Dress Made From 3,000 Cow and Yak Nipples- But a dress made from 3,000 protruding cow and yak nipples had Fashion Week attendees clutching at their pearls like disapproving dowagers.
Designed by Liverpool-born designe Rachel Friere, who fashioned the nipples into disarmingly genteel rosettes, the floor-length gown has raised the ire of the British public, politicians, and animal-rights groups alike, who have branded it “inappropriate and disturbing,” “absolutely grotesque,” “sickening and repulsive,” and a “runway freak show.”
But Freire gives another surprising side to the story. According to the designer, the cow and yak nipples were given to her by tanneries, which would have otherwise thrown them out.
She said: “They really make you aware of the animal itself. I create fashion using material that would otherwise end up on the scrap heap.What I am doing is recycling. The people criticising are clearly clueless about the amount of leather wasted on a daily basis.”
And despite the backlash Friere will showcase her collection at Paris Fashion Week, which kicked off yesterday. Personally, I’m not sure why anyone except maybe Lady Gaga (who wore a dress made out of 15lbs of meat) would want or need a nipple dress. But hey, different strokes, right?
And one potential plus of wearing a nipple dress: you probably won't need to fret about someone else showing up in the same outfit as you at a party.
Designed by Liverpool-born designe Rachel Friere, who fashioned the nipples into disarmingly genteel rosettes, the floor-length gown has raised the ire of the British public, politicians, and animal-rights groups alike, who have branded it “inappropriate and disturbing,” “absolutely grotesque,” “sickening and repulsive,” and a “runway freak show.”
But Freire gives another surprising side to the story. According to the designer, the cow and yak nipples were given to her by tanneries, which would have otherwise thrown them out.
She said: “They really make you aware of the animal itself. I create fashion using material that would otherwise end up on the scrap heap.What I am doing is recycling. The people criticising are clearly clueless about the amount of leather wasted on a daily basis.”
And despite the backlash Friere will showcase her collection at Paris Fashion Week, which kicked off yesterday. Personally, I’m not sure why anyone except maybe Lady Gaga (who wore a dress made out of 15lbs of meat) would want or need a nipple dress. But hey, different strokes, right?
And one potential plus of wearing a nipple dress: you probably won't need to fret about someone else showing up in the same outfit as you at a party.
