A candy wrapper may be trash to most, but for a couple dozen eco-conscious Boulder teens, it’s haute couture — they pulled discarded Dum Dums, Starburst and Werther’s candy covers from trash bins and converted them into three-dimensional frills.
Next week 33 aspiring Boulder County student fashion designers will walk the Boulder Theater runway in whimsical wares they’ve repurposed from discarded items for the ninth Recycled Runway show, scheduled for 7 p.m. on Tuesday.
The Creative Lab at Common Threads has been mentoring the Runway applicants, who range from grade 6 to 12, for the past 8 weeks as the designers put together fashion made from all sorts of repurposed items. This year some odd material featured will be items like tennis balls, film, carpet and Chocolove gold foil, said Tanja Leonard, a parent mentor.
Leonard became involved in Recycled Runway in its third year when her daughter was a designer.
“She’s always been interested in fashion,” said Leonard. “This was a perfect segue, because now she’s at the Fashion Institute of Technology.”
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If you go: Recycled Runway 9, 7 p.m., Tuesday at Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder. Cost is $15. For more info visit bouldertheater.com.