A student fashion designer has come up with an ingenious way of dealing with excess packaging in parcels – by using it to make clothes.
Nav Nangla, 23, was furious at seeing the swathes of brown paper stuffed inside a Boots package delivered to his mother.
In frustration, he crafted a shirt made entirely of the cheap material. Mr Nangla then made a pair of shorts with the leftovers.
Mr Nangla's creation highlights the staggering amount of waste used to package parcels and how the advent of 'fast fashion' is impacting the environment.
The aspiring fashion designer revealed legendary TV naturist Sir David Attenborough's documentaries highlighting the plastic scourge inspired his work.
Photos of the unusual attire went viral after the fashion designer posted pictures of them to the closed Facebook group 'The Basement'.
It received hundreds of likes within hours and has now received almost two thousand likes.
It is not the first time the fashion design student at Liverpool John Moores University has crafted garments from unusual materials to highlight the excess and unecessary amount of packaging accompanying delivered goods.
Mr Nangla, from Kettering in Northamptonshire, last week made a hooded jacket using only bubble wrap from another parcel.
Mr Nangla told MailOnline: 'I was really annoyed when the parcel I ordered got delivered to me with so much excess packaging.
'The global fashion industry produced more CO² emissions than international flights and maritime shipping combined in 2015, according to a submission to the MPs' inquiry from the Institute of Mechanical Engineers.
'All I could hear was David Attenborough's voice in the back of my head going on about waste destroying the planet.'
Mr Nangla admitted the clothes are not practical because of the fragile materials they are made of.
The 'works of art', as he describes them, can all be worn.
He said the shirt took two hours to make, while the shorts took even less.
Mr Nangla plans to make more clothes using materials often thrown away in parcels, including more bubble wrap-based garments.
