E-waste chic dress
Posted by staff / August 30, 2010Mastering the art of geek-chic wear requires walking the fine line of librarian glasses, skinny ties, Threadless t-shirts, and irony. Designer Tina Sparkles perfected the look with her e-waste-chic dress made from 30 pounds of recycled wires. The look, dubbed Systems Supernova, strutted down the runway earlier this month at the Austin Fashion Week.
Full story at Wired.
Given the scale of the problem that dress needs to be SUPER-sized.
See:
"Smartphone, HDTV Boom Begets Gargantuan E-Waste Problem"
http://to.pbs.org/bX6ALz