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

by Lori Dorn on March 29, 2019

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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.

West Village artist Debra Rapoport, 73, has a knack for turning garbage into fashion. Her signature hats, made from paper towels, sell for as much as $450. “Recycled materials speak to me. It’s like they say, ‘Give me a second life!’

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