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Grecian gown? No problem, here's a sheet. A wide-brim hat? Yes, there's a bin lid. A wedding gown fit for a reality star? Hand over the toilet paper and tin foil.
Angelica Hicks has the internet in stitches with her inventive creations making fun of high-end fashion and celebrities.
The New York artist has created a version of several high-profile pictures and Kim Kardashian is clearly a fave.
She uses whatever is in her home – plastic bags, tape, kitchen sink cleaners, pillow stuffing and cardboard boxes, among other things. Foil is a clear favourite and features in several looks.
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It's clear Angelica is highly creative and is having fun with putting together her homemade designs.
In one of the videos she's posted to social media, the 29-year-old is seen digging around to retrieve trash bags to make a Balenciaga-style dress, which she secures with some good old-fashioned tape.
“Fashion houses are so removed from the mundanity of life when they're making these kinds of beautiful creations. It's like playing dress-up for a grownup," she says.
Nothing is a no-go for the innovative artist. She even embellished one of her creations with gold Ferrero Rocher chocolate wrappers.
Even Barbie and Ken get a look in on some outfits, all dressed up in sweet designs.
She wants to have fun with fashion, Angelica says. She got her start in the fashion industry after getting an art qualification from the University College London.
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She later moved to the US where she became a freelance illustrator, using fashion as inspiration for cheeky jokes in her sketches.
“People love to laugh at fashion, people in fashion love to laugh at it. Everyone loves to laugh,” she says.
It wasn't long before she began making fashion parody videos that had her followers coming back for more.
Her videos and creations are about more than just laughs, though.
Angelica knows that fashion usually feels unreachable for anyone whose pockets aren't that deep and she wants to remind people that style can't be bought.
"That damaging culture is alive and well on Instagram," she says.
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