I never was a fan of garbage bag couture but these I love. Conceived by fashion designer and creative director Gary Harvey, this collection set out to prove that recycled clothing can be beautiful, innovative, and enchanting. The couture-inspired collection, which was shown at London Fashion Week back in 2007, features gowns made entirely from recycled materials: 42 pairs of Levi’s 501s, 37 black tees, 30 copies of the Financial Times, 28 camouflage army jackets, 26 nylon baseball jackets, 21 laundry bags, 18 trench coats, ten pre-owned wedding dresses, and seven Hawaiian shirts — to be exact. It seems that the original colors, textures and shapes of the reclaimed materials did much to inspire the silhouette of the final pieces themselves.
NEWSPAPER DRESS
A billowy, crinkly confection of a skirt is made from 30 paper issues of the Financial Times. Perfectly newsworthy and recyclable.
BASEBALL PUFFBALL DRESS
Pouf gets a tomboy twist thanks to the fabrication of 26 nylon baseball jackets into this bubble-inspired little number.
MILITARY DRESS
The transformation of 37 army jackets into a shapely fishtail gown may not bring about world peace, but it does take steps towards saving the planet.
Visit Gary Harvey’s website to see more photos.
31 Responses to “FASHION | Remarkable, Recycled Dresses”
these are great, excellent recycling and striking looking clothing. My favourite is the military dress,
Absolutely amazing. The photography is great and really shows off the fashion. My favorite is the financial times one.
What is the top one made of?
Leslie,
The dress is made from laundry bags! I love how the boxy shape of te bags creates a whole new silhouette for the gown. My fave – I would wear it!
Wow, who would of thought you could make such gorgeous clothes from a load of old rubbish! I love the newspaper dress, not sure if it would be very practical in the rain.
Lol Posh. I suppose that’s where an upcycled umbrella dress would come in handy. Or this eco-chic umbrella.
I love the baseball puffball dress!
I love the dresses. I like designing adn now I think I might use recycled materials.
I love the first dress
Most beautiful design is 2nd one…
Thank you for the post..
AMAZING CLOTHING I WONT ONE!
I love these designs, in school i am studying g.c.s.e photography and is doing a section on recycled fashion, and these dresses have inspired me to create some dresses and do some photo-shoots with them! Thank you for the inspiration!!!
You’re welcome Sarah! Would love to see pictures of your final project.
Wow, who would of thought you could make such gorgeous clothes from a load of old rubbish! I love the newspaper dress, not sure if it would be very practical in the rain.
I love, love-love these dresses, superb and very inspiring! thank you.
saM tK
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I like the look of the first dress with the plaid pattern, but the military one is probably the most wearable
I love these dresses, so inspirational! Currently creating couture collection from old broken blankets…
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Wow! Impressive!
i really love recycled cloth i like the military dress
i love the newspaper dress.. very unique and fashionable
Wow these dresses are absolutly AMAZINGG! I am currently in year 11 and am stuing Textiles and have decided to make a dress out of recycled material! These dresses have given me so many great ideas
Glad to hear Melissa!
One of my faves too. Glad you liked it!
i really love the newspaper dress!!…
im just wondering how did you put the newspaper to the dress it looks so nice :>
wow!! the one made from the financial times is so cool!!!
interesting.. love it !
i really like the laundry bag dress, i know you probably get asked this a lot but where do you get you inspiration from or you just picture any item and imagine what it would look like if it was a dress? Really Creative designs, but i have one more question did you always want to designs things whe you were little of did you want to do something else?
very fun
Love the article!!!
Gorgeous! Love the comments!
Great question for the designers. I shared this pictures out, because I love gathering inspiration from others. Check out the link and reach out to them!