April 14th at the Tamarack Mall turned a shopping trip into a sensational showing of fashion created by Mt. Baker students out of products that were given a second life. Joseph's attention was captured and called me over to watch the show. "They are so creative!" "Look at this one!" He kept saying, obviously impressed.
Following the show people were gathered around talking and wanting to meet the people who created all this recycled wearable art and I was one of them. Mikayla (sp?) Walker. When asked where she got the inspiration for the dress, Mikayla said that her mother and her were surfing the internet and saw a tie train (as in the bottom flowing part of a gown) that was part of a dress. So Mikayla drew her own design including the flowers and set about going to thrift/second hand stores to get the 94 ties for this dress that cost a whopping $16. Mikayla did all the sewing with some help from her mother in tricky areas. She definitely has a potential future career in fashion design. Mikayla says that the experience of doing this show was a lot of fun, especially seeing all the creativity. This is the first year for this event by Mt. Baker students and it certainly has the potential for a yearly event.
To view the You Tube video go here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s_rD2Djsec
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| Mikayla Walker's recycled tie dress |
Submitted by Sharon Cross with pictures and video by Joseph Cross
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