LFW – Anne-Sophie Cochevelou: the story behind the LEGO dress

Anne-Sophie Cochevelou, student at Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design, created a truly unique dress made of no less than 5,000 LEGO bricks. The remarkable design was presented by model Aspen Glen-Cross just before London Fashion Week, as a celebration of the spring/summer 2014 catwalk shows.

The talented designer Anne-Sophie from Paris, who specialised in costume design, says she has always been attracted to bright colours, mismatch prints and shiny materials.

“I try to build clothes with materials, which are not fabric, crossing boundaries of the costume experiment. I think that any object from everyday life can become a fashion accessory. Anything can be stitched on to clothes.”

And so, Anne-Sophie is not only creating catwalk-ready designs, but she is also recycling materials for her creations.

“I have always created costume with nothing, sometimes with things I found in the street. I like to give second life to old objects and divert them from their original function.”

The designer uses lots of different toys to create garments as a reminder of people’s childhood, something everyone has in common.

The LEGO creation, however, would not be complete without accessories of the same material, such as shoes and a colourful LEGO fascinator. 

Adrienn Bardossy 

To visit Anne-Sophie Cochevelou’s personal website, please click here.