TikTok fashion creator @angelicahicks has a long list of unusual materials in her arsenal: duct tape, trash bags, metallic wrappers, foil, and candy. On TikTok, where her profile, @angelicahacks, has amassed over 50K followers, the New York-based illustrator recreates looks from designer runways, red carpets, and magazine covers using everyday objects. ⁠ ⁠ Since starting her channel in 2021, Hicks’s designs have ranged from a take on Balenciaga couture fall 2022 metallic dress, for which Hicks used foil, and a Valentino couture fall 2022 rose mini dress, which she remade using real-life flowers and tissue paper, to ready-to-wear looks, like a black-and-white ensemble from #Gucci’s resort 2023 collection. According to Hicks, her projects are “a commentary on illusion versus reality... I thought it’d be funny to make it seem like I’m wearing a designer outfit, when I’m obviously not.”⁠ ⁠ The aim is to inspire people to wear elaborate fashion in everyday settings: “Fashion houses are so removed from the mundanity of life when they're making these kinds of beautiful creations.” This is why Hicks turns to some of the most common objects: multigrain crackers to remake the Louis Vuitton tank dress on Emma Corrin’s Vogue cover, a white mattress cover to recreate a #Schiaparelli couture cape, and duct tape to mimic the look of #Balenciaga’s Cagole boots. ⁠ ⁠ Link in bio for more. ✍️: @fransolasantiago, fashion writer⁠ 📸: @angelicahicks