Plastic clothes

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Nicole McLaughlin (previously) ensures she always has a snack at her fingertips—or stashed in a puffy vest or lining the top of her sandals. The former Reebok graphic designer creates upcycled clothing, footwear, and household items from pouches of gummy candy, old fleece jackets, and even inflated bags of popcorn. Often prominently displaying logos, McLaughlin’s projects provide a humorous take on branding and fashion trends. The playful pieces also are part of the designer’s years-long…

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Gallery of tape sculptures.

Tutorial for continuous-strand plastic bag or tee shirt yarn at my blog (August 9th-click on title to get the full tutorial). www.eloomanator.eloomanation.com

Tom Dey. Used plastic packing supplies, bubble wrap, drop cloths, aquarium tubing, and soda bottle bottoms. This costume piece utilizes a wide variety of discarded plastic and industrial materials to recreate the opulence of Marie Antoinette's style, essentially using low class media to evoke high class materials.

This is a fully wearable and comfortable unlined plastic coat. Uncounted layers upon layers of fused and sewn plastic bags , plastic produce net bags, and newsprint image transfers. 100% plastic bags--- even the cotton sewing thread was old. Nothing bought except for the velcro front closure. I spent 1 whole month (every single day) on this coat...and collected bags for over 1 year.....there were MANY grueling challenges. I thought I would never get it finished. It was both rewarding and…

Make something that will entertain your kids without any money spent - plastic bag tutu! Easy craft and no sewing required!