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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
It seems like anything goes when it comes to designing clothes (or accessories) - you don't even have to use fabric anymore. Take for example, these items:
The Corkxedo - just like it sounds, a tuxedo made of corks! If a 15 lb. suit sounds too heavy for you, here's a tutorial on how to make a Cokexedo - made out of recycled Coke cans.
Duck Tape Prom gear. The entries each year keep getting more elaborate, just check out this years top 10 finalists.
Jay McCarroll's McDonald's gift card dress.
The Ecoist's candy wrapper, pull tab, and billboard handbags (I must have one of those).
Recycled materials made into stunning garments. Who kenw electrical wire could look like faux fur?
A pattern for a DIY paper dress.
Previous Comments
[1] On Jul-02-2007, bernadette wrote:Such fun stuff!
I once wanted a paper dress once but was too broke to buy one. How sad is THAT? Now, I think I would do one in Tyvek (c).
We used to make stuff out of folded gum wrappers when we were kids. The handbags are apparently the same basic idea. So, maybe I wil have to start saving even MORE of my trash. Who EATS all those Luna bars for them? Haha
In the Bazaar (gift shop area) of the Smithsonian Folk Life Festival yesterday I could have bought a purse made from recycled(Paper/plastic) rice sacks. Instead, I bought a beautiful purse made of scraps of ikat woven silks. The silk purses are made in a Cambodian workshop that provides jobs for skilled but handicapped artisans.
The fan-folded junk mail dress reminds me of the one I designed (but did not submit) for the "Ugly Betty" design contest - mine was fan-folded layers of white office paper.
[2] On Jul-02-2007, bernadette wrote:
Taking another look at that McDonald's gift card dress, I think I might just use my growing collection of plastic, fake credit cards (the offers that come in the mail) to make a dress. I WAS saving them to do a mosaic table top, someday, though. Haha.
[3] On Jul-02-2007, Laura wrote:
Stacy, I am sending you a link to a website you may find interesting. It is not really very sewing-related; however, the gal whose website it is is selling dress-form print aprons that looked like something you would like. Anyway, check it out and let me know what you think.
Laura
http://donnadowney.typepad.com/
You will have to click on the link for her blog; upper lefthand square once you enter her website. Then you should see the info/picture of the apron.