Newspapers, aluminum cans, plastic bottles and other recyclable goods are taking the runway tonight at the First Annual Eco-Fashion Newspaper on SMU’s campus.

SMU students Elizabeth Arroyo, Keya Davani, Leslie Hurley, Chris Medrano, Samaiya Mushtaq, and Elizabeth Peterson are all Enviromental Representatives or E-Reps, a subcommittee of Residence Life and Student Housing. E-Reps are involved in educating and promoting eco-friendly and healthy initiatives in the residence halls and throughout the campus.

In collaboration with DeMarias O’Banner, hall director of Boaz, and Stephen Rogers, Assistant Director for the North Area of Residential Life, the E-Reps created the idea of a campus fashion show. The show will feature designs that have been constructed from recyclable materials.

“So far we have all done are own thing, in our own residence halls. This is our first campus wide event,” Mushtaq said about the fashion show. “We are hoping to make this an annual event”.

The E-Reps hope attendees will find that the show is about more than just plastic bottles in the form of fashion.

“We hope to bring the community together and show recycling and reusing in a more artistic way. We wanted to do something as entertaining as educational,” Mushtaq said. “It all goes back to creativity and reusing trash in a ways you wouldn’t think possible”.

Five SMU students have submitted their eco-creations, everything from construction paper pants to plastic bottles dresses, to be judged. Categories range from most wearable to most artistic.

The fashion show is free, but the E-Reps ask that attendees bring at least one recyclable item. Beverages and food will be provided. The eco-fashion show is today at 6 p.m. in the Varsity of the Hughes-Trigg Student Center.