“I depicted an individual that had too much racing, too much beer and too much rugby. Melville Syme dressed himself in a messy, deranged costume. One of the categories a few years ago (the categories change each year) was Kiwi (fill in the blank). The New Zealanders are not above making fun of themselves. “I’m thinking ‘Alien Alive?’ He’s got to sort of glow.Īnd then I thought, well, why can’t I use the solar lights I have around at Christmas time? That made him be alive,” says Tomlin, a Lion. Then a light bulb went off, or actually, they went on-the costume. Entering the Alien Alive category a few years ago, Doreen Tomlin saved the coffee containers and tea bags from the restaurant where she worked for the basic materials. The competition is broken down into eight fanciful categories, which help spur creativity. residents spend months creating their costumes. Raiding their closets and shelves or the local recycling center. “When he got to the end of the catwalk he actually took the ironing board off, put it out and started ironing,” says Syme admiringly. Some of the more memorable costumes include a coat made from Venetian blinds and a man dressed, not with actual armor, but with an ironing board on his back. “The rule is you use recycled materials or materials for which they were not original intended,” says Lion Julie Syme, who helped create the event. Raiding their closets and shelves or the local recycling center, known, not quite affectionately, as “the dump,” residents spend months creating their costumes. In the small, scenic coastal town of 2,000, the fundraiser has become an iconic event, rivaling in popularity the agricultural show and wine festival. Since 2000, the all-women Seward Kaikoura Lions Club has staged the wacky fundraiser. Even better, Lions raised awareness of the need to recycle and generated thousands of dollars for local causes. Nearly all were greeted with cheers or hollering or raucous laughter. Scrivner strolled down the catwalk that year as did about 50 other contestants wearing outlandish costumes, made from trash. It’s just a matter of a lot of hot glue,” she says. Plastic from discarded CD cases provided a nice extra touch. But it’s basically the same shape as hers.” … Of course, hers is not made out of plastic. “I saw a picture of her in one of her dresses. Nor can you go wrong with a Lady Gaga look. You can’t go wrong with plastic,” she says. “A lot of the packing tape and plastics were being thrown away. Gwen Scrivner works in a store in Kaikoura, so she had ready access to loads of material for the Lions’ Trash to Fashion Show in New Zealand.
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