These lightweight, airy dresses look like they re about to be adorned to a fancy gala or dinner part

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These lightweight, airy dresses look like they re about to be adorned to a fancy gala or dinner party. But as irony would have it, they will never be worn. In fact, the dresses are actually made from Carrera Marble, the same material as the world s most famous naked statue – Michelangelo s David. Starting out as a solid mass of marble that can weigh several tons, they are chiseled and sculpted down by Alasdair Thomson , a sculptor mc daleste living and working in Edinburgh, Scotland.
His latest mc daleste work, The Identity Collection, (named as if it s a fashion line) explores the way fabric hangs and folds, and is attempting to capture that lightness and gracefulness in stone. Effectively mc daleste ceding control over his subjects, Alasdair asked his friends and family to donate garments, which he then impeccably recreated out of marble. You can see more of Alasdair s work on his website or his Instagram account .
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