The year 2000 brought great expectations and opportunities on the horizon for two surfer boys from P.N.G. Travers Gabriel Chue and Ashlon Rhys Chue, now SYDNEY based designers are the founders of Trash-Tusa.

In 2004, friends of the pair started requesting cosmetic makeovers for their abandoned jeans, suit jackets and tee shirts. “We started bleaching, sanding, grinding, sewing and screen printing on new and old jeans to make them vintage. The cult following soon had stores placing orders.

Travers and Ashlon Chue launched their premium denim label Trash-Tusa with the summer 2005/2006 collection arriving in stores Australia wide in September 2005.

Travers and Ashlon are of Papua New Guinean, Chinese and Australian decent. The Aussie lifestyle combined with the influences from the boy’s islander background inspires collections that combine both modern, playful and laidback trends yet still serve the aesthetic of function and comfort.

“Our garments reflect our lifestyle, image and reason. By wearing our garments, one would glimpse, even if it’s just for one second, the Trash-Tusa dream. In return we ask you all to mould our garments into your own lifestyle. That way each garment will become unique because you all will have stamped your own mark on them. This is the beginning, so get used to being noticed.”
Trash-Tusa Boys.