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The average North American typically throws out or donates 68 pounds of clothing annually. That number rose

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“There’s still that thought that only poor people should wear secondhand clothing and [that such clothing is] gross,” Laroche said. “We want to be a bit louder, to help the industry shift to a healthier way of manufacturing clothing.”

This is the first year that “Runway Rei-magined” has been put on in Seattle.

Laroche started Eco Fashion Week in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 2011 after spending 20 years working in the fashion industry in Montreal.

“When I arrived in Vancouver, there was no real fashion industry, and they wanted to be the cleanest city in the world by 2020,” she said. “I thought, ‘What can I do to help that? Let’s bring responsible, healthy fash-ion!’”

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THUNDER OF THE RISING SUNThe sonorous thunder of Japanese

drums will boom out of the Mey-denbauer Center in Bellevue as the

World Taiko Festival returns to town from Jan. 15 to Jan. 17.

Taiko are a range of traditional Japa-nese percussion instruments with a history stretching back more than 1,500 years.

Asako Tateishi, organizer of the event, said the World Taiko Festival is a fantastic opportunity to learn about a new culture.

“The audience will enjoy ‘Japanese’ sounds, rhythms and movements which spread energy and happiness among people from different racial, ethnic and religious backgrounds,” she said. “It is our hope that people can forget about their daily lives and just simply enjoy our performances and return to their daily routines feeling happy.”

Japanese traditional music often utilizes heavy percussion and syncopated beats. Taiko drums are one of the main instruments used.

Tateishi, along with co-founder of The School of TAIKO Ringtaro Tateishi, have been spreading Japanese culture through taiko for decades. They founded the school in October 2009 and teach classes in Seattle and Bellevue.

She waxes philosophic about the power of the drums.

“In Japan, we respect the beauty of the transmitted traditions from ancient times creating the ‘Japanese-style,’ be-cause we have so many beautiful things which have the history of over 2,000 years,” Tateishi said. “Even in the mar-tial arts, it is not just victory or defeat, but the mind to respect the opponent, the form of beauty, the heart of respect for superiors have been important.”

Two main concerts will showcase the Wariki Taiko group from Japan, the Chikiri Taiko group based in Bellevue and the Newport High School drumline.

According to Tateishi, the current group performance form of taiko is a relatively new one. The style was revised and popularized by Daihachi Oguchi of Nagano prefecture in Japan in 1951.

Since then, drummers like the Tateishis have expanded the interest in the percussive arts.

“Now group performances are spread-ing throughout the world especially in the U.S., Brazil and Europe,” Asako said. “In the U.S., there are over 500 active groups and big conferences are held around the U.S. throughout the year.”

A lecture and demonstration of taiko will kick off the festival at 2:45 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 15 at Bellevue College. The

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Eagle Foothills is in southern Idaho, a 49,815-acre region north of Boise. It is within the vast Snake River Valley AVA (approved in 2007) and is Idaho's first AVA that is entirely within the state's borders (the Snake River Valley dips into Oregon to the west).

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Gary and Martha Cunningham have built 3 Horse Ranch into one of the larger wineries in Idaho, produc-ing more than 10,000 cases annually. Their wines are made by Greg Koenig at his facility in Caldwell, Idaho, overlooking the Snake River, and the wines are generally considered superb. Earlier this year, the 3 Horse Ranch 2012 Reserve Merlot was named best Merlot at the Seattle Wine & Food Experience competition.

It is a high-elevation region, reaching nearly 3,000 feet above sea level. Eagle Foothills actually is the second name for the region. Originally, it was to be called Wil-low Creek Idaho, but the federal government rejected that name because the area didn't have a history of using that name. Eagle Foothills probably will work out better, if only because the nearby community of Eagle is well known as a destination and is in a strong housing market.

