Phoenix Rising

The main driver of our climate crisis, humans hold the key to its resolution. Like the mythological phoenix, Lexi Boling rises from the ashes in upcycled garments that  challenge our conceptions of waste and reuse.

Photography_ Daniel Jackson

Styling_ Sydney Rose Thomas

Model_ Lexi Boling

LEXI WEARS_ ‘FLUORESCENT APOCALYPSE COAT’_ REPURPOSED SAFETY JACKETS_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION / VINYL BRA_ GEORGIA ALICE_ SS2018_ ALBRIGHT FASHION LIBRARY / ‘RECONSTRUCT PANTS’_ UPCYCLED FROM MILITARY WEAR_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION / BOXERS_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / CUSTOM SNEAKERS (WORN THROUGHOUT)_ UPCYCLED FROM NIKE X UNDERCOVER EPIC REACT SNEAKERS_ KEV THE WORLD X HORACE PAGE_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION

LEXI WEARS_ HOODED RAINCOAT_ RECYCLED PLASTIC BAGS AND TAPE_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / ‘ORANGE EMERGENCY TACTICAL VEST’_ UPCYCLED FROM INFLATABLE LIFE VESTS_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION / ‘THE SCILLA PSI SONICS JACKET’_ UPCYCLED FROM 1996 FRENCH POLICE WINDBREAKER, SPYKE LEATHER MOTORCYCLE RACING SUIT, AND MARINE SERRE ZIPPER_ DURAN LANTINK_ SSAW2021 / ‘TOXIC MASCULINITY ENGLAND TEE’_ UPCYCLED FROM FOOTBALL JERSEYS_ KEV THE WORLD / BOXERS_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / TROUSERS_ UPCYCLED FROM BACKPACKS AND DENIM_ T.B.O.S._ SS2020

LEXI WEARS_ ‘ORANGE EMERGENCY TACTICAL VEST’_ UPCYCLED FROM INFLATABLE LIFE VESTS_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION / JUTE VEST_ UPCYCLED FROM HESSIAN SACKS (USING TECHNIQUE PROPOSED BY ARTIST IBRAHIM MAHAMA)_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION / HOODED RAINCOAT_ RECYCLED PLASTIC BAGS AND TAPE_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / ‘TRANSFORMABLE BAG JACKET’_ UPCYCLED FROM MILITARY WEAR_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION / JUTE TROUSERS_ UPCYCLED FROM HESSIAN SACKS (USING TECHNIQUE PROPOSED BY ARTIST IBRAHIM MAHAMA)_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION

LEXI WEARS_ HOODIE_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / ‘TARPAULIN COAT’_ UPCYCLED TARP (DONATED FROM LOCAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY)_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION / MESH BRA_ GUCCI_ FW2013_ ALBRIGHT FASHION LIBRARY / BELT_ UPCYCLED FROM NYLON CORD AND CARABINER_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / ‘FALLEN BLINDS POSTBAG TROUSERS’_ UPCYCLED FROM ROYAL MAIL POSTAL BAGS_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION

LEXI WEARS_ HOODED RAINCOAT_ RECYCLED PLASTIC BAGS AND TAPE_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / ‘THE VANGUARD ANORAK’_ UPCYCLED FROM DEADSTOCK NYLON_ SASKIA LENAERTS_ THE ‘DISARMED’ COLLECTION / ‘THE NO-MAN’S LAND VEST’_ UPCYCLED FROM MILITARY ARCTIC SLEEPING BAG AND BRITISH POLICE JACKET_ SASKIA LENAERTS_ THE ‘DISARMED’ COLLECTION / ‘MEGASIZED KUTCH BAG’_ UPCYCLED FROM DECONSTRUCTED GARMENTS AND ACCESSORIES_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION / BODYSUIT_ JEAN PAUL GAULTIER_ CIRCA 2000_ ALBRIGHT FASHION LIBRARY / BRA_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / ‘RECONSTRUCT PANTS’_ UPCYCLED FROM MILITARY WEAR_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION

LEXI WEARS_ ‘RECONSTRUCTED TRANSFORMABLE BAG JACKET’_ UPCYCLED FROM MILITARY WEAR_ KEV THE WORLD / LATEX BRA_ SAINT LAURENT_ ALBRIGHT FASHION LIBRARY / ‘KOMATSU QUILTED WORKWEAR TROUSERS’_ CUSTOMIZED WITH MATERIAL CREATED BY KOMATSU SEIREN_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION

LEXI WEARS_ HOODED RAINCOAT_ RECYCLED PLASTIC BAGS AND TAPE_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / ‘ORANGE EMERGENCY TACTICAL VEST’_ UPCYCLED FROM INFLATABLE LIFE VESTS_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION / ‘THE SCILLA PSI SONICS JACKET’_ UPCYCLED FROM 1996 FRENCH POLICE WINDBREAKER, SPYKE LEATHER MOTORCYCLE RACING SUIT, AND MARINE SERRE ZIPPER_ DURAN LANTINK_ SSAW2021 / ‘TOXIC MASCULINITY ENGLAND TEE’_ UPCYCLED FROM FOOTBALL JERSEYS_ KEV THE WORLD / BOXERS_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / TROUSERS_ UPCYCLED FROM BACKPACKS AND DENIM_ T.B.O.S._ SS2020

LEXI WEARS_ HOODED RAINCOAT_ RECYCLED PLASTIC BAGS AND TAPE_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / ‘ORANGE EMERGENCY TACTICAL VEST’_ UPCYCLED FROM INFLATABLE LIFE VESTS_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION / ‘THE SCILLA PSI SONICS JACKET’_ UPCYCLED FROM 1996 FRENCH POLICE WINDBREAKER, SPYKE LEATHER MOTORCYCLE RACING SUIT, AND MARINE SERRE ZIPPER_ DURAN LANTINK_ SSAW2021 / ‘TOXIC MASCULINITY ENGLAND TEE’_ UPCYCLED FROM FOOTBALL JERSEYS_ KEV THE WORLD / BOXERS_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / TROUSERS_ UPCYCLED FROM BACKPACKS AND DENIM_ T.B.O.S._ SS2020

