British designer Jess Eaton has created a bridal couture collection made from roadkill. Her designs will be on display for the public at London White Gallery, May 19-21.
The designer is said to never pay for her raw materials and instead sources them "ethically" from animals that have been killed in road accidents or died a natural death.
"I never, ever kill animals for our designs and we wouldn't accept anything that has been killed for the purpose of turning it into a fashion item," Eaton said in a press release, according to the Huffington Post. "What I do is take these animals, once their natural lives are over and give them an endless afterlife."
While the thought of turning the remains of these animals into clothing that you see in your wardrobe everyday might be disturbing, we have to admit that the designs are one of a kind.
The collection includes intricate dresses and headgears in black, white and beige made from cat fur, wings and feathers of birds and even human bones. Eaton sourced a human rib cage from a university's medical department and made a necklace out of it, reports the Daily Mail.
Eaton takes her inspiration from a different era when dresses were meant to be very elaborate and flamboyant. "My exhibit draws inspiration from a range of dark and dramatic romantics like Tim Burton and Scarlett O'Hara and I have a spectacular centrepiece planned as a big surprise for visitors," the Briton added in the statement.
Eaton earlier courted controversy when she released her first roadkill collection in 2011 that featured a jacket made from rat fur and a hat that featured ears of a horse.