Ryan Jude Novelline
Ryan Jude Novelline - Golden Book Gown - Photo by Greg Brown
Golden Book Gown
”So amazing!” Tommy Hilfigher
“WOW. We love it!” Random House Kids
“Jaw-dropping!” Glamour Italia
“If sustainable couture is your version of 'happily ever after,' consider Ryan Novelline the Prince Charming of green designers. Who needs a Fairy Godmother?” Ecouterre
“The brand new attempt has placed Ryan Novelline among the top-class ‘green designers’.” GreenPack
“Heaven! So fashionable, so literate, so colorful! Bravo, Ryan Novelline!”
New York Public Library
ABOUT THE GOWN
Storybook gown constructed entirely out of recycled and discarded children’s Golden Books. Surface area of the paper skirt: ~22,000 square inches. The paper skirt is comprised entirely of the original book illustrations sewn together with metallic gold thread. The bodice is made from the books’ foil spines backed by tape adhesive.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Ryan Jude Novelline is a Boston-based artist who has designed for GAP, Harvard University, Diane Von Furstenberg, & Walt Disney Imagineering and has shown work in Boston, New York, Providence, and Orlando. His art has been featured both domestically and internationally by Conde Nast, New York Magazine, PBS, Yahoo, Asian Geographic, HP Global, and a host of others. He holds a BFA in Illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design and is currently hard at work on a mindblowingly innovative new piece scheduled for completion Spring 2014. For more information visit: RyanJudeNovelline.com
”So amazing!” Tommy Hilfigher
“WOW. We love it!” Random House Kids
“Jaw-dropping!” Glamour Italia
“If sustainable couture is your version of 'happily ever after,' consider Ryan Novelline the Prince Charming of green designers. Who needs a Fairy Godmother?” Ecouterre
“The brand new attempt has placed Ryan Novelline among the top-class ‘green designers’.” GreenPack
“Heaven! So fashionable, so literate, so colorful! Bravo, Ryan Novelline!”
New York Public Library
ABOUT THE GOWN
Storybook gown constructed entirely out of recycled and discarded children’s Golden Books. Surface area of the paper skirt: ~22,000 square inches. The paper skirt is comprised entirely of the original book illustrations sewn together with metallic gold thread. The bodice is made from the books’ foil spines backed by tape adhesive.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Ryan Jude Novelline is a Boston-based artist who has designed for GAP, Harvard University, Diane Von Furstenberg, & Walt Disney Imagineering and has shown work in Boston, New York, Providence, and Orlando. His art has been featured both domestically and internationally by Conde Nast, New York Magazine, PBS, Yahoo, Asian Geographic, HP Global, and a host of others. He holds a BFA in Illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design and is currently hard at work on a mindblowingly innovative new piece scheduled for completion Spring 2014. For more information visit: RyanJudeNovelline.com
Please contact Drift Gallery at 603-379-6560 to inquire about availability.
