BEAUTIFUL doesn't have to be expensive. Used items that are usually thrown away can be used as something of high aesthetic value. Including fashion. Don't believe? Prove it for yourself at the Green and Recycle Fashion Week event which will be held at the Art and Culture Building (Gedibu) Blambangan from noon to tonight (25/3).
The talents will appear wearing charming clothes but made of secondhand goods. Before being displayed on the “H” day of Green and Recycle Fashion Week, Jawa Pos Radar Banyuwangi journalists had the opportunity to see the clothes that will be displayed at this prestigious event.
The opportunity came during the assessment process which was held at the Office of the Environment Office complex (DLH) Banyuwangi Friday afternoon (24/3). Yes, although not the highlight of the event, the beautiful nuances look so real on the clothes worn by the talents.
Some are wearing nautical themed clothes, some are wearing infatuation-themed dresses. Even though the theme is different, On average the clothes they wear are very pleasing to the eye. For example, the mermaid evening dress worn by Athirah Sausan, 13.
The dress, which is dominated by blue, complete with a one meter long tail, looks very charming. According to the title of the event, This beautiful dress is made using second hand items. “This dress is made with 3 kilogram (Kg) old newsprint and a thousand sheets of plastic used to wrap instant coffee,"said the class 8 SMPN 1 That gush.
Athirah admitted that she had absolutely no difficulty getting the raw materials for the three kg of used newsprint. Understood, For the last three years, his parents have subscribed to the morning daily newspaper Jawa Pos Radar Banyuwangi.
"Meanwhile, I collected a thousand sheets of plastic coffee wrap myself for a year","said the woman who has participated in the Banyuwangi Green and Recycle Fashion Week three times. Athirah admitted that the clothes she wore were designed by her mother, namely Yuni Nazilil Hanim, 40.
The process of making the clothes was assisted by several teachers and SMPN students 1 Muncar. When asked if he is not afraid to show off clothes made from used goods, Athirah firmly answered no. "In fact I'm proud". Because this dress accentuates creativity,” he said.
Meanwhile, Yuni said the process of making the clothes took about a month. Athirah's friends and teachers help fold the newsprint and the coffee wrap. “The work process involves teachers and students. Meanwhile, I am the one who sews this top," he said.
Yuni added, she really supports her daughter in participating in Green and Recycle Fashion Week. Because, Besides being able to be used as a medium for channeling her daughter's hobbies in the field of fashion and fashion design, the event can also be useful as a medium for environmental campaigns.
“This event can inspire students and the general public to use used goods into useful items," he said. Yuni admitted that she was personally very concerned when she found trash scattered about.
even though, not a few materials that are thrown away can be used for craft items with high aesthetic value. "So, This event is the right medium to campaign for the movement to reuse used goods so that they are not immediately thrown into the final landfill (TPSA)," he said.
Unlike Athirah who wears nautical-themed clothes, Sabrina Brilliant Syahputri, 6, perform a gandrung-themed demonstration. Even though it has a different theme, both of the clothes they display are made from similar materials, namely newspapers and used plastic. (radar)
