave Peterson. A brief spin around the block, and they were deposited on the red carpet out in front of the historic Nevada Theatre, where they were met with the usual fanfare of papparazzi and roliing video cameras. Eric was on hand, in his Money Bags Suit, to help our models to gracefully alight in their sometimes awkward costumes! Our models assisted in presenting awards to the Film Festival winners. Then it was on to the VIP party at the Nevada City Winery. Elvira, Rayona and Prima mingled with the guests while serving up trays of chocolate covered strawberries and other decadent goodies. A huge thanks goes out to our amazing Valoree Bringman and Tanya Robertson, who did a great job of making sure our model's hair and make-up was worthy of the red carpet! |
November 20, 2007
SAN FRANCISCO PLASTIC BAG BAN BASH
111 Minna Gallery
San Francisco, CA
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SAY NO TO PLASTIC BAGS AND YES TO REUSABLE BAGS!!
The ChicoBag company, in partnership with the San Francisco Department of the Environment, Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council and the Surfrider Foundation put on a fantastic party to celebrate San Francisco's banning of plastic shopping bags. This is the first ordinance of its kind in the country, and sponsoring SF supervisor Ross Mirkarimi was on hand to help celebrate. Haute Trash was honored to be part of this momentous event, and we put on a small "bag-themed" fashion show, emceed by the incredibly talented Olive Mitra. When our show was over, there followed a parade of over a dozen entries in a competition for the best trash fashion made from used bags. Some fantastic entries made it difficult to determine the audience's favorite! Winner of the $250 first prize was a sundress made from random bags and Clif Bar wrappers.
111 Minna Gallery graciously hosted complimentary beer, wine and hors d'ouvres during the first hour of the event, and happy hour went on till 9 pm, with live music by DJ Brent Northey. Haute Trash designers on hand were Prima and Redeema Debris, and Lotta Rubbish. Thanks to our models Nieves, RePsycho, Diva, Annie, Uma, Anna and Graham. (Above photos by Luke Thomas, FogCityJournal.com)
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November 17, 2007
TRASH BASH
Seattle Art Museum
Seattle, WA |
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Over 300 people packed the lobby of Seattle Art Museum with it's collection of Ford Taurus' flipping over head, their pulsing rope light strobes meant to look like fireworks exploding from within. Our models strutted themselves along a 24 foot runway beneath this colorful abstraction in everything from used gift wrap to Vietnamese pigfood bags, 45 designs in all.
Five California designers: Rayona, Prima, Redeema, Elvira (or was it Mental?) and Redusa took super model VeriUnique and flew off to Seattle where they joined Wayward Girls Productions, Chako San and 2 of our Seattle models gone designer: Elle Poubelle and Alotta DiTritus and proceeded to once again blow the collective Seattle mind.
The Trash Bash is an annual event sponsored by International Sustainable Institute (www.i-sustain.com), Seattle Art Museum and King County. Every year Haute Trash joins with a body of architects, urban planners and civic leaders ¡K some of whom actually build their own designs, while others model Haute Trash. King County Council woman Kathy Lambert wore Prima Debris' ¡§Made of Money¡¨ while in her day to day off stage she was ironically wrestling with the annual county budget! Green Building Consultant Yancey Wright built a fantastic ¡§Artful Dodger¡¨ costume as a reminder to take responsibility for your waste by not being someone who is good at avoiding responsibility or the consequences of his or her actions as an artful dodger! We had 2 lovely teens join us with pieces they called ¡§Andy Warhol's Love Child¡¨ (Allie Serousi) and ¡§Wrathe of the Holiday Aftermathe¡¨ (Olivia Tschider), and of course our favorite crazy architect Bill Gaylord with Jennifer Stormant created a LED lit, caped and crowned extravaganza they called the ¡§Ghost of Holidaze Past and Future¡¨¡K will your trash be back to haunt you this holiday season?
Every week, FIVE times a week, Seattle sends a mile long train of garbage to eastern Oregon to be buried. The real message behind this event: let's all see what we can do to curb our holiday waste¡K if each household in America were to reduce their holiday waste by only one pound, the total trash eliminated would be 250,000 TONS. Simple changes can make a big difference.
