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Project Earth Day Fashion Show, 2009: Student Competition

by Starre Vartan · 05/04/09

The first part of the Project Earth Day Fashion show included the student competition, which was stronger this year than ever! I was really impressed with the range of design aesthetics and materials used. Colors, neutrals, textures, patterns; they were all on display, and all Earth-friendly too.

Judges for the competition included Drew Becher, Executive Director of the New York Restoration Project, Janine James, Founder and Creative Director of design think tank, The Moderns, John Schroeter, President and CEO of Applied Textiles, and Josh Dorfman, The Lazy Environmentalist himself. Scroll down for all the entries, and then the winning design.

How did they judge? According to Inhabitat: “Judges, clipboards in hand, were asked to rate student designs on Creativity & Concept (50%), Technical Execution (25%), and Eco Design Principles Checklist (25%). We thought it was quite clever that the Eco Design Principles portion included criteria such as Sustainable “Sites”, Energy and Atmosphere and Innovation in Design, mimicking the checklist that sponsor USGBC NY uses for LEED certification of buildings!”

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The first look in the student competition- starting it off with a visual BANG!

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First place winner of the student competition, Stacy Longo of FIT.

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Detail of the hand-knit cotton yarn top from the winning design by Stacy Longo

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Third-place winner of the student competition, Erika Schuster of the Fashion Institute of Technology

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An honorable mention went to Theresa Chan from Connecticut College- This was actually my fave design!

All images by Starre Vartan

Tags ecofashion, Manhattan, New York City, Project Earth Day Fashion Show

Starre Vartan is founder and editor-in-chief of Eco-Chick and author of The Eco-Chick Guide to Life (St. Martin's Press). A green living expert, she is managing editor of Greenopia and a contributor to The Huffington Post.

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8 Comments on “Project Earth Day Fashion Show, 2009: Student Competition”

  • Project Earth Day Fashion Show, 2009: Student Competition » Eco-Chick | Lifestyle News Blog

    [...] more here: Project Earth Day Fashion Show, 2009: Student Competition » Eco-Chick Filed under Fashion News · Tagged with center, included-the, included-the-student, island, [...]

    05/04/09 » 11:53 am »

  • barbiecrafts

    Whew…..I can’t say I really get it. I don’t really like many of the designs or fabrics. I think remaking clothing is the ultimate green clothing, keeping clothing and fabrics from landfills.

    05/05/09 » 2:12 pm »

  • Project Earth Day Fashion Show, 2009: Designer’s Show » Eco-Chick

    [...] year the designer’s show (which followed the student show ) featured Bahar Shapar, Lara Miller, Sublet, Melissa Kirgan, Mika Organic, Bodkin, Covet, Fearless [...]

    05/05/09 » 9:38 pm »

  • Theresa

    I hear you, barbiecrafts. I think giving new life to something that would have otherwise gone to waste is the most environmentally sound way to do green fashion. My garment was made entire out of reclaimed fabrics (thrift store shirts, old silk pajamas, etc). All the trims and even the zipper was reclaimed.

    Theresa

    05/06/09 » 12:44 pm »

  • bl8ant

    AWFUL….the whole lot of them…no wonder the green industry for fashion is lagging. em barrassing . recycle and redress the clothes of the 30’s 40’s and 50’s and maybe you will have something viable.

    05/11/09 » 11:17 pm »

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    [...] year the designer’s show (which followed the student show ) featured Bahar Shapar, Lara Miller, Sublet, Melissa Kirgan, Mika Organic, Bodkin, Covet, Fearless [...]

    06/24/09 » 8:46 am »

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    [...] year the designer’s show (which followed the student show ) featured Bahar Shapar, Lara Miller, Sublet, Melissa Kirgan, Mika Organic, Bodkin, Covet, Fearless [...]

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    [...] year the designer’s show (which followed the student show ) featured Bahar Shapar, Lara Miller, Sublet, Melissa Kirgan, Mika Organic, Bodkin, Covet, Fearless [...]

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