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Recycled Cigarette Filter Dress

Recycled Cigarette Filter Dress

Posted on January 3, 2009 by Doug Gunzelmann .

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Developed as part of a graduate thesis by a Chilean based designer the Geurrero Mantis project uses dyed cigarette butts picked from bars, streets, and restaurants.

Umbrella Project: Recycled Umbrellas Turned Dress

Umbrella Project: Recycled Umbrellas Turned Dress

Posted on August 13, 2008 by Doug Gunzelmann .

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This is an eco-friendly alternative to slaughtering whales for fashion! Just kidding, but for nearly three hundred years, starting in the 15th century, whalebone was used as reinforcement in women’s clothing. Used in both corsets and dresses the flexible and thin whale bone could cinch in the belly and provide billowy structure to voluminous skirts. [...]