17.7.08

Re-bonjour Project Runway

Epi 1:
Designers construct outfits from crazy materials (i.e. plastic cups, coffee filters, lettuce, tablecloths, etc.). To watch these designers construct wearable ART out of everyday usable items, was inspiring. I felt like rummaging through drawers and garage storage boxes to "redeem" thrown out items for new use.


My favorite, top is coffee filters with holes burned for a pattern and....bottom is dyed vacuum bags and.....the back is hook and eye closures from a notebook spiral, what?!
Dress constructed with CANDY, how SWEET. Although not the most innovative or pulled off (the designer kind of copped out at last minute).
Her top is made from BALLS.....you know the kind you can kick and they bounce forever. Bottom is lawn chair fabric, how durable, heh.
I have a ton of paper clips just lying around.....perhaps a skirt is in store.
Having to be creative with limited materials is always way more interesting than having an infinite amount of choices at your fingertips. Design can be so stuffy and snobby. This proves it's not about who it came from or the extravagant amount, but thinking outside the box and having a vision (can you tell which side of the tracks I'm from).
Carpe Diem!