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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Backstage With The Craziest Designs At A Student Fashion Show

The Academy of Art University's runway show had some of the most creative and weird clothes at fashion week.









Designer Heather McDonald with a black sweater dress



Her designs were inspired by the classic silent movie Metropolis, which includes a sexy robot woman, who looks a lot like the shape of this dress.


Designer Heather McDonald with a black sweater dress





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Here's that same sweater dress on the runway



Very slinky-evil-female-robot.


Here's that same sweater dress on the runway





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A collaboration between Teresa Field and James Thai made this etched leather dress



Teresa was inspired by drawings of H.R. Geiger (the guy who designed the creature in Alien and anatomical animal drawings. She worked with James Thai, who created a way of burning Field's intricate drawings onto soft leather.


A collaboration between Teresa Field and James Thai made this etched leather dress





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And these leather pants with a saber-tooth tiger



Really, who ever has enough prehistoric mammal themed pieces in her closet?


And these leather pants with a saber-tooth tiger





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Necktie dress

I asked friends to donate neckties they no longer wanted, I also found several at my local thrift shop. I have seen a shorter version of this and also an ankle length necktie dress.  supplies needed I used about 30 neckties, 5 or 6 mens white dress shirts, an old white cotton dress, a 22" zipper,...
By: katvanlew

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