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November 4, 2007
ECO KIDS!
The Imaginarium
Nevada City, CA |
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The Haute Trash kids presented a small fashion show for the annual "Eco Kids" event, hosted by the Sierra Nevada Deep Ecology Institute ( www.sndei.org). What a fantastic event for children under five and their families and friends! There were booths, games, demonstrations, Smokey the Bear, Rock-n-Horse Ranch miniature horses, and much more. A great time was had by all! Big thanks to our young models: Quinn, Holly, Skyla (pictured here), Garbie, Litterbug, Baylee, Kaylan, Maddy, Nicki and Olivia. |
October 26, 2007
HALLOWEEN HOLLOW
Downtown Reno, NV |
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This inaugural event in Reno's Riverwalk District proved to be tons of holiday fun. Typical of a first-time event, our audience grew substantially as our show progressed, and by the end, we had a packed crowd, hooting and hollering for our recycled fashions! Meredith Tanzer of the Riverwalk Merchant Association did a bang up job as our emcee, and about a dozen models paraded in nearly 30 outfits, running between the portable stage and the basement of a nearby restaurant to make costume changes! |
October 26,2007
"FREAKS OF FASHION"
The Siena Hotel and Casino
Reno NV |
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The Siena Hotel and Casino proved to be awesome hosts! AND...we got our name on a big Reno neon marquee! After our show at the street fair, we were shuttled back to the casino to prepare for our late night show in the downstairs lounge. Our models strutted their stuff down a runway through a fully packed house. Siena's Heidi Stroebe served as our Mistress of Ceremonies. Guest models who rocked the house were Nicole, Jenny, Molly, Brittney and Cassie. They were joined by regulars Loren, Griffin, Josh, Taylor, Aria, Redeema, Prima and Rayona. |
October 14,2007
BRIAR PATCH HARVEST FAIR
Grass Valley, CA |
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Rayona packed up a bunch of good trash and headed off to the Briar Patch Harvest Festival. She joined up with volunteers to take all that great trash, plus more recyclables saved by the staff, and helped the kids to make cool hats and costumes for halloween. Large 3-sided paper lantern crowns were quite popular with the younger kids, who would then paint them up with bright tempera colors. Some older kids got into the fun and made some trash fashion warrior costumes and quite glamorous net hats! All in a all, a great time was had, and the new Briar Patch Co-op proves again to be a hub of community activity. |
October 10, 2007
22nd ANNUAL NAHMMA CONFERENCE
San Diego, CA |
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It was a whirlwind trip for designers Prima, Rayona, Redeema and Mental, who converged on the NAHMMA conference in San Diego. Dozens of attendees braved the runway to bring forth the fabulous fashions that are making Haute Trash a household name! Master of Ceremonies, Ray Carveth delivered the message while our models strutted in everything from elegant silver ball gowns and wedding dresses, to Neo-Traditional Nomadic Persian War Wear. A fantastic time was had by ALL of our participants, a huge thanks to everyone who helped make our show possible!
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September 13 & 14, 2007
GETTING BACK TO THE BIG IDEA
Miners Foundry
Nevada City, CA |
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This show turned out to be everything it promised! A fantastic reunion of designers, coming out of the woodwork and the landfills to explore some socially scientific fashion solutions to such neo-dilemmas as: the monumental volume of our waste, global warming, the war for oil, planetary animal & forest destruction, AND: what happens when your make-over becomes a ¡§Man-Over¡¨?
Eighteen designers and an army of fantastic models presented our first show back in Nevada City in 17 years. Our veteran designers teamed up with guest designers from all around the country. Emcees for the show were Kenny Miele, Serge Aronow, Joseph Meade, Mikail Graham, along with designer/emcees Rayona and Racey. Our show played to a standing-room-only crowd, who thrilled to such delights as our spoof TV show called "American Trash Doll", which had contestants vying for the most sustainable trash designer.
The lobby was decorated with trash art from Nevada City School of the Arts, and sales for our new postcards were brisk! |
August 8 & 12, 2007
NEVADA COUNTY FAIR
Grass Valley, CA |
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This was our first year for doing two shows at our local county fair, thanks to our sponsor, Nevada County Recycles. Haute Trash worked hand in hand with NCR to produce an intelligent and witty show that left our audience a bit more enlightened about what they can do to help reduce the ridiculous amount of trash we humans create.
