SABIE – Seven budding young designers from Sybrand Van Niekerk took their ingenious clothing designs, constructed completely from waste to the catwalk during the school’s 2013 Trashion Show.
Trashion is a term coined in New Zealand in 2004 for jewellery, clothing or décor made entirely from trash and Sybrand’s seven trashion designers showed that they are truly masters of this unique craft.
The show had a little twist to it. While the models were important for showcasing the designs, it was actually the designs themselves that were under the spotlight. And the audience would only see who the designers behind the designs were at the conclusion of the show.
The judges, made up of Nadia Vincent, an accomplished designer and student at XELA Fashion College and Design Studio, established fashion designer Philip Oosthuizen and personal potential development coach and 2010 Miss South Africa finalist Amanda C, had a difficult task ahead of them as every one of the designs on display was spectacular.
The Trashion show kicked off with the “Fun and Funky” category. These outfits were made for the imagination and were true catwalk concoctions. As MC Willie White so aptly put it, “You will not be doing your grocery shopping in one of these outfits anytime soon!”
While the models changed into their formal Trashion gowns, Ms Van Rooyen dazzled the audience with her skills on the piano and a couple of Sybrand’s matrics modelled the outfits worn at this year’s Matric Farewell.
With the showcase of the designer’s formal gowns, the difficulty of the judges task really hit home. Each design was breathtaking, creative and ingenious in its own way. But there could only be one winner, and after careful deliberation, Amri Burger was crowned the 2013 Trashion Designer of the year.
Laura Makhubedu took second place, and the two budding designers each received some fantastic prizes!
