PRESS RELEASE #TRASHion Show 2013

Proudly Zimbabwean Foundation, through the sponsorship of Edgars and Swift, will be holding a TRASHion Show event on the 29^th of November 2013 at the Harare International School in Mt Pleasant starting at 6pm. The event will showcase fashion items made from ordinary trash. A team of 8 fashion designers have come up with 30 outfits that will be paraded by 10 models during the event. A panel of three judges will decide on the best outfit, with the designer receiving a prize.

Zimbabwe is facing a daunting challenge of waste management at all levels of the community. The country is currently generating 3 million tons of solid waste per year with no viable large scale Re-Use or Re-Cycling strategies. All this mixed waste is accumulating at various dumpsites around the country over and above illegal dumpsites mushrooming in residential and industrial areas. This is not only an eyesore but an extreme health hazard.

With this in mind, Proudly Zimbabwean Foundation through their flagship campaign, BIN-it Zimbabwe is pioneering an ambitious seperation@source program for domestic waste in high density areas. This program will capacitate emerging up and down stream industries using waste as an input by providing easy and health-conscious catchment areas for waste.

This event will not only showcase the immense talents that are housed in this country with local designers transforming what we see as ordinary waste into amazing fashion items, but will also act as a call-out to all Zimbabweans to come together and drive litter out of our country.. The anticipated result is that fashion in Zimbabwe will begin incorporating waste items at a Re-Use stage and further inspire new ideas and fabrics at Re-Cycling level. This will be an annual event to be held in a different city every year. This year’s edition is being co-ordinated by Zimbabwe’s famous designer, Colin Ratisai.

 Tickets to attend the event are going for $10.00 and available from selected Edgars Stores in Harare, Giovannis Coffee Shop at Arundel Village, Celebration Centre Bookshop and PZF Office address hereunder.