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“Approach With Caution”
Designer: Elizabeth Start
SWANCC Assistant to the Executive Director
Model: Mary Allen
Dress made from caution tape from a computer recycling collection event and black plastic mailers.
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“Black and White and
READ All Over”
Designer/Model: Karina Guico
Programming Asst, Morton Grove Library
1920’s Flapper Dress - base made from old lace dress, 5,466 paper beads made from outdated library program f lyers and surveys. Dress made by 38 persons, a combination of library patrons and staff.
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“Mail Order Bride”
Designers: Valerie Zabriskie, Jennifer Mathis
Students at IADT Viscom
Model: Temi Adejuyigbe
Dress with train made from used postal envelopes.
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“Circle of Love – 4 Generations”
Designer/Model: Michelle Kline
Family Consumer Science Teacher
Senior at Niles North
Dress – made with yellow fabric, medicine caps, spiral binder and formula cans collected from Grandpa Cliff, Mom, Dad, Michelle and Baby Grace.
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“Flapper Rose”
Designer: Kate Scheithauer
Model:Jenna Cohen
The dress is made from rice bags, tissue paper and plastic bags.
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“Stylish Take Out”
Designer/Model: Gabriella Lopez
Senior
Dress made from old curtains, pizza circles, pop tabs and bubble wrap.
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“Reborn Fabric”
Designer/Model: Bisma Makda
Junior
Top and Skirt made from old fabric scraps and paper.
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“Regifting”
Designer/Model: Ariel Tidhar
Sophomore
Dress made from discarded garbage bags and gift cards.
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“Ray of Sunshine”
Designer/Model Jennifer Kline
3rd grade student at Immanuel Lutheran School, Palatine
Dress is made with old cleaning cloths and toilet paper tubes.
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“Dress Off the Press”
Designers: Ally Mohs, Abby Gary, Rita Weidner, Alex Ciesla & Anna Purnyn
Model: Alex Ciesla
Dress made from magazine strips, bubble wrap and packing paper.
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“Juicy Ball Gown”
Designers: Kelsey Kobler, Alex Machuca, Melanie Dorettie, Brittany Marasco, Josie Griff in, Tabitha Juneau and Leasly Gonzalez
Model: Kelsey Kobler
Bodice of dress made with discarded Capri juice pouches, skirt made from newspapers and ruffles from a garbage bag.
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“Flawless to Shine”
Designer: Jesse Gonzalez
Model: Maria Alvarado
Blouse and skirt made from old table cloths, plastic bags and gift bag tissue paper.
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“A Night on the Town”
Designers: Nimrita Chavla, Dana Murray, Diane Kim, Aine Tierney & Jennifer Kim
Model: Dana Murray
Upper part of dress made with newspapers, skirt made with tissue paper and belt made with magazines.
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“Oceania”
An Inspiration to Save the Ocean
Designers: Katie Snelten, Sarah Nelson, Nicole Bishop & Julia Grinvska
Model: Nicole Bishop
Dress made from Bath & Body Works bags (color of the ocean), shrug made from file folders and trimmed in bubble wrap.
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“Call Me Sheba”
Designers: Laura Dohn, Peri Johnson, Katie Obeso, Kellie Boberek, Rachel Murray, Noelle Lurie, Katie Bora and Amy Lewis
Model: Noelle Lurie
1920’s Flapper Dress-style dress made from interlocking paper chains, phonebook pages - trimmed with fans made from paper.
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“Extra, Extra – Get the News”
Designer: Luis Avila
8th grade student at Chute Middle
School, Evanston
Model: Caroline McCance
Old dress featuring artistic placement of newspaper, paper beads and decorative accents.
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“Going Places”
Designer: Judy Chiss
Evanston Resident, Project Sponsor
Model: Leah Chiss
Skirt is made from road maps trimmed with dye-cut refrigerator gasket scraps. Vest made from hundreds of canceled postage stamps and trimmed with ribbon from a gingerbread house exhibit.
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“The Office Outf it - Trash
Working For You”
Designers: Sarah/Ruth Starr
Model: Ruth Starr
Students at Evanston Township High School
Skirt is made of padded shipping envelopes. Top made from men’s ties and newspaper.
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“The Mad Hatter Walks”
Designer/Model:
Zoe Johannsen
Student at Nichols Middle School
Old shirt and pants decorated with used buttons, poetry word magnets and artif icial flowers. Ruff led cuffs made from newspaper.
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“Rich Rooster”
Designer/Model: Andrei Marginean
6th grade student, Nichols Middle School
Vest found and decorated with discarded feathers and pennies. Shorts decorated with pop tabs.
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“Alice in Wonderland”
Designer/Model: Ioana Marginean
8th grade student, Nichols Middle School
Top reconstructed from discarded table cloth and skirt made from newspapers and ribbon scraps.
