Plastron made out of white gloves:
Vintage white kid leather gloves are sewn together to create a halter top.
Spring-summer 2001
Jacket and belt covered with gaffer tape:
The exterior surface of a vintage jacket is entirely sheathed in black gaffer tape. All the details, buttons and buckles remain as they too have been covered meticulously.
Autumn-Winter 2005/2006
Waistcoat made with metro posters:
Advertising posters of the Paris metro of Paris are reworked and pasted together to create a bolero waistcoat for women.
Spring/Summer 1990
Jacket made with wigs:
Lady's wigs are sorted by colour and trimmed. The reverse side of the wigs, showing their elastic construction, is used as the outer face of this women's jacket. The colour of the lining, in soft glove leather or smocked silk, is chosen to match the wigs used.
Autumn/Winter 2005-2006
Waistcoat made with playing cards:
Playing cards taken from packs of many different card games are shuffled together and aged by dyeing, fraying and ironing.
Spring- summer 2006
Coat made out of chapka fur hats:
Eighteen "chapkas", Russian hats with fur interior, are modelled without the use of a paper pattern directly on a Tailor's dummy to create this jacket for men.
Autumn-Winter 2005/2006
Sweater made out of socks:
Old yet unused Military socks are cut, opened and re-sewn together to create a high-neck sweater for women. The natural morphology of the socks have been maintained yet displaced to create its form (heels become elbows and form the bust line for example.)
Autumn-winter 1991/1992
Jacket made out of vintages necklaces:
Each string of beads is weighed so as to create a perfect balance in the finished garment. A structure of fine 'bones', similar to those used in corsetry, is placed on a tailor's dummy before the strings of beads are applied and stitched in place by hand to create the jacket. The original clasps of the strings remain to close the garment.
Spring-Summer 2006.
Blouse made out of little dresses:
Three separate children’s tulle skirted party dresses are used to create the bodice. One entire dress is used to create each sleeve with the former dress collar now serving as a cuff.
Autumn-Winter 2006/2007
Cape made out of wool hats:
Men’s fedora hats have been cut, opened and reassembled to create this cape for women.
Autumn-Winter 2004/2005
Jacket made with sandals:
The uppers of men's summer sandals in natural leather of varying color tones and patina are assembled to create a lady's jacket. Each garment is modeled directly by hand on a dressmaker's dummy with the original buckles on their ankle straps of the sandals still serving as its closings.
Spring-Summer 2006
Ring:
A solitaire ring is attached horizontally to another so that it may be worn flat on the outside of the finger.
Autumn-Winter 2004/2005
