Media Release
26 September, 2007
Trash to Fashion wins gold
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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