“I was inspired by ‘no-waste’ patterning,” Granz said from Los Angeles. “The design utilizes all of the fabric so there is very little waste. The dress is 80 percent sustainable and it ...

On the art end is a trio of Nick Cave’s garments composed of deconstructed, thrifted men’s dress shirts ... Bernard Leviton A + D Gallery hosts “No Waste/ZeroWaste” through April 16.

“The Art Hive coordinator and I said there’s no way we’re going to put this in the Art Hive for kids to take apart, and I said, ‘Why don’t we do a prom dress project’?” Sweeney ...

It looks like it still has to be sewn together, which creates some potential for waste, but absolutely nothing like conventional methods. This is probably the coolest dress we’ve seen since the ...