If you’re convinced you’re the next Valentino or Yves Saint Laurent but haven’t had anywhere to show off your talent, here’s your chance for fashion fame. The NYU Fashion Expo is holding a contest for designers who want to see their work featured in the EXPO fashion show of 2009.

Presented by the Chinese Student Society at New York, the EXPO is an annual fashion show that features all types of students’ creative work, from student fashion designers and models to choreographers and performers.

This year’s theme is progression, so the contest calls for your best “trashy fashion” – creating fashion wear out of things that would otherwise go in the trash. Aluminum foil, empty soda bottles, plastic bags – use them and flaunt them.

Sketch 3-4 outfits for a chance to win the contest, and download the application on the EXPO website. Got questions? Email nyuexpo2009@gmail.com. The deadline is March 1st.