Menlo MacFarlane and Mikail Graham were our pirate emcees, as we presented a retrospective show that spanned two decades of trash fashion.
Pictured here is Teea, of Teea's Tampered Trash, wearing her own creation: Super Mom, made from the bags that once held disposable diapers, complete with pacifier necklace! |
July 27, 2007
HAUTE TRASH MEETS TOUR de FAT!
Truckee, CA |
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Big thanks to New Belgium Brewing Company for inviting us to take part in this year's Tour de Fat. The Bar of America in downtown Truckee was packed as we took to the stage with our 15-piece show, designed to amaze and confuse our audience. New Belgium's rep, Kat Kellogg joined in the fun. She's seen here in Grape Lingerie, along with RePsycho, Redusa, Loren and Queena.
Saturday's events began with a renegade bike parade, and Rayona got the opportunity to ride her newly-won New Belgium Cruiser bike! She and Prima and RePsycho joined hundreds of other costumed riders, on all kinds of crazy bikes, and caused a little "critical mass" on the downtown streets! The Tour de Fat travels to major cities all over the west to promoting sustainability. Proceeds went to benefit the Truckee Trails Foundation and the Truckee River Watershed Council. |
July 20, 2007
Shoreline Renewable Energy & Sustainability Fair
Shoreline, WA |
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Well, we were already on the road for the Country Fair, so we just headed north to Seattle for a show the following weekend! Rayona and Prima were on hand, along with a multitude of suitcases jammed full with the works of many of Haute Trash's finest designers. We were pleased to welcome guest designer, Sherry, of Eco Encore, who created this fabulous bustier from paper mache and chicken wire. Guest models ranged from a pomeranian dressed in trash, to our beautiful 72-year old model, Eileen! big thanks to all our volunteer models! |
July 13-15, 2007
Oregon Country Fair
Vaneta, OR |
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This was our 8th year of putting on shows for the fabulous Country Fair! There's nothing to compare! Our mighty crew assembled and brought forth the eye-opening fashion that has made us a mainstay at Stage Left. Designers were Redusa, Redeema, Prima and Rayona. Our modeling staff was made up of Queena, Garbie, Litterbug, Griffin, Skyla and Angela. Making exclusive cameo appearances were Beverly, Autumn, Matt, Brian, Gillen, Ella, Cedar and Ruby. |
June 23 , 2007
Association of Oregon Recyclers Conference
Redmond, OR |
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It was another road trip for Haute Trash designers Rayona, Redeeema and Prima. Along with our supermodel sidekick, Loren, we headed to central Oregon to bring our special brand of entertainment to the conventioneers at Eagle Crest Resort in Redmond. We kicked things off on Friday by helping out with a trash fashion workshop that invited attendees to try their hand at fashion design. We served on a panel of judges for the competition and ended up choosing three contestants, who each won a slot in our Saturday night fashion show.
The "James Bond" themed show was a huge success and it was fun to have a number of local recycling celebrities as models. Pictured here are three of our fabulous models from Bend: Whitney (in Grape Lingerie by Redusa D'Trash), Abby (in Moulin Rouge), and Xandy (in Walmart Goes Environmental, both by Elvira Mental Werks). |
June 10 , 2007
American River Confluence Festival
Auburn, CA |
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2007 marked our third year of performing for this foothill festival favorite. Overlook Park in Auburn is perched high above the American River canyon, so that our backdrop is the beautiful Sierra foothills. This year's fashion show brought all new designs to wow our audience. Designers Racey, Redusa, Redeema, Elvira and Rayona teamed up bring fashion awareness to the festival. Joe Medeiros, a veteran of our Sierra College show, was our master of ceremonies. Cameo appearances were made by Garbie and Litterbug! |
May 6, 2007
"All You Need is Love"
Nevada City, CA |
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KVMR DJ Jake Michael has been a KVMR broadcaster for more than 8 years. He created the ever popular "All Request Beatles Show". Jake is also a member of NU's award winning Chamber Choir which is pretty much what this all star benefit was all about, as everyone who performed donated their time to help raise $3500 to get Jake to Europe for the Choir's upcoming tour.
