There’s a very minor fashion trend going on at the moment that is perhaps appropriate to highlight as we get closer to prom season; condom couture.
Those dresses, made by designer Emma Kaywin, were inspired by her internship with an HIV awareness outreach group. She realized they were about to dispose of thousands of left-over condoms and decided to keep them useful. She’s worn these dresses in public, and reports they elicit, usually, shock and/or disgust. Part of the impetus for these kinds of projects is to erase that kind of bias. By putting these essential and often life-saving devices in the best (and most visible) possible light, Kaywin and others hope to end the stigma around them. Pretty cool. Our next designer, Adriana Bertini, has made something of a career (and a recycling/health outreach project) out of these dresses. Some highlights of her collection:
