Union station’s fashion show

Some models are in denim and vintage, and others are wrapped in plastic. What kind of fashion show is this?

L.A.’s public transportation carrier Metrolink hosted its first sustainable fashion show today in honor of Earth Day. About a hundred people took part in Union Station this morning. The show featured sustainable fashion designed by Southern California high school and college students. They used recycled materials, giving a second life to otherwise unwanted items. In this show, creativity combined with the care of our Earth and the passion for sustainability. All designs in this show had to be 100% post-consumer, post-industrial recyclable materials. This put the audience in awe of how creatively these young fashion designers could use those materials.

Metrolink CEO Darren Kettle says the fashion show is a unique celebration of the joint effort everyone makes to leave the planet in the best possible condition for the next generation.

Darren Kettle: “Please join me in recognizing the hard work and creative energy that our incredible talented student designers have invested to make this event possible. You’ll be seeing them later this morning, can we give a hand to those young people are emerging as a fearsome force in the fight to preserve our planet. The passionate and inspiring group you are about to see on this runway today represents the future of our region.”

Cal State Long Beach student Paula Cruz-Bonde has a friend in the show today. Cruz-Bonde says she is amazed by the creativity that everyone takes on the same topic.

Paula Cruz-Bonde: “We’re given the same instructions, but all the outcomes are so completely different. And like everybody’s inspiration and their takes on what sustainability means to them. It’s very diverse and very unique. Even though there’s so many people that entered the competition. Everything is so different.”

USC Game Art student Kyra Godoy used her design to examine how fashion uses a precious resource, water. She says she is excited to see that many people are putting more effort into living sustainably.

Kyra Godoy: “I think just showing the world, that there are people willing to make the change. And reimagine the way our future and our present are. And the whole enthusiasm that goes with sustainability. Its just so exciting.”

A goal in sustainability should be pursued not only on Earth Day but really every day. It is this kind of collective effort that combines metro, fashion, and all other industries that can together make our Earth better.