All of the performers did Beatles numbers, and Haute Trash performed a unique set to "Polythene Pam" and "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window", which had models making their way on stage, literally, through the bathroom window.
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May 3, 2007
"Recyclone" Dedication Ceremony
North Highlands, CA
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It was a gorgeous morning at the North Highlands Recovery Station when we pulled up to the curb to unload our trash. Heads turned and garbage men stopped to inquire about high fashion at the dump! Our small but mighty troupe put on a 20 minute show, with the time-tested Mikail Graham serving as our emcee. Our road crew included (left to right) Autumn, Redeema, Felicia, Racey, Prima, Elvira, Mikail and Rayona. Artist Jenny Hale posed for a picture in front of her sculpture with our entourage! |
April 28th, 2007
Tahoe Truckee Earth Day Festival
The Village at Squaw Valley, CA
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What an awesome venue! The Village at Squaw Valley lived up to all our expectations! The dramatic mountainous backdrop only served to make our show that much more fabulous. Designers making their Squaw Valley debut were Redusa, Redeema, Racey, Rayona (that's a lot of R's!), Elvira, Prima, Chicca, and Mr. Trashwell. We had over a dozen amazing volunteer models: Kelly, Noelle, Lisa, two Meghans, Jennifer, Tara, Brigitte, Julie, Heather, Tony, Graham and Ryan. Not to mention our REGULAR supermodels: Queena, Loren, Griffin, Taylor, Eric, Litterbug and Garbie. A huge thanks goes out to Nichole Dorr and the City of Truckee, and their Recycling Department, for sponsoring our Earth Day appearance. |
April 19th, 2007
Sierra College Earth Day Celebration
Rocklin CA
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Haute Trash teamed up with members of Sierra College's staff and student body to put on a stellar eco fashion show in honor of Earth Day. Models huddled under our 10 x 10 "dressing room", hoping it wouldn't rain. The sun came out in time for our show and Sierra College's own Joe Medeiros was our Master of Ceremonies, and his wife Lynn and daughter Amber were some of our star models! Also making their trash fashion debuts were Morgan, Gretchen, Brock, Monique, Kim, Niki, Aaron, and Kaity. A huge thanks to all our brave volunteer models for making the show a success! Keep on Recycling!
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April 14, 2007
Burning Man Open Green House & Eco Fashion Show
San Francisco, CA
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Haute Trash was thrilled to be invited to participate in the "first ever" Green Open House at Burning Man Headquarters. The Eco Fashion show was the highlight of the day, as we joined other burners to present "playa friendly" fashions. Our booth attracted lots of folks, and recruiting models to wear our outfits was never easier! Our Haute Trash crew included Rayona, Redusa, Prima, Miss T Ecosentric, Queena and April, and we presented a dozen designs. |
December 2, 2006
Junk to Funk
Portland, OR
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We’re here to tell you – Portland really knows how to put on a trash fashion competition! Haute Trash was represented by Rayona Visqueen, who modeled her “River Raft Rendezvous”, and Prima Debris who entered “Copper Coffee”, which was so graciously modeled by her daughter Redeema.
The show featured 26 outfits, mostly from Portland area artists, but there were several out-of-state entries, including Nancy Judd of Pulp Fashion, out of New Mexico, who took first prize with her fabulous “Faux Fur Coat” and “Teardrop Flapper Dress.” The Wonder Ballroom was packed, with the VIP seating filled to capacity and the floor packed with a standing-room-only crowd. Master of Ceremonies was Portland Commissioner Sam Adams, dressed in his suit made from bicycle inner tubes.
Proceeds from the show went to benefit Orlo, a Portland based non-profit organization that uses creative arts to explore environmental issues.
