The Daily Campus

Issue date: 4/23/08 Section: Focus

Media Credit: Adam Bickford Members of Lawless Coast at the Eco Fashion Show last night. Lawless Coast has been performing for two and a half years.

The celebrations seen on Fairfield Way yesterday afternoon continued into the evening hours as Earth Day festivities persisted across campus. UConn's office of environmental policy, Eco-Husky, continued the Earth Day celebration into the night with a fashion show and concert on Tuesday.

Eco-Husky members strutted their stuff as they modeled several fashions across the stage in the Student Union Ballroom. The first group of models showed off the clothes they had purchased at the Salvation Army in Willimantic.

"Salvation Army is eco-friendly," said one of the commentators of the fashion show Fiona Stewart, a 2nd-semester undecided major. "It's reusing clothing and cutting down on production costs."

The next group of models wore hats, T-shirts and other various garments from the company Yawn Mower. Yawn Mower makes T-shirts out of 100 percent organic cotton. Several students walked on the runway, showing off Yawn Mower T-shirts with a wide range of messages on them. One student's tee said "Not a fur coat" while a hat was embroidered with "Instinct Intact." Another T-shirt had "The hole in the ozone is directly related to the hole in your heard" sprawled across it.

In addition to T-shirts, sneakers were also modeled by students. The sneakers, which resembled Chuck-Taylors, were put out by Autonomie Project Inc., and are made out materials that are 100 percent vegan and eco-friendly.

Commentator Catherine Pomposi, a 4th-semester statistics and environmental science double major, introduced handbags made by Cara Taylor. The handbags Pomposi showcased are made out of recycled grocery bags. In order to make these bags, the designer spins bags into yarn and then makes the hand bag. The purses came in a variety of bright colors.

"Who knew you could be so trendy and eco-friendly at the same time," said Shahril Ghazail, a 2nd-semester undecided major.

The fashion show was a success according to 8th-semester resource economics major Alissa Becker, who supervised the event and couldn't have asked for anything better. Becker said Eco-Husky ran events through out the day.

"The fashion show raises awareness," Stewart said. "Young people want to look good but they can look good and still be eco-friendly."

Continued...

Page 1 of 2 next >

Article Tools