Upcycled Vogue Magazine Dresses

Two of my favorite dresses are these Vogue Magazine Dresses, which I created entirely from upcycled Vogue magazine pages. The first was created for an upcycling runway show, photos by Quavondo, and the second was commissioned for display in a Las Vegas shop, photos by Brian at BMAC Studio.

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14 Comments

Teresa Henderson April 13, 2016 at 6:27am

Hi, we are currently in the design process of making a recycled dress for a school competition and are inspired by your paper dresses. Although we are unsure on how to construct the dress’ base. Hoping to receive some advise. Many thanks

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1. Lia May 19, 2016 at 2:03pm
  
  Build it on a top. bra or corset. Then you have a structure.
  
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Melissa December 10, 2014 at 5:43am

Hi Lia, Thank you for your help with how you create your beautiful dresses, I now have to write about you in my A level personal study and I would like to know why you chose to work in paper, I have seen the video where you explain about making paper dolls and your love for paper but does your work have any relevance to environmental awareness of paper waste? my question is really just why did you chose to work with paper?
Thank you so much!

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1. Lia December 15, 2014 at 12:28pm
  
  Hi Melissa. Paper is compost able and I often will use recycled paper, I really chose paper because it is accessible to everyone:)
  
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Melissa June 27, 2014 at 4:54am

Thanks for the video link it was extremely interesting and helpful but my main question is how do you actually fasten your dresses?

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1. Lia June 28, 2014 at 3:01pm
  
  Do you mean fasten in the back? I sew a strip of wide velcro onto the back of the corset before I start building the dress.
  
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Melissa June 22, 2014 at 12:24pm

Hi Lia, your dresses are a huge inspiration for my A level textiles project. My theme is recycled fashion and I am hoping to create a final piece using paper/magazines and I was wondering if you had any tips or advice or other artists that could help me with my project?

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1. Lia June 23, 2014 at 11:00pm
  
  I have a video interview by Oregon Art Beat that shows some of the behind the scenes methods of how I make these dresses. That may be helpful to you. Check it out! 😉
  
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Charl July 4, 2013 at 11:22am

Hey, your dresses are absolutely gorgeous. I tried something similar but I can’t get the top quite right.
I was just wondering if you could briefly tell me how you did it?

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1. Lia July 5, 2013 at 10:52am
  
  Hi Chari, If you take a peek at my video from OPB it shows you a bit about how I make the dresses. My trick is the bustier as my base and building the dress on a mannequin. http://watch.opb.org/video/1560077707/
  
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Jenni April 18, 2013 at 4:32pm

Simply breathtaking!

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1. Lia April 18, 2013 at 4:49pm
  
  Thanks Jenni! It was great to meet you last night. 🙂
  
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carrie March 17, 2013 at 3:45pm

These dresses from you Lia are simply breathtaking….You are an exceptional designer!!!! There is another designer out there too: jewelry (her medium is gold/platinum/silver) you could look at Tinken jewelry on Etsy. Her name is Kristina and you look a bit alike! Her jewelry is stunning.

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1. Lia March 18, 2013 at 7:56am
  
  Thanks Carrie. I do like her jewelry and just added her to my favorite shops on Etsy. Thanks for the tip. 😉
  
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