Trash to Fashion wins gold

Media Release

26 September, 2007

Waitakere’s Trash to Fashion event has won a gold medal at the International Festival and Events Association (IFEA) 2007 Wilkerson Pinnacle Awards in Idaho, United States.

Despite the stiff competition – there were over 1500 entries from the world’s top festivals and events – Trash to Fashion won gold in the Best Events Video Section for events produced for under US$250,000.

Trash to Fashion project manager Naomi McCleary says the award is a “tribute to the many talented individuals who contribute to Trash to Fashion to the creative team and to the hundreds of designers and young people who focus their minds and spirits on creating fabulous body art from the throw aways of our society”.

“Trash to Fashion is high performance coupled with the vision of a society which cares for the planet," she says.

Waitakere City Events Manager Barbara Cade says she was very honoured that the city had received this recognition from world events peers and beat out some very stiff competition from some well known international events.

“Winning a gold award such as this demonstrates that Waitakere is capable of producing world-class events and that Trash to Fashion assists in raising the standards and quality of events worldwide," Mrs Cade says.

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