Junk-Covered Couture

The Nikolai De Vera IN Magazine Editorial Turns Trash to Treasure

The Nikolai De Vera IN Magazine editorial highlights junk-covered couture looks worn by Q Models fresh face Iggy. This stunning spread is featured in the publication's Spring/Summer 2012 issue, proving that one's trash is another's treasure. From metal shard tops to scrunched newspaper dresses, stylist Francis Urrutia dresses Iggy in a series of fearless garbage-made fashions.

Presenting a fresh take on the avant-garde, Dubai-based magazine In embraces the season's hottest womenswear trends that including structured silhouettes, exaggerated proportions and textured details.

The Nikolai De Vera IN Magazine editorial showcases the photographer's striking work and visionary art direction. Sporting citrus locks by hair stylist Stefani Annaliese and natural makeup looks by artist Imane, the model is a vision in unconventional wardrobe picks.

Sustainable Fashion
Fashion industry could explore using recycled materials and turning waste into stylish designs to be environmentally-friendly.
Artistic Photography
Photographers can tap into visualizing creativity in capturing unique fashion sensibilities using innovative props and unconventional styles to challenge preconceived fashion norms.
Upcycling Fashion
Fashion designers could benefit from using discarded materials and repurposing them into unique designs to create new fashion buzz.

Sectors Adopting This

Fashion
Fashion designers and brands could radically elevate the sector by creating eco-friendly and sustainable designs that reinvent how we think about the relationship between fashion and the environment.
Photography
Photographers can strive to craft fashion-forward ideas by using atypical techniques to highlight different styles as a way to inspire imagination and disrupt tradition.
Visual Arts
Artists, galleries and museums could further explore the novel ways artworks can be viewed that are multisensory and provocative, expanding different platforms from mere display to creative installations that are thought-provoking and stimulating.
SCORE
3.2 out of 10
GENDER
10% Men90% Women
MARKETTop markets: North America, Europe, Asia
GENERATION
  • Gen Z
  • Gen Alpha
  • Millennial (primary audience)
  • Gen X (primary audience)
POPULARITY
Popularity 47%
Activity 40%
Freshness 8%

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