Bulgarian-born
designer Margarita Mileva spends around 90 hours painstakingly knotting
rubber bands together to create wearable dresses. Her latest creation
has about 18,500 rubber bands.
Back
in 2011, she created a stunning pastel dress out of 14,235 pieces of
rubbery office supplies. She beat that record by knotting together a
10-kilogram garment from orange and black rubber bands, inspired by the
spirit of Polynesia and the tattoos of the Maori. It took 150 hours to
complete, and comes with matching rubber band shoes. “I always had an
eye for jewelry and love to design clothes, knit and make collages,”
49-year-old Mileva says. “So when I started making jewelry from reusing
paperclips, punched business cards and rubber bands, it didn’t come as a
surprise to anyone. Rubber band dresses were the next step – I am
trying to create unique pieces that I would like to be seen as
conversation openers.”
Although
she admits her fashionable rubber band dresses are pretty heavy and she
has never worn them herself, Margarita says the models really like
them. She does wear many of the rubber band accessories she designs, and
likes to see people’s reactions. If you’re looking for a unique wedding
dress to surprise everyone on your big day, the New-York-based designer
says she is open to taking custom orders. She also sells rubber band
accessories through her Etsy shop.
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