Craft-O-Lution

There’s only one thing better than a bunch of Burners dressed to the nines and that’s a bunch of burners wearing designer fashions made out of garbage!  Well … bacon miiiight be better, but I digress.

It’s called Trashion or “Dumpster Couture” and it’s a relatively new school of fashion design that is only just now hitting it’s stride.  It has rapidly become very popular since the materials are free and it’s a stylish way to go green.

What’s really great about the trashion movement though is how it levels the playing field.  No longer limited by access to the finest materials, the designer can let creativity reign transforming junk into runway worthy ensembles.

As you can see, these styles would fit perfectly on the Playa.  With a little experience, a designer could learn to improvise with trash on hand, creating costumes on the fly from what little waste is produced by their neighbors in BRC.

Further, while pure trashion creations are marvelous, it’s a great idea to incorporate many useful bits of refuse into your crafting supplies.  There’s a lot of odds and ends that just aren’t sold in crafting stores which can come from any number of household items/appliances.  I can’t remember how many times my costume design problems were solved by simply scanning around the garage or digging through the trash to find just the right “part” to rig something up.

If you’re looking for a wild time, trashion shows are better than a hobo circus.  SF Burners included one in their pre-compression festivities for 2007.  On 11/14/09 Portland will be hosting Junk To Funk, one of the most anticipated dumpster couture contests of the season!

To give you some idea of how excited people are over this mode of fashion, both the Portland Mayor and the Portland Mercury’s Fashion Editor will be presiding over the Junk To Funk festivities.  We can’t wait to do a follow up showing what strolls down the runway.  If you don’t want to miss out, click the Subscribe buttons to the right and we’ll notify you when it’s posted.

So the next time someone tells you they don’t dress up because they can’t afford a costume, you can provide them with an alternative that could become an additional source of income.

Alert! The Dusty Couture Craft-O-Lution Labs have just announced that they will be experimenting with the intention of creating some hard-core Burner Trashion pieces.  Stay tuned for more announcements!