Sonoma’s popular Trashion Fashion show is accepting entries now

The Sonoma Community Center is accepting submissions for its Trashion Fashion Show, now until Feb. 5. Coming on the heels of the show’s success last spring, the sixth annual Trashion Fashion Show is anticipating an even higher volume of participants and attendees for Sonoma’s only live runway fashion show featuring wearable art made from recycled materials and cast-off junk. Winners are chosen by a panel of judges and are awarded cash prizes.

The Trashion Fashion Show was conceived by the Sonoma Community Center as a way to highlight its sustainability programs, which focus on education around topics like water conservation and recycling. The upcoming Trashion Fashion Show will be held on Saturday, March 19 at the Sonoma Veterans Memorial Building. All levels of experience are encouraged to submit designs.

For young designers age 9 -17 who are interested in improving their fashion design skills, the Sonoma Community Center will offer a six-week Trashion Fashion design class on Saturdays, Feb. 6 - March 12. The class will be taught by special projects manager Margaret Hatcher, who has over 25 years experience in costume design. The cost is $140; it includes the fashion show entrance fee, scholarships are available.

In addition, the Sonoma Plein Air Foundation is partnering with Sonoma Community Center to provide scholarships for eight youth to attend the Center’s Trashion Fashion three-session workshop in the months leading up to the show. The children, who are part of the Sonoma Valley Mentoring Alliance, will work with their mentors to create submissions which will be modeled at the Trashion Fashion Show.

Groups and individuals ages nine and up are encouraged to submit their preliminary designs for a piece of wearable art made from recycled materials or cast-off junk.

Deadline to apply is Feb. 5. Designs must be completed by March 11.

For application details and a prospectus for submissions, visit trashionfashionsonoma.org.

For more information, or to sign up for the Trashion Fashion design class, please contact Margaret Hatcher at Margaret@sonomacommunitycenter.org or by calling 938-4626 ext 3.