OKC-area clothing swap
OKC SWAP-O-RAMA-RAMA
Swap-O-Rama-Rama is a clothing swap and series of do-it-yourself workshops in which a community explores creative reuse through the recycling of used clothing.
The Swap When you attend the swap bring at least one bag of your unwanted clothing and a small donation (each swap varies depending on available funding). Every swap begins with a giant collective pile of clothing, the unwanted clothing of all who attend. Everyone is welcome to dive in and find their next new/used items from the pile. Take as little or as much clothing from this pile as you like, it's all free.
DIY Workshops After you have chosen your new clothes slide on over to one of the sewing stations and attend a workshop. Learn to make modifications or totally transform your finds. Each swap features a variety of workshops by local artists who are there to share their sewing and modification secrets with you. All the materials you need to sew, embroider, bead, fix, repair, knit etc, are suppled.
On Site DIY Stations Swap-O-Rama-Rama also offers on site DIY with skilled artists to help you get started. You'll find professional designers with sewing machines ready to teach you how to make modifications to your new/used duds. Or you might try the hand sew area and decoration station where you can learn to embroider, knit, crochet, etc. A silk screen station offers many amazing designs for immediate transfer and an iron-on station provides internet access and photoshop so that you can design decals that you can print and iron on, on site.
Fashion Runway An all day participatory fashion runway will feature the silly and the sophisticated. All are invited to take a playful spin down the runway in their most fabulous finds. Ask the audience for their opinion on the outfit you just plucked from the pile. The runway will also feature a fashion show of local designers with their best recycled designs. And for those who are emotionally attached to their clothing, there will be time for clothing story telling. Use this space to share interesting stories about the clothing you've brought to the swap. After the story participants will be asked to raise their hands if they want the item. Ties will be broken with a 'try on' in which the audience's applause determines who fits best with the garment.
Free Labels for Relabeling Before you hit the street in your new recycled clothes consider covering up the existing branding with a new label, one that celebrates the DIY communities collective creativity rather than the brand of a corporation. Find your free 100% Recycled or Modified by Me labels and sew them on at the swap or at home.
MySpace.com - R.O.A.R. - 99 - Female - OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma - www.myspace.com/reartoklahoma
Wendy Tremayne
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