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“Bag This”
Designer/Model: Colleen Wiechart
Student at St. Athanasius School, Evanston
Dress crafted from an old plastic bag, trimmed with paper medallions made from newspaper and magazine pages.
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“The Times”
Designer: Carol McLuckie
Barrington Resident
Model: Cassidy Axtman
Tank top is knitted from New York Times newspaper bags. Skirt is made from paper chains sewn together.
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“Where is the Nearest Starbuck’s?”
Designer: Morgan McLuckie
8th grade student, Station School, Barrington
Model: Olivia Weaver
One shoulder dress made from used coffee f ilters and coffee-stained newspaper fastened to an old t-shirt.
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“Hold That Call”
Designer/Model: Claris Olson
Park Ridge Resident
Bodice is made from discarded metallic wrapping paper – reinforced with packaging tape. Skirt repurposed from an old prom dress. The trim is made from cell phone charger cords.
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“Biker Bride”
Designer/Model: Abbey McAleer
8th grade student, Lincoln Middle School, Park Ridge
Top made from a discarded plastic bag accented with pop tabs. The skirt is made from packaging wrap, accented with plastic cell phone casings
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“When Life Gives You Plastic, Make Something Wearable”
Designer: Lisabeth Rohlck
Glenview Resident
Model: Sue Donabauer
Bodice is made of braided daily newspaper bags and the skirt made from durable rice bags.
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“Slip Knot Plastic”
Designer: Laurie Roubitchek
Mount Prospect Resident
Model: Marisa Domian
Empire dress made from crocheted Garden Fresh grocery bags and plastic table cloth.
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“Love Reigns”
Designer: Laurie Roubitchek
Mount Prospect Resident
Model: Sarah Roubitchek
Wedding dress made with bubble wrap, wax paper and a plastic table cloth.
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“Buttons and Bows”
Designer/Model:
Charlotte Melzer
Glenview Resident and
Wilmette Garden Club member
Skirt made from bed sheet and painter’s drop cloth. Blouse made from sheet and pillow cases. Hat made from papier-mache.
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“Fusion”
Designer/Model: Mary Anne Enriquez
Glenview Resident
Coat made from ironing magazine pieces and fruit stickers to plastic bags – creating a colorful collage finish.
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“Divine Dumpster Designs”
Designer: George Melichar
Evanston Resident
Model: George Melichar
Reconstructed from fabric scraps that had been throw away in the garbage.
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“Divine Dumpster Designs”
Designer: George Melichar
Evanston Resident
Model: Andrea Reyes
Reconstructed from fabric scraps that had been throw away in the garbage.
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“Divine Dumpster Designs”
Designer: George Melichar
Evanston Resident
Model: Max Duran
Reconstructed from fabric scraps that had been throw away in the garbage.
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“Love the Color”
Designers: Valerie Zabriskie and Jennifer Mathis
Students at IADT Viscom
Model: Temi Adejuyigbe
Dress made from magazines, potato chip bags and a reused zipper.
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“It’s a Sticky Business”
Designer/Model: Julie Gresham
Niles Resident and Sales
Manager for Tape Case
Business suit made from pleated, unusable ends of cotton cloth tape.
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“The Aluminum Avenger”
Designer: Elizabeth Start
SWANCC Assistant to the Executive Director
Model: Mandy Stewart
5th grade student at Field School, Park Ridge
Gladiator style skirt made from take out containers. Top made from foil & plastic bags and bodice made from aluminum tray. Shoulder caps – Chipotle containers.
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“Bubble Galactic Glamour Girls”
Designers: SWANCC Staff
Model: Carly Tennes
8th grade student, Lincoln Middle School, Park Ridge
Dress made from disposable pillow cases from physical therapy sessions and cape made from used bubble wrap and newspaper bags.
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“Bubble Galactic Glamour Girls”
Designers: SWANCC Staff
Model: Veronica Allen
Marketing Coordinator, Coldwell Banker
Dress made from disposable pillow cases from physical therapy sessions and cape made from used bubble wrap and newspaper bags.
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“Blue Print Prowess”
Designer: Cameron Ruen
SWANCC Graphic Designer/
Marketing Coordinator
Model: Emily Coughlin
Top and skirt and top made from colorful newspaper ads.
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“Wall Street Wonder”
Designer/Model: Cameron Ruen
SWANCC Graphic Designer/
Marketing Coordinator
Dress made from newspaper classified ads, sports scores and stock market data, then accented with colorful newspaper strips.
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“Biker Chic”
Designer/Model: Elizabeth Start
SWANCC Assistant to the Executive Director
Corset made from used bicycle inner tubes, deconstructed chains and lined with a thrift store skirt. Skirt made with gathered inner tubes and accented with cogs and chains.
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