Romanian designer Gabriela Mirea's 'Plastic is Fantastic' line is a collection of fashionable clothes created completely from garbage bags, plastic bags, plastic wrap and other trashy materials. The designer's amazing recycled fashionable clothes were displayed at the Bucharest Fashion show.
Gabriela Mirea's unique 'Plastic is Fantastic' line points out the importance of wasted and disposed materials in the fashion industry.
Implications - More and more fashion consumers are embracing eco-friendly apparel and accessories. Fashion designers can no longer afford to ignore this shift, and are thus designing clothes that allow a consumer to fully embrace a greener lifestyle. Using trash as a medium for eco-friendly clothing is just one of the ways in which a designer can embrace the green movement.
Trash Designer Clothes
Gabriela Mirea's Designer Collection Conveys an Eco-Friendly Message
Trend Themes
1. Eco-fashion - Designers are creating fashion lines that focus on eco-friendly apparel and accessories with a shift to a greener lifestyle.
2. Upcycling - More designers are utilizing waste and disposed materials in their creations as a medium for eco-friendly clothing.
3. Sustainable Fashion - There is an increasing demand for fashion items that are produced in an environmentally sustainable and ethical way.
Industry Implications
1. Fashion - There is a growing move towards eco-fashion, upcycling, and sustainable fashion in the industry.
2. Textile Recycling - An industry centered on reclaiming and processing of discarded textiles for re-use and production, is growing due to the greater concern about wasteful fashion production.
3. Green Materials - A growing industry focused on the development and production of sustainable materials for fashion, considers innovative alternatives to replace plastics and upcycle waste.