fiftyRX3: Gary Harvey Recycled Couture
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Gary Harvey, who for nearly ten years was the Creative Director of Levi Strauss and Dockers Europe, began designing his dresses out of creative frustration during his freelance work on fashion campaigns. I needed some really dramatic pieces for a shoot I was working on and the first design evolved using 42 pairs of Levis 501s. Since that time his passion for creating recycled couture has taken over, and hes produced a stunning design using 18 Burberry macs, a fishtail corset dress using 28 camouflage Army jackets, and a body-contouring gown using discarded baseball jackets. Garys latest creation is the newspaper dress, made from 30 copies of the Financial Times. He comments: The desire behind this collection is about re-contextualising iconic, everyday garments to create dramatic new silhouettes.
