Recycled, repurposed, and radical wearables modeled by members of Pussy Power House—L.A.’s hottest feminist art community
These photos feature clothes and accessories made by independent designers who are using sustainable and repurposed materials to make new pieces. From IRISHLATINA’s “Waste Not” collection, made entirely from thrifted T-shirts and Hawaiian shirts, to my own bottle-cap necklaces, we are starting a conversation through fashion about over-consumption. In an age of fast fashion and food packaged in single-use plastic, at what point do we look at ourselves and ask: Have we gone too far?
Each designer showcased here is innovating new ways to create fresh fashion with reclaimed materials. Look closely and you’ll see that everything is made from post-consumer waste (plastic, single-use packaging used for food and drinks), pre-consumer waste (fabric scraps from the cutting-room floors of factories or deadstock fabrics), and other upcycled materials, such as used clothing. This is a call to action. Let’s all reconsider our consumer habits and start supporting new ways to design and buy.
By Corinne Loperfido, pussypowerhouse.org
Photographed by Léone Julitte
Styled by Corinne Loperfido
MODELS: CORINNE LOPERFIDO @CORINNELOPERFIDO; NENAH BONDI @O0NENAH0O; LIZZY JEFF @LIZZYJEFF; RE’SHELL BROWN @RESHELL.BROWN; FELICIA BURKLEY @GODDESS.ADORNED; SARA NOE @WOOCHIEBABYLOVESYOU; SARA DEBEVEC @DEBEVECSARA; DEZZY F. BABY @DIEZAVEL.
LOCATION: HAUNTED SHACK GARDENS BY SHRINE @SHRINEON.
TOP PHOTO: ON NENAH: IRISHLATINA SHIRT MADE FROM OLD T-SHIRTS; TABITHA OTT NECKLACE MADE FROM TRASH; JUANA DE ARCO NECKLACE MADE FROM FABRIC SCRAPS; GLASSES: STYLIST’S OWN; NOSERING: MODEL’S OWN.
This article originally appeared in the April/May 2018 print edition of BUST Magazine. Subscribe today!
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