Photos 01-03: Niagara, a cape/coat constructed from thousands of plastic zip ties was one of 59 garments selected from nine countries around the world and shown at the Brancott Estate World of WearableArt Awards Show, Wellington, New Zealand, August, 2011.  Photos courtesy of World of WearableArt.

Photo 04: Knotted Couture, costume assembled from recycled and reappropriated materials, worn by Adrien Daller in The Wayward Chapel of Song and Dance, choreographed by Emma Rainey, Cafe Paradiso, Fairfield, Iowa, 2010.  Photo by Geoff Boothby.

Photos 05-06: Smoke Signals, a skirt, cape and hat constructed from plastic window screening, shown at Bodies of Water, a runway show at the international conference of the Surface Design Association in Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2011.  Photo 07 by Ellen Dahl.