LEXI WEARS_ ‘KOMATSU QUILTED MILITIA HAT’_ MADE FROM MATERIAL CREATED BY KOMATSU SEIREN_ KEV THE WORLD / COTTON RIBBED TANK_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / ‘TRIGGER FINGER’ GLOVES_ UPCYCLED FROM LEATHER OFFCUTS AND NYLON REMNANTS_ SASKIA LENAERTS_ THE ‘DISARMED’ COLLECTION

LEXI WEARS_ ‘FLUORESCENT APOCALYPSE COAT’_ REPURPOSED SAFETY JACKETS_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION / VINYL BRA_ GEORGIA ALICE_ SS2018_ ALBRIGHT FASHION LIBRARY / ‘RECONSTRUCT PANTS’_ UPCYCLED FROM MILITARY WEAR_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION / BOXERS_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / CUSTOM SNEAKERS (WORN THROUGHOUT)_ UPCYCLED FROM NIKE X UNDERCOVER EPIC REACT SNEAKERS_ KEV THE WORLD X HORACE PAGE_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION

LEXI WEARS_ HOODED RAINCOAT_ RECYCLED PLASTIC BAGS AND TAPE_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / ‘THE VANGUARD ANORAK’_ UPCYCLED FROM DEADSTOCK NYLON_ SASKIA LENAERTS_ THE ‘DISARMED’ COLLECTION / ‘THE NO-MAN’S LAND VEST’_ UPCYCLED FROM MILITARY ARCTIC SLEEPING BAG AND BRITISH POLICE JACKET_ SASKIA LENAERTS_ THE ‘DISARMED’ COLLECTION / BODYSUIT_ JEAN PAUL GAULTIER_ CIRCA 2000_ ALBRIGHT FASHION LIBRARY

LEXI WEARS_ ‘THE BROTH UVULA COAT’_ UPCYCLED FROM 1970S FRENCH MILITARY VEST, POLYESTER GMBH PARKA, 1980S PVC MILITARY RAINCOAT, AND GIVENCHY POLYESTER PARKA_ DURAN LANTINK_ SSAW2021 / ‘THE NO-MAN’S LAND VEST’_ UPCYCLED FROM MILITARY ARCTIC SLEEPING BAG AND BRITISH POLICE JACKET_ SASKIA LENAERTS_ THE ‘DISARMED’ COLLECTION / ‘UPCYCLED PATCHWORK SPORTS TOP’_ UPCYCLED FROM REPURPOSED SPORTS FABRICS_ KEV THE WORLD / HOODED RAINCOAT_ RECYCLED PLASTIC BAGS AND TAPE_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / TROUSERS_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE

LEXI WEARS_ ‘ORANGE EMERGENCY TACTICAL VEST’_ UPCYCLED FROM INFLATABLE LIFE VESTS_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION / JUTE VEST_ UPCYCLED FROM HESSIAN SACKS (USING TECHNIQUE PROPOSED BY ARTIST IBRAHIM MAHAMA)_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION / HOODED RAINCOAT_ RECYCLED PLASTIC BAGS AND TAPE_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / ‘TRANSFORMABLE BAG JACKET’_ UPCYCLED FROM MILITARY WEAR_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION / JUTE TROUSERS_ UPCYCLED FROM HESSIAN SACKS (USING TECHNIQUE PROPOSED BY ARTIST IBRAHIM MAHAMA)_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION

LEXI WEARS_ HOODED RAINCOAT_ RECYCLED PLASTIC BAGS AND TAPE_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / ‘ORANGE EMERGENCY TACTICAL VEST’_ UPCYCLED FROM INFLATABLE LIFE VESTS_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION / ‘THE SCILLA PSI SONICS JACKET’_ UPCYCLED FROM 1996 FRENCH POLICE WINDBREAKER, SPYKE LEATHER MOTORCYCLE RACING SUIT, AND MARINE SERRE ZIPPER_ DURAN LANTINK_ SSAW2021 / ‘TOXIC MASCULINITY ENGLAND TEE’_ UPCYCLED FROM FOOTBALL JERSEYS_ KEV THE WORLD

LEXI WEARS_ HOODED RAINCOAT_ RECYCLED PLASTIC BAGS AND TAPE_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / ‘ORANGE EMERGENCY TACTICAL VEST’_ UPCYCLED FROM INFLATABLE LIFE VESTS_ KEV THE WORLD_ THE ‘DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTIONS’ COLLECTION / ‘THE SCILLA PSI SONICS JACKET’_ UPCYCLED FROM 1996 FRENCH POLICE WINDBREAKER, SPYKE LEATHER MOTORCYCLE RACING SUIT, AND MARINE SERRE ZIPPER_ DURAN LANTINK_ SSAW2021 / ‘TOXIC MASCULINITY ENGLAND TEE’_ UPCYCLED FROM FOOTBALL JERSEYS_ KEV THE WORLD / BOXERS_ STYLIST’S ARCHIVE / TROUSERS_ UPCYCLED FROM BACKPACKS AND DENIM_ T.B.O.S._ SS2020

Hair_ Bob Recine

Makeup_ Dick Page

Casting_ Studio At Large

Model Agency_ Heroes

Producer_ Rebekah Mikale

Photography Assistant_ Kaitlin Tucker

Styling Assistant_ Sofia Amaral

Hair Assistant_ Kazuhide Katahira

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