design the future with the
Reuse Runway
April 20th 2024, 6:30PM Red Bud Festival Denton, TX
Welcome back to Reuse Runway!
The Reuse Runway is a Denton Red Bud Festival tradition that we here at Just Lillia are excited to host this year! Local designers will show off their wearable works of art created from upcycled materials on the runway at The Denton Redbud Festival on April 20, 2024. Each Design is made from materials that are otherwise destined for the recycling bin or the landfill. Each designer’s piece highlights the impact of the materials used in their piece on the environment. We are always excited to see the creative minds of our local Dentonites each year!
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meet the 2023 designers
Meet the 2023 designers! From using tablecloths to tool kits, last year’s designers inspired the next generation to look at unconventional items in a whole new way.
Alexa Roberts
Age Group: Under 11
My design is a dress made from plastic, newspaper, marker caps, bottle caps, and tissue boxes. The great law of the Iroquois says, “We must consider how our decisions will affect the next seven generations.” My design is predominately newspaper and seven is also the maximum number of times that paper can be recycled. Recycling paper saves eighty-five hundred pounds per year.
Claudia Carapia
Age Group: 26 and older
My dress is made from a variety of sources, from plastic water bottles,aluminum
cans and coffee pods.
“Every year, about 8 million tons of plastic waste escapes into the oceans from coastal nations. That’s the equivalent of setting five garbage bags full of trash on every foot of coastline around the world. (Parker, 2022)Plastics often contain additives making them stronger, more flexible, and durable. But many of these additives can extend the life of products if they become litter, with some estimates ranging to at least 400 years to break down.” (Parker, 2022) Avoid the consumption of buying bulk plastic water bottles and use a water filter at home and bring a water bottle that can be refilled anywhere you go.
Dara Fry
Age Group: 26 and Older
Paper recycling in the United States has increased from 33% to 68% from 1990 to 2021 and is improving. Recycling one ton of paper saves 7,000 gallons of water, 17 trees, and 463 gallons of oil! Manufacturing products from recycled materials, especially when cardboard and paper are involved, is much more cost-effective. It reduces strain on the environment, the economy, and recycling centers.
Devin Ballinger Johnsen
Age Group: 26 and older
My design is a dress created predominantly out of plastic shopping bags.
At least 14 million tons of plastic end up in the ocean every year, and plastic makes up 80% of all marine debris found from surface waters to deep sea sediments.
Isadora Campbell
Age Group: 26 and older
My design is made from recycled paper!
If everyone could recycle one ton of paper, that would:
• Save enough energy to power the average American home for six months. • Save 7,000 gallons of water.
• Save 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space.
• And would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by one metric ton of carbon equivalent. Source: Environmental Protection Agency
Rosalie Luna Alford
Age Group: Under 11
My design is a jumper made out of second hand madras cotton and thrifted thread from Thistle in Denton.
FACTOID:
Growing enough cotton to make one outfit, top and bottom, uses approximately 1,931 liters of irrigation water. One person requires 1,000 liters of drinking water per year. By reusing cotton, I’ve saved almost two years of drinking water.
Sam Monson
Age Group: 18-25
The fashion industry creates 92000000 tons of solid waste annually, much of which cannot be easily recycled. Lessening overproduction would reduce the fashion industry’s environmental impact greatly.
2022 Reuse Runway Entries
Thank you to Chaney Tipton, @tiptonphotographs, and Savanna Romano, @sr.shootz, for providing these beautiful photos of our designers works!