Trashion Show is the fourth annual event where architecture students design outfits out of recycled materials that models from the Mississsippi State University Fashion Board wear.  This year’s event is scheduled for Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. in Giles Hall.
The architecture students who create the designs out of “trash” are members of the National Organization of Minority Architect Students. This year, the show will feature 30 outfits to be produced by 27 teams of designers while pieces are produced by a single student.
Taylor Howell and Alaina Griffin are both sophomore architecture students this year and are collaborating on an outfit for the show.
“My favorite outfit from last year was a dress made of Dasani water bottles, and it was really cool,” Howell said.
This is the students’ first time to participate in the show and Griffin said viewers should look forward to seeing the layout of the set.
“The well-designed set, the runway and the outfits are going to be awesome. It is interesting to see what people picked for their materials and how they use them,” Griffin said.
Howell and Griffin have been secretly working on their design for the show in the downstairs bathroom of Giles. They said they have been working on the outfit for the past three weeks and are eager to reveal their creation on Wednesday.
For people who cannot make it to the show, the gallery space on the second floor of Giles will be displaying the outfits after the event, and information will be provided on how the designs were created.
There will also be a “Junk 2 Funk” sale opening at 5 p.m. that evening in the Giles Gallery. The sale will have architecture students’ work available for purchase. All of the products will be made from recycled materials.
“The Junk 2 Funk sale will mostly be selling accessories, such as jewelry, but I am making a lamp shade out of old pill bottles,” Howell said.
NOMAS will be accepting donations at the door for philanthropic events they will pursue next semester.
MSU’s Fashion Board is partnering with NOMAS for the show by providing models for the designers. Savannah White, sophomore communication major, is serving as Fashion Board’s vice president this year.
“I participated last year and wore a high-low skirt made from VHS tapes. I am looking forward to modeling again this year,” White said.
White said the models have two fittings with the designers. The first is to obtain their measurements and fit their design to the girl, and the final fitting is the day before the show to work out any last-minute details.
“An interesting part of the process is how secretive the architecture students are about their outfits. Not even the models know,” White said.

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