Eco Fashion is to show the potential of waste and how it can be transform into a design item. Katell Gelebart is autodidact, ecodesigner and pluridisciplinary artist, founder of the ART D’ECO & DESIGN company in 1998, and have been developing and promoting the potential of re-using waste & unwanted materials in the field of design. In the spirit of the ‘fast fashion kills’ movement today, Katell Gelebart creates exotic dress design from ex-military blankets, parachutes etc. in a show that local models display at the 4th Block Association of Graphic Designers in Kharkiv, Ukraine many events.
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A model cat walks an eco fashion garment at the 4th Block Association of Graphic Designers in Kharkiv, Ukraine
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A model cat walks an eco fashion garment at the 4th Block Association of Graphic Designers in Kharkiv, Ukraine
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Katell Gelebart (center) in discussion
at the 4th Block Association of Graphic Designers in Kharkiv, Ukraine
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A model cat walks an eco fashion garment at the 4th Block Association of Graphic Designers in Kharkiv, Ukraine
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Old style Soviet building near Derzhprom, Kharkiv, Ukraine
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A model shows an eco fashion garment at Lenin's statue, Derzhprom - the 4th Block Association of Graphic Designers in Kharkiv, Ukraine
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A model shows an eco fashion garment at Lenin's statue, Derzhprom - the 4th Block Association of Graphic Designers in Kharkiv, Ukraine
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Derzhprom, Kharkiv, Ukraine
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Young graphic artists attending the 4th Block Association of Graphic Designers in Kharkiv, Ukraine
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A model cat walks an eco fashion garment at the 4th Block Association of Graphic Designers in Kharkiv, Ukraine
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Local models in eco fashion garments at the 4th Block Association of Graphic Designers in Kharkiv, Ukraine
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A model cat walks an eco fashion garment at the 4th Block Association of Graphic Designers in Kharkiv, Ukraine
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family and friends of Katell Gelebart at the 4th Block Association of Graphic Designers in Kharkiv, Ukraine
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A model cat walks an eco fashion garment at the 4th Block Association of Graphic Designers in Kharkiv, Ukraine
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Local models in eco fashion garments at the 4th Block Association of Graphic Designers in Kharkiv, Ukraine
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Directors of the 4th Block Association of Graphic Designers in Kharkiv, Ukraine
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Katell Gelebart at Derzhprom the 4th Block Association of Graphic Designers in Kharkiv, Ukraine
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Katell Gelebart, eco fashion designer and curator of the eco fashion show at the 4th Block Association of Graphic Designers in Kharkiv, Ukraine