A tuxedo made of black garbage bags may not be on the runways in
Milan, but it was the hit of a fashion show put on by the Port
Orchard Boys & Girls Club Thursday afternoon. Seven-year-old Ryan
Brooks, who spends his after-school time at the club’s site at
Sidney Glen Elementary School in Port Orchard, fashioned the suit
down a newspaper-lined runway against a cardboard backdrop.
The show was the culmination of weeks of preparation, during which
about 20 elementary students, all participants of the Boys & Girls
Club, let their imaginations run wild. The only caveat of the
“Trashion Show” was that each outfit must be constructed entirely
of recyclable material.
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