Ruby Re-Usable and Lana Landfill (aka Stuart Gullstrand) were part of an outrageous trash fashion event in Seattle:  Trash Fashion Futures was a two evening showcase of the very best of the west coast trash fashion movement, where trashionistas were “Illuminating the Challenges and Imagining the Possibilities” of trash.  The stage set was created by our friend Barbara DePirro, the show included photo imagery from our hero Chris Jordan, and Ruby Re-Usable‘s Bag People hung out in the lobby, along with Steven Strang’s pods made from recycled materials.  Twenty designers presented over 40 new designs made from reused/repurposed/rescued/salvaged materials.  Among our favorites were Tinker’s Damn Studio’s ReMade Mermaid, Got What It Takes by Dress for the Revolution, Tsunami of Trash by Chako, and Bottle Cap Wave by Elvira Mental Works.

Put a Lid On It by Ruby Re-Usable and Lana Landfill (photo by John Cornicello)

Lana Landfill has been keeping lids from going into the landfill for years, collecting all those colorful plastic tops to use in her art, but now the Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers (APR) states that plastic caps can be kept on plastic bottles at the point of recycling.  So why are we still removing them and only recycling the plastic bottles?  Put a lid on it, says designer Ruby Re-Usable!  Or better yet, let’s refrain from purchasing plastic containers to begin with and pledge to lead a more plastic-free lifestyle.  Plastic is so passé …

You can view the video of this event HERE

more pics on Ruby Re-Usable’s flickr, LegalAdmin’s flickr, JP Beck’s flickr, Michael_Cline’s flickr, and John Cornicello’s Photography