Trashion Revolution: Awaken

Our planet has a branding problem.

Taking care of Earth - this singular, miraculous, tiny blue planet perfectly designed to support life - is seen as “weak,” “feminine,” and something best left to “treehuggers.” We gender the planet as “Mother Earth”; to be dominated and exploited by “mankind.” Capitalism has conditioned us to think of waste as a right; a symbol of success and wealth. Consumption is sexy - caring about pollution is not. Most people are denying or ignoring what is happening to our natural world, or worse: they don’t care.

But in order for us to live life and experience what we do care about, this tiny blue planet needs to be habitable. Currently, we are on a trajectory that will ultimately lead to the permanent loss of everything that we love. The Sixth Mass Extinction is upon us. This may sound hyperbolic, but science overwhelmingly tells us it’s not.

Will humanity awaken, and rise to a higher consciousness? Will we see our interconnectedness with all life and move to protect - rather than destroy - the planet that makes life possible? Will we grow beyond individual lifestyles centered on short-term convenience and consumption to collective action that prioritizes care and requires long-term planning?

It's time for a revolution in thought and action.

Maliyah Londyn (she/her) modeling last year’s winning design by LuDia Couture Designs

Welcome to Trashion Revolution

The second-annual Trashion Revolution: Awaken is a community activation event and fundraiser for 501(c)3 Triveni Institute, using fashion as a medium to raise awareness of our climate and plastic pollution crises. Through a cross-community scope of action, we bring together the worlds of fashion, politics, nonprofits, for-profit companies, the LGBTQ+ community and people of diverse socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds. Our events are truly “fashion for a cause”: a way to discuss difficult topics and inspire action in a fun atmosphere that provides much-needed levity.

For our 2024 show, 25 designers are creating "trash art" looks made from single-use and/or disposable post-consumer plastic, and 24 models will walk the runway who represent age diversity, body diversity, racial diversity and gender diversity. The climate crisis is a global problem that requires all of humanity to participate in the solutions. We want humanity to be walking our runway. Representation matters.

Trashion Revolution is also a competition, with designers competing for $1750 in prize money for the top three designs (1st prize $1000, 2nd prize $500, 3rd prize $250) judged by our crowd and panel of judges: Borris Powell, J'en Mai, Jessica Thomas McGhee and Luz Maria Diaz. Pay equity is a foundational value of ours, so we raise funds to pay all of our models and designers for their important activism, skill and creative vision. Your ticket purchases and donations contribute to the disruption of traditional capitalism: an economic system that has conditioned us to believe that only production and consumption have value - while protecting life on this planet does not - and waste and pollution should be ignored.

Join us on July 20th and be the change the world needs.

*Note: If you are experiencing unique financial circumstances that make paying for a ticket challenging or know someone who is and would like to attend Trashion Revolultion, we have complimentary GA tickets available. Also, all First Row / VIP tickets are reserved for our sponsors. For complimentary tickets or sponsorship opportunities please email [email protected]. Thank you!

Host or Publisher Triveni Institute