Meet artist Dave Rittinger. He designed these shirts made of leaves which he calls “zero footprint shirts” because they’re only made of leaves and glue. They seem real itchy and highly flammable. And they look pretty silly. He is not doing anything to further the case for green fashion, which conjures up images of things made from bamboo and hemp and now shirts made of fall foliage. Luckily there are lines out there like Bodkin, and designers like Stella McCartney, who both prioritize sustainability in their designs, to combat these stereotypes. But we could use some more smartly designed green fashion.
Mostly I like Dave’s modeling: He is totally smizing into the distance. Check it.
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for a second i thought zack galifianakis was wearing this shirt in the picture. then it would have been totally acceptable.
Maybe we should make one and send it to him.
Oh my poor, bleeding eyes………
i feel like this is a practical joke…i’m going to pretend it is
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Is this April Fools?
At first sight I thought the yellow “top” was the beginning of a chicken suit advertising fast food, but clearly that’s not his aim. So Dave gathers a lot of leaves and then glues them together – that’s kind of ingenious. But also useless – environmentally the leaves would be better making compost and the glue is probably not very environmentally friendly.
This is more in the genre of a design exercise such as make a dress out of toilet paper. Come on, Dave, show us you’re not just a one trick pony – develop some other styles. This is the same T shirt in 5 colors.
Bah-ha-ha-ha-ha! It’s a shame these weren’t marketed better before Halloween– I think maybe they might’ve sold a little better. :o)
thank you very much..
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HAHA! at least its better than a meat shirt. this leaf shirt would fit perfect in the next robin hood movie. LOL
LOL. Would love to see the director of the movie try to make Russell Crowe wear this. Huge amount of violence would ensue.