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3 Horse Ranch Vineyards 2014 Vivacious, Snake River Valley, $18: Rhône Valley varieties continue to thrive in Idaho’s Snake River Valley, and this blend of Viognier (76 per-cent) and Roussanne quickly became one of the best sell-ers for 3 Horse Ranch Vineyards. It’s clean and bright from start to finish with notes of Asian pear and Golden Delicious apple, backed by ample acidity and citrus pith. (13.4 percent alcohol content)

3 Horse Ranch Vineyards 2012 Single Vineyard Syrah, Snake River Valley, $21: Rather than opulent and hedonistic, this Syrah shows balance from start to finish with a fruit-forward profile of Marionberry and elderberry. Juicy acidity easily pushes through the tannins and leads to the finish of blueberry cobbler. (14.3 percent alcohol content)

3 Horse Ranch Vineyards 2012 Syrah-Mourvèdre, Snake River Valley, $26: The Cunninghams produce a straight Mourvèdre from their estate, but here they use it to create a Rhône-style blend based on Syrah (83 percent). Its aromatic profile includes lively notes of red currant, blackberry and chokecherry with cocoa powder, bay leaf and alder smoke. Spicy flavors offer up tones of black plum, Crai-sins and dusty rose hips, tied together within a structure of polished tannins and red currant acidity. (14.8 percent alcohol content)

3 Horse Ranch Vineyards 2012 Reserve Merlot, Snake River Valley $21: This award-winning latest release of Merlot is attractive and approachable from start to finish with tones of black cherry, dark plum, vanilla, toasted almond and black pepper. Pomegranate acidity wins out over the mild tannin structure, making for a luscious midpalate and pleasurable finish. (13.9 percent alcohol content)

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Three designers — Carlie Wong, Alys-sa Blanco and Karla Ortiz — were tasked with either designing new garments from 68 pounds of clothing that hadn’t sold at Value Village or styling modern outfits from used items, for under $50 per outfit.

After sifting through piles of oversized jackets with shoulder pads, oversized velvet dresses from the ‘90s and other decades-old items, Wong said she found it best to create a monotone collection uti-lizing a variety of textures and detailing. Mixed in with the outdated pieces were comparatively more expensive leather-wear or intricately beaded items from Value Village.

What emerged was a chic collection of sheer blouses, beaded dresses and two-piece crop top and skirt combos.

“I don’t use a lot of secondhand items in my work, but I do in my per-sonal style,” she said. “It helps to look for details that can be repurposed. Even just changing the buttons can make a big difference.”

Both Laroche and the designers agreed it’s important not to go shopping for sec-ondhand clothing with a specific goal in

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mind. Instead, shoppers should fill their carts with anything that catches their eye and edit out the duds before hitting the register.

“I went into shopping with a vision and came out with a completely different kind of vision,” Ortiz said. “I was originally thinking I’d do something à la Alexander Wang, and I created a Gucci spring/sum-mer kind of collection.”

Shoppers should take their time — at least an hour, Laroche said — and start small with accessories.

As Eco Fashion Week grows, Laroche said she hopes to bring more events to Se-attle with more local designers participat-ing. Attendees should also keep an eye out for possible collaborations with jewelry, shoes and bag designers.

Sometimes to create, you have to be willing to destroy. The newest exhibit of the Kirkland Arts Center revels in the power of gleeful destruction to set the stage for aesthetic rebirth.

“Slash & Burn” borrows from the ag-ricultural process of cutting and burning vegetation to regenerate soil and applies it to artists who have used fire and blade-work to create their installations.

Curated by Joy Hagen and Suze Woolf, the exhibit includes work by Hagen, Wolf, Celeste Cooning, Debo-rah Kapoor, Brenda Mallory, Naoko Morisawa, June Sekiguchi and Ellen Ziegler (work pictured above). Each art-ist found their own way of responding

to the theme of the show.Hagen said she has a personal pre-

dilection for the experience of using molten encaustic on natural materials.

“Wax, resin and wood are more than simply materials used to create my product,” she said in an announce-ment for the exhibit. “They are of the forest and provide the complexities of emotion inherent in their use as I create an expression of the tactile and organic experience that a walk in the woods evokes.”

The show will remain on display through Jan. 30. Artists will demon-strate their technique on two days. Heat methods will be shown 6-9 p.m. Jan. 7 and bladework will be demonstrated 6-9 p.m. Jan. 28.

WITH A FLAME AND AN EDGEby Daniel Nash

NEW KIRKLAND ARTS CENTER EXHIBIT ‘SLASH & BURN’ — RUNNING THROUGH JAN. 7 — HIGHLIGHTS THE USE OF BLADES AND HEAT AS A TOOL OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION

‘Ream,’ by Ellen Ziegler, one of eight artists featured in new exhibit ‘Slash & Burn.’Photo courtesy of Kirkland Arts Center Designer Karla Ortiz

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Fellow designer Carlie Wong said she found it useful to incorporate textures on monotone color schemes, like the back of the dress seen below right.Photos by Allison DeAngelis

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