Designer wraps up food fashions

Would you wear a suit made of hamburger wrappers? Perhaps not, but on Thursday, Calgary designer Shae Barry proved you could, if you wanted to.

Barry was commissioned to come up with six designs made of food court finds, all to be show- and judged -during Eaton Center’s Fast Food Hot Couture fashion show celebrating the renovated food court. It was part of the mall's monthly First Fashion Thursday event.

He designed frock coats from Subway bags, pants from paper bags, a backpack from Lord of the Fries containers, a ruffled cocktail dress from A&W wrappers and a plastic-bag wrap fringed with plastic forks and knives.

The visibly impressed audience cheered and applauded as each ensemble came out on the runway.

The winning outfit, worn by mode model's Kastyn Reid, was a trim tailored suit made of Arby's and Manchu Wok foil wrappers, accessorized with a chic Manchu Wok purse.

When asked what his inspiration was, Barry simply shrugged and said, "It was the stuff.";