From trash to runway: Wild and wacky wearables make Thai designer Madaew a social media rock star

Thai fashion designer Apichet "Madaew" Atirattana overcame poverty to become one of the world's most-lauded fashion stars. PHOTO: LENDLEASE
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SINGAPORE – “Looking good doesn’t depend on money,” Apichet “Madaew” Atirattana once famously declared.

The Thai fashion designer broke the Internet in 2015 with avant-garde clothing made from everyday objects such as banana leaves and trash bags, and certainly knows a thing or two about looking good, even in a potato sack.

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