BLOOMINGTON – On Sunday, April 16, Bloomington Trashion Refashion 2023 presented by Plato’s Closet returns live on stage at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. A flagship of the Bloomington arts and entertainment scene since 2010, the annual Trashion Refashion runway show gathers town and gown, artists and environmentalists at the intersection of imagination and sustainability.
The 14th Annual Trashion Refashion Show, once again held at Bloomington’s landmark performance venue, will highlight over 70 original looks upcycled from discarded items by local artists and modeled by a diverse troupe of community residents. This fundraising event to support the Center for Sustainable Living features two runway shows of locally-made couture sure to inspire the fashion creatives lurking inside us all.
Starting at 7 p.m. (doors opening at 6:30 p.m.) Bloomington Trashion Refashion 2023 presented by Plato’s Closet takes place Sunday, April 16 at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater, at 114 E. Kirkwood Avenue in Bloomington. General admission tickets for the all-ages show are available for $15 in advance, $20 the day of the show, and $10 for children and students at the BCT box office or on its website at https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe.c/11001619.
The Trashion Refashion runway show promotes environmental sustainability and artistic creativity while challenging conventional notions about beauty and consumerism. Each of the juried show’s designs consists of at least 90% discarded materials, either rescued from the waste stream (Trashion) or transformed from underutilized garments (Refashion). In the designs on parade, lonely piñatas past their prime, defeated football pads, empty onion bags, and castoff t-shirts and jeans are reimagined as everything from easy-to-wear to haute couture. The show’s designers are broadly representative of the Bloomington community from university students to local artists to environmental activists. The show is also committed to cultivating diversity among its models with regard to gender, age, race, body type, and other categories.
Plato’s Closet is the title sponsor for the 2023 Bloomington Trashion Refashion Show. Additional sponsors include Bikesmiths, Hickory Audiology, Dr. Lisa Baker, DDS, Friends of Gail Kincaid, University of Sewing, Olympus Properties, Cherry Canary Vintage, Tricoci University, Bloomingfoods, Earthkeepers, and PizzaX.
More information and updates about Bloomington Trashion Refashion 2023 presented by Plato’s Closet are available at https://facebook.com/bloomingtontrashion/ or https://bloomingtontrashion.org/.
More about the Center for Sustainable Living
The Center for Sustainable Living (CSL) is a local nonprofit that for more than 25 years has been bringing people together who care for the Earth and seek to live well, together, by leading or contributing to change-making projects related to transportation, food, renewable energy, the built environment, and waste reduction, among other areas. The Center for Sustainable Living has led the development of over 15 ongoing community-based, self-organized, and sustainability-oriented Projects such as the Bloomington Community Bike Project, Discardia, Solar Indiana Renewable Energy Network or SIREN, Habitat Stewards, and Bring Your Bag Bloomington.
