GreenBERRY shows off recycled fashion
About 50 models will strut the catwalk during a fashion show Thursday night at Berry College’s Krannert Ballroom wearing the finest in handmade recyclable outfits. Think Prada meets plastic or Gucci meets garbage.
The show is the first major effort of Project greenBERRY, a pro-recycling group based at the college, to promote the importance of reducing, reusing and recycling.
Along those lines, the organization adopted the slogan “rethink, revalue, recreate” and invited anyone with a green eye for fashion to create an outfit of at least 75-percent recyclable material to be modeled during the show. Read more
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