RECYCLED RUNWAY: FASHION DESIGN COMPETITION

Boulder, Colorado

Recycled Runway is a fashion design competition where participants create an outfit that consists of items that would have otherwise been thrown away. For this project I worked with local balloon artist, Finn Thompson, and asked him to save popped balloons from his projects. I used these popped balloons, which would have otherwise been thrown away, to create my piece. My design simultaneously symbolizes the waste of the natural resource helium and the damage that balloons can cause to the environment.

“Balloons are hazards when they enter the environment. Balloons kill countless animals and cause dangerous power outages. They can travel thousands of miles and pollute the most remote and pristine places. Balloons return to the land and sea where they can be mistaken for food and eaten by animals.”

-Environmental Nature Center