Paper on the catwalk: RecreateBNE

Alice Nightingale dress made from Frankie Magazine pages.

National Recycling Week this year saw Brisbane City Council put on a runway like no other I've seen before: the Recreate Paper Fashion Show.


Ten of the city's top designers were asked to create garments made entirely of recycled paper - and the results were stunning, 'ready to tear' outfits.

Darb Bridal Couture and George Wu designs - made entirely from paper!

Darb Bridal Couture dress made from paper doilies and wrapping paper.

George Wu dress made from copy paper.

Paper planes dress and matching handbag by House of Cards,
made from excess note paper.

Rachel Burke behind I Make. You Wear It created a dress
using excess paper napkins and wrapping paper.

Maiocchi dress made from Style Magazine pages and wrapping paper.

NICO Underwear design made from newspapers.

Roux May design made from magazine pages.

VIHN dress made from the pages of Naked Magazine.

VIHN and Undress Runways director Edda Hamar with the model wearing VIHN's design.  

Australian Institute of Creative Design students created their pieces using pages
from local publication Bmag.