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Braided Ruffle Dress by Kiana Bonollo - DIY Upcycle Kit

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Designed by Kiana Bonollo @kianabonollo, a popular fashion design content creator and sewing educator who is currently designing for the Grammy's red carpet, this Braided Ruffle Dress is an elegant silhouette crafted from actual deconstructed dupes for the POPFLEX Upcycle Project. We partnered with Kiana to create DIY Kits for you to sew your own dress at home!

Dress Features:

  • Wrap-around braided straps
  • Ballet-inspired bodice
  • Tiered ruffle upper skirt with sheer lower skirt
  • Perfect for Spring and Summer weddings

Kiana’s DIY Upcycle Kit*:

  • Digital download of Kiana’s pattern (sizes XS-XL), emailed to you instantly
  • All the fabric you’ll need to recreate Kiana's design, shipped to you
  • Fabric is FREE and will arrive in the form of skorts to be upcycled, cost is only to cover shipping
  • At this time, we are testing this project U.S. only
100% of all profits from this purchase will go to Kiana. Thank you for supporting original design!

A note from Cassey:

As you know, dupes are such a huge problem in the fashion industry. When I first designed my Pirouette Skort, I didn't know how many thousands of battles I would have to fight to protect my creation. I am grateful to have been awarded a design patent from the USPTO for my unique design, but it's not enough to change consumer behavior and the dirty parts of the industry.

In Kiana’s DIY Upcycle Kit, you'll find the actual dupes that were going to be thrown away. When the dupers finally agreed to stop selling the infringing product and insisted on discarding it all, I forced them to send me the dupes. That’s how the POPFLEX Upcycle Project was born.

By participating in this project, you're taking a stand AGAINST dupes and SPEAKING UP for independent designers everywhere.

As you deconstruct these dupes, let your seam ripper be your mighty sword and let the material you collect be a canvas for an honest new beginning. Thank you for breathing a second life into this fabric.

♡ CasseyFounder + CEO 

*This product is FINAL SALE

Model Info
Fabric + Care

Inner shorts: 83% Polyester, 17% Spandex
Mesh skirt: 94% Polyester, 6% Spandex

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