NPE Fashion Show
NPE2015 will present a unique fashion event, demonstrating how far waste plastics can be utilised in clothing that is not only beautiful, but eco-conscious.
Students at the Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD) have pooled their creativity and resourcefulness to stitch together a line of recycled creations, which will be on display at the Pursuing Zero Waste Fashion Show at the opening ceremony of NPE2015.
Brad Williams, Director of Marketing and Sales for SPI, said: "We found the students at SCAD to be not only talented and creative but also very involved with environmental issues. Their designs are vivid demonstrations that recycled plastics can gain new lives in many forms - both as purely utilitarian goods and as objects of beauty. The Pursuing Zero Waste Fashion Show at NPE2015 will add a new dimension to our industry mandate to reduce, reuse, and recycle the valuable materials that make up our products."
Sponsored by Green Dot, maker of Terratek bioplastics, the fashion show will take place at 8:30 am in West Hall C on March 23rd, 2015, at the start of the five-day NPE2015 event at the Orange County Convention Center (OCCC) in Orlando, Florida.
After the fashion show, SCAD's sartorial creations will be on display in the Zero Waste Zone, a special sector of the exhibit floor in the South Hall of the OCCC devoted to the plastics industry’s mandate to reduce, reuse, or recycle its materials.
In addition to the garments created from used plastics, the fashion show will include a design created with 3D printing technology by a SCAD student using bioplastics from Green Dot. It will be one of 13 outfits shown, as well as a number of dazzling accessories also created with recycled, reused, or repurposed plastics.
