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Recycle Runway in the News

Radio Interview on KSFR

September 23, 2012 By: Rhea Goodman Thirty minute interview on Living Juicy, KSFR, 101.1 FM radio. Click here to listen.  

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New Mexican – June 26, 2012

Eco-fashion diva passes on $10K Dasani deal June 26, 2012 By  Phaedra Haywood Read the article and see photos on line.   Environmental educator and artist Nancy Judd makes a living standing up for her values. In March, doing so cost her about $10,000. The Santa Fe-based Recycle Runway founder says she turned down an…

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New Mexican, Pasa Tiempo

Art in Review April 20, 2012 By Michael Abatemarco Read original article. Nancy Judd and Nicole Morris: Consumption, New Mexico Arts Centennial Project Space, 54 ’6 E. San Francisco St., Suite 2, 699-4914; through May 5 Repurposing found and discarded objects, while not a new concept, is given a considerable new twist in Consumption at…

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Albuquerque Journal North

From Garbage to Gallery April 8, 2012 By Kathaleen Roberts / Journal Staff Writer Read article on-line. Nancy Judd turns trash into treasure. In 2008, the Santa Fe artist and environmental teacher pieced together a coat from Obama campaign signs that landed in the Smithsonian. Now she’s turning her transformative eye to interior design. On…

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Sierra Magazine

Fashion That’s Meant to be Trashy By Kimberly Button September 23, 2011 Read article on-line. You wouldn’t want to live next to a landfill, so would you ever consider wearing what’s in it? After seeing the eco-couture fashions of designer Nancy Judd, you might just say yes. Judd, an educator and artist, started Recycle Runway…

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Albuquerque Journal

Albuquerque Journal N.M. “Obamanos Coat” bound for Smithsonian By Kathaleen Roberts / Journal Staff Writer June 3, 2011 Read article on-line. SANTA FE – The day after the presidential election, Nancy Judd went Dumpster diving and turned out a coat. Now the coat – pieced together from 2008 Obama materials, specifically paper door hangers that…

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Yahoo

Yahoo Designer turns trash into high fashion. By Joanna Douglas, Shine Staff April 25, 2011 Read article on-line. Designer and environmental educator Nancy Judd creates wearable art out of recycled materials Once an odd and unusual concept, in recent years, “recycled clothing”—that is, wearable garments made from unconventional materials—have become more and more mainstream ….

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CNN

CNN Wearable art plucked from trash By Michelle Hiskey, Special to CNN April 22, 2011 9:24 a.m. EDT Read article on-line. (CNN) — Nancy Judd turns an orange rind into sequins. A can of Coke becomes shiny bangles. Plastic bags melt into chic crinkly fabric. What others call trash is her high fashion. Her newest…

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Terminal U

Terminal U Delta Air Lines’ superhero stewardess uniform unveiled April 14, 2011   Read article on-line. A “superhero stewardess” uniform, made entirely out of bits of Delta Air Lines scrap, is among the eye-popping pieces of eco-fashion gracing an exhibition at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport. Delta Air Lines commissioned Nancy Judd – an artist known for…

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USA Today

USA Today Airports cater to art lovers with intriguing installations By Harriet Baskas April 12, 2011 Read article on-line. At Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, you’ll soon find an exhibit of couture fashions made entirely from trash by Nancy Judd of Recycle Runway. Included among the 18 pieces is an outfit commissioned by Delta Air Lines…

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