New York Hosts Rat Fashion Show
I thought rats were the most hated creatures in New York City, but it seems now it’s become fashionable to actually have them as pets. On Sunday, dozens of rat lovers gathered in Manhattan to attend the world’s first Fancy Rat Convention, where pet fashion designer Ada Nieves showed off her rodent clothing collection, featuring […]
Daphne Selfe – A Successful Supermodel at 82
In a world obsessed with physical beauty and aging, 82-year-old Daphne Selfe proves you’re never too old to have a successful modeling career. The grandmother of four has been working in the fashion industry for over 60 years, and thanks to her perfect posture, incredible cheekbones and long, grey hair she’s now more popular than she’s ever […]
Young Crafter Makes Original Prom Dress from 4,000 Pull Tabs
16-year-old Maura Pozek, from Reed Springs, Missouri, created her own prom dress from 4,000 pull tabs and 400 yards of pink ribbon. Looking at the beautiful gown, you wouldn’t guess it was created by a high-school junior, let alone that she did it using only ribbon and aluminum pull tabs. But it’s true, Maura actually […]
Designer Turns Garbage into Green Couture Garments
Designer Nancy Judd uses recycled trash to create various clothing items for her Recycle Runway collection, which she showcases in airports, class rooms and other media outlets around America. “I love taking garbage—something that people want to push away from and not think about—and transform it into something elegant,” Nancy Judd recently told CNN. She […]
Mom Spends Six Years Making a Prom Dress from Candy Wrappers
High-school senior Tara Frey, from Wisconsin, won’t have to worry about having the same prom dress as other girls, as her mother has made her a unique outfit from thousands of Starburst candy wrappers. Tara and her mother Kerrin worked on the dress for the last six years, trying to collect as many wrappers as possible before […]
Guarachero Boots – When Long Is Simply Too Long
They’ve only been around for about a year, but these ridiculously long Mexican pointy boots have already become a major fashion trend at dance clubs and rodeo dance floors around northern Mexico. The guys at Vice heard about the unusual footwear and journeyed to the Mexican city of Matehuala, in the northern state of San […]
Designer Makes Impressive Gown from Discarded Children’s Books
Boston-based fashion designer Ryan Novelline has created an amazing fairytale dress using only pages from children’s Golden Books. If you had any doubts regarding human creativity being endless, this unique creation will definitely make you a believer. Now I’m not very big on fashion, but I know impressive when I see it, and Ryan Novelline’s […]
Colombian Chef Creates Edible Wedding Dresses
Juan Manuel Barrientos, a talented young chef from Colombia, has created two fully edible wedding gowns and showcased them during the Colombiatex fashion show in Medellin. Barrieto admits he didn’t know much about fashion, let alone edible fashion, until someone asked him about clothes that you could eat. He started doing some research on the […]
German Dentist Uses Cleavage to Distract Patients
Dr. Marie Catherine Klarkowski, a dentist from Munchen, Germany, has found the perfect way to open her patient’s mouths as soon as they enter her practice – she and her staff wear low-cut dirndl dresses. Doctor Klarkowski says she came up with this unusual idea when she noticed how men looked at the waitresses wearing […]
LED Smiles – The Latest in Japanese Fashion
They make people look like they’ve been chewing on glow sticks, but the LED smiles created by designers Motoi Ishibashi and Daito Manabe are the new rage in Japan. Originally created as an experiment, the LED smile is currently used in a commercial for the winter sale of a popular Japanese clothing store, and are […]
Fashionable Rubber Band Dresses by Margarita Mileva
Margarita Mileva, an architect working in New York City, is taking the fashion world by storm with her unique dresses made from thousands of rubber bands. Margarita first captured the attention of the fashion world with her line of rubber band accessories – M2, an offshoot of Milev Architects. The daughter of two artists took […]
“Hunger Pains” – Ted Sabarese’s Food Fashion
What is the connection between people, what they eat and their cravings? This is the question Ted Sabarese had in mind when imagining his food fashion photography collection called “Hunger Pains’“. The clothes on each model are completely made out of food and not only that, but they are also an image of that person’s […]
Fashion Designer Showcases Trashy Clothes Made of Garbage Bags
Young Romanian fashion designer Gabriela Mirea has created a surprising collection of trashy clothes called “Plastic is Fantastic.” Materials used for the making of the sexy garments included plastic bags, plastic wrap, garbage bags and various other plastic materials. While many of the spectators present at the Bucharest fashion show considered Mires’s collection an homage […]
Nailympics – The Olympic Games of Fake Nails
Every year, teams from various countries around the world gather in Britain to compete in the Nailympics – the ultimate fake nail showdown. For the last six years, the world’s top manicutists have been coming to Britain to show their skill in the art of fake nail making. Everyone knows everyone, but because of the […]
Jeremy May Creates Jewelry from Book Cutouts
We’ve seen books used as an art medium before, but never as material for unique pieces of jewelry. Jeremy May manages to capture the beauty of paper and makes it available to everyone, in the shape of various fashion accessories. His Littlefly jewels are made from hundreds of laminated sheets of paper, covered by a […]