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October 20 & 21, 2006
ReStore Shows
Seattle & Bellingham, WA
What a fantastic weekend in the great northwest for Haute Trash! Rayona played hostess to designers Prima, Redeema and Racey and their all-star models Plastica Wrap and VeriUnique. They brought along the works of Elvira Mental and Redusa to help put together a show of epic proportion, including several works by local designers and as always, some thought-provoking couture from Wayward Girls Productions. From the Trash Bash last February, we had the return of the immortal "Global Vices" by Bill Gaylord and Jennifer Stormant, and "Ode to the Egyptian Carpentress" by Hannah Brown. The ReStore attracted submissions from several great designers including a saucy duo of bicycle inner tube ensembles made by Aidana Baldasarre, (an east coast fashionista that we hope to see more of), a fancy frock of SAT words entitled “Literary License” by local designer Berkeley Parks, a flapper dress created from linoleum sample tiles by sister design team Desiree and Danielle, and an ultra sexy pair of metal-based fantasy designs by Bethany Moore. And we can't forget our top Trash-Model-turned-Designer, Chacko, wearing a lovely Kimono of beautiful Japanese packaging from her oh-so-yummy sushi restaurant, Miyabe, in South Center Seattle. Huge thanks to our Seattle photographer John Cornicello! An estimated 300 folks crammed into the ReStore warehouse, and spilled out onto the streets of Ballard to see almost 40 outfits strut up and down the 32 feet of recycled bowling alley lane runway. Rayona performed the emcee duties to rave reviews in her latest creation "River Raft Rendevous".
Then it was off to Bellingham to meet up with our bevy of gorgeous and willing super models there. We, the designers just lined 'em up and assigned them each an outfit (or two), and they assigned themselves all great trashy names! Emcees for this show were Resources for Sustainable Communities’ very own Dr. Dreggs Jettison and his lovely sidekick Robyn Dupree. Once again at the Wild Buffalo House of Music, we fearlessly trod the recycled red carpet runway perched miraculously upon a row of round bar tables. It was a packed house of adoring fans here as well. We want to give a huge THANK YOU to Marty Brennan and Jason Darling and their crews for making our experience so special and the shows so sweet! And another big THANKS to all the great local models who joined us, without you we are empty vessels! You Rock!! Haute Trash loves you, Seattle and Bellingham!! We'll be back.
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October 15, 2006
BRIAR PATCH HARVEST FAIR
Grass Valley, CA
Haute Trash was pleased to be invited to take part in our local Co-op's fall celebration. It was a full day of fun for the whole family featuring activities for the kids, a cake walk, lots of great entertainment, and booths with a focus on organics and sustainablity. Our young designer Chicca Plastique (Soleil Smith Normand) hosted a booth where kids were encouraged to come and make their own Haute Trash outfits. Hannah, Iona, Mattea and Iris made their modeling debuts! And speaking of which...we had several Briar Patch employees thrown into the mix: Aubrey, Missa, Marcus, Sarai, and a last minute surpise appearance by Liz! Amigo Cantisano was our emcee, and live music was provided by Travers Clifford, Bodhi Busick & Friends.
September 23, 2006
TRASH CANCER
West Seattle, WA
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Rayona rocked Kenyon Hall in west Seattle ~ "Home of the giant Wurlitzer"! It was a catwalk filled full with first-time and fantastic top trash models, all out to have some fun and raise a bit of dough for the Leukemia/Lymphoma Society. Designs were mostly by the House of Visqueen, with a few special submissions by Prima, Racey and Elvira. A huge THANK YOU goes out to our hosts Emily and Kate, and for this beautiful old time vaudeville hall: Lou Magor and Mike Lewis.
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August 20, 2006
LANE COUNTY FAIR - SUSTAINABLE SUNDAY
Eugene, OR
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The second stop on our "County Fair 06 Tour". Our fashion show was part of a day intended to teach the public about recycling and eco-friendly practices. Converging on Eugene from California, Bend, and Seattle were designers Toxic Blonde Productions, Prima Debris, Radiant Waste Productions and Rayona Visqueen. We were pleased to welcome guest designer “Ruby the Resourceress” of Second Hand Saints in Eugene. Our local "recycling celebrity" models included Sarah Grimm and Alex Cuyler. We made the evening news on Eugene's Channel 13!
(Pictured here: a mandala made from bottle caps, by local Eugene recyclers.)
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August 9, 2006
NEVADA COUNTY FAIR
Grass Valley, CA
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This was our third appearance at the Nevada County Fair, thanks to our fine sponsor, Nevada County Recycles. Over 50 outfits were shown in this no-holds-barred extravaganza, featuring the work of a dozen designers. Our dual emcees, Mikail Graham and Menlo MacFarlane kept the show rolling as our fabulous models took to the runway at the Pine Tree Stage. Outfits ranged from whimsical to elegant, and the crowd couldn't get enough! Celebrity models included Daria Kent and Lynne Cody of Nevada County Recycles.
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August 5, 2006
EPIC ARTS CASINO NIGHT
Metro Opera House
Oakland, CA
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Our Haute Trash fashionistas jetted down to Oakland to join forces with Epic Arts to put on a Casino Night at the Metro on Jack London Square. The event was a benefit for Epic Arts Studio, a teahouse and performance venue in Berkeley. Haute Trash presented a fabulous fashion show of over 50 outfits! Designers included Racey, Redusa, Prima, Toxic Blonde Productions, Miss T. Ecosentric, Queena, Miss Demeanor, and Sir Discrapistrash. We were pleased to introduce first time models Autumn, Lisa, Mary Kate and Marianna, who modeled 3 and 4 outfits a piece in this fast-paced show, emceed by Olive and friend. A big thanks out to our Oakland models: Jason, Clay, Elwyn, Joanna, and Marco. The biggest challenge of the night was the spiral staircase leading to the second floor dressing room. Musical stars of the evening were Eggplant Casino and Tippy Canoe and the Paddlemen.
Pictured here is Miss T. Ecosentric, before the show.
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July 7-9, 2006
OREGON COUNTRY FAIR
Vaneta, OR |
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Our best run at the Oregon Country Fair yet! Haute Trash camp rocked! We performed two shows a day at Stage Left, where we were honored to share the pre-show stage with poet Kevin Murphy, and the legendary ?Fort Knox of Folk?, Faith Petric. We had a record number of Country Fair models this year. Big thanks to Queena, Griffin, Andrea, Garbie, Litterbug, Miss Demeanor, Nacoa, Autumn, Angela, Nixie, Olivia, Sweethome, Gretchen, Anna, Amber, Dan, Sam, Houston, Lola, Molly, Alex, Ella, Carmen, Leslie, Katie, and Opal. Master of Ceremonies duties were shared by Haute Trash?s own Rayona Visqueen and the effervescent David Kupfer. The audience AND the performers had an incredible time!
Pictured here are Queena D?Trash in ?Crown Royal? by Redusa D?Trash, Miss Demeanor in ?Copper Coffee? by Prima Debris, and Katie in ?Federal Reserve Sundress? by Radiant Waste Productions.
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June 24, 2006
ReFRESH FESTIVAL
Oakland, CA
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The parking lot behind the ReStore and St. Vincent De Paul in Oakland was the scene for yet another fabulous runway show presented by Haute Trash. Designers Racey Garbaj, Redusa and Queena D'Trash, Prima and Redeema Debris and Miss Demeanor all made the trek to the east bay to put on a show that had the audience begging for more. Our master of ceremonies was the immensely talented Olive. Our "guerilla" dressing room, constructed by Redusa and Prima will surely go down in Haute Trash history! A big thanks goes out to our bay area models: Melanie, Laurette, Jade, Dimitrios, Sharon, Angel, Emily, and Desiree. And also to our models who traveled from as far as away as Reno and Bend, Oregon: Loren, Katie and Autumn. Oh, and we can't leave out Garbie and Litterbug, the kids make such a nice addition! The show was a huge success. Watch for more gigs in the San Francisco Bay Area in the near future.
Pictured here is Queena D'Trash, in her own creation called "Moistop Flashing".
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June 17, 2006
"NON-FABRIC FASHION" WORKSHOP
Discovery World
Milwaukee, WI
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Prima Debris traveled to Milwaukee to lead a young adults workshop at this fabulous new facility on the shores of Lake Michigan. The building was still under construction, which thrilled Prima because there was a huge array of great trash everywhere! Much of it was drug into the classroom and used as raw materials for the workshop. There was no shortage of inspiration as students spent the day constructing their trashy haute couture, which was modeled in a small afternoon fashion show in the brand new theatre. Watch for lots of great things to come from Discovery World!
Pictured here is a work in progress by student, Nikki.
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