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As DIY crafts go, perler beads are about as simple as they come — lay them out, sit an iron on top for a few seconds, and they'll stick together. (We won't say 'easy' because even perler beads are easy to screw up.) While our creativity was limited to ironing 2-D representations of our favorite cartoon characters, designer Sabine Ducasse's Melting Pot collection wraps a wearable, iron-melted sheet of the little dots around a person. Ducasse's retro style pops off her model, bending around the shoulders like a set of pixelated wings.
Even the styling is retro, in an 8-bit, psychedelic way, but Ducasse's throwback to old toys was modern enough to win her a scholarshipat the International Fashion Academy. The contest's "East Meets West" theme was perfect for the French-born, Shanghai-based designer, whose collection saw the hemispheres and the decades literally melt into each other.
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