Guests: Jessica Hood, Wearable Arts Designer Every dress at Juneau’s annual Wearable Arts Extravaganza has a story — and after nine years designing outfits for the show, Jessica Hood has many stories to tell. This year’s dress weighs about forty pounds and is made from trash bags, to bring awareness about plastic pollution in the oceans.
This is Jessica Hood’s 9th year as a designer for Juneau’s Annual Wearable Arts Extravaganza. This year’s piece is called “Forever Dress,” made entirely out of plastic garbage bags. She estimates that it weighs about 45 pounds. Hood said she had a lot of bags on hand, because her family always takes them on their hikes and fishing trips, to pick up trash as they explore (Photo courtesy of Jessica Hood).
This design, titled “Inter-twined” appeared in the 2019 Wearable Arts Show. Jessica Hood made it from soda pop tabs and wood shavings (Photo courtesy of Jessica Hood).
Jessica Hood (middle) stands with two models, wearing rainbow colored dresses made for the 2014 Wearable Arts Show, the first time Hood participated. The pieces were titled “Poptabulous,” made entirely from soda pop tabs (Photo courtesy of Jessica Hood).
Jessica Hood (left) designed a dress called “Still I Rise” for her sister, Amy Romme (right), to support her in her successful battle against breast cancer. She used 10,200 buttons to make this dress for the 2018 Wearable Arts Show. It weighed about 40 pounds (Photo courtesy of Jessica Hood).
