Emily Crane's Bio-Lace

Emily Crane is a fashion designer who experiments with growing and freezing bubbles to create delicate bio-lace structures used for material for clothing and accessories. The process capturing bubbles in organic fluids like gelatine and glycerine along with food colouring and freezes them into beautiful shapes and structures. I wouldn't have thought that the bio-lace would be very durable as the structures would be so delicate, however the outcomes are very feminine and beautiful

Bridal Lace Dress by Deborah Milner

Designer Deborah Milner used plastic bags to create a lace effect fabric with which she crafted the “Bridal Lace Dress”.  The bags were knotted using the Japanese shabori technique and then ironed between tracing paper which melted away parts of the plastic to reveal the lace design. This was then appliquéd onto silk tulle and made into the eco-friendly wedding dress.

I think the effect of this method incredible as there was a chance that this concept would just look like a dress made out of plastic bags, however, the outcome is really aesthetically pleasing and I would never have guessed the "lace" was actually plastic.