After four months weaving dresses from plastic bags, Nora and I had the excited experience of walking the runway at the Trashion Fashion show in DC! The event was at Brookland Middle School, a new school that will open in September 2015. There were lots of models – perhaps 50 from elementary and middle schools, along with dancers from a group called the Bomb Squad and a few other designers like Trashmagination who were not associated with DC Public Schools.
We started by getting our hair and make-up done by volunteers from the Dudley Beauty College. They did an amazing job considering they had only a few hours to style all those people. Check out Nora’s transformation!
![Nora getting make-up done by Dudley Beauty College artist](https://trashmagination.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/IMG_1653-1024x768.jpg)
Many dancing groups and musicians from DC Public Schools provided entertainment before and after the models walked the runway. Just before the models started their part, Nora and I played a short trash can drumming song. We did alright considering we both had just recovered from the flu, and had almost no practice time for five days before the show!
![Drumming at the Trashion Fashion show](https://trashmagination.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/IMG_1004-1024x768.jpg)
The event had such a huge audience – I think there were many more people than expected. So it was a bit hectic finding our way along the runway. Here was Nora’s first turn on the runway, and then both of us during the “finale” when we walked around again.
![Nora on the runway at Trashion Fashion DC](https://trashmagination.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/NoraontheRunway-704x1024.jpg)
![Carla & Nora on the runway at Trashion Fashion DC](https://trashmagination.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/OntheRunway-673x1024.jpg)
Some funny moments:
- More than one elementary school student asked we were twins, which either very flattering for me or kids are really not that observant.
- One lady said she loved my dress and would love to buy one like it. I said since it took about four months, I could probably sell for about $10,000? She got a good kick out of it.
We saw many people taking photos so hopefully there might be more photos soon! But you can see we had a great time and appreciated the incentive to create these unusual art pieces / dresses.
![Trashmagination's full outfits at the Trashion Fashion DC show](https://trashmagination.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/NoraCarlaTrashionFashionFullOutfits-605x1024.jpg)