New York City Designer Creates Colorful High Fashion Couture From Recycled and Discarded Materials

Artist Debra Rapoport finds all sorts of recycled, discarded, found and unusual materials and gives them a brilliant second life as high fashion couture. No items or material of any origin are out of consideration for her “Gifted and Thrifted” unique creations, all of which fetch quite a pretty penny. A self-described “advanced style star”, Rapoport combs the streets of New York City in search of that which catches her eye.

View the rest of the article at Laughing Squid, written by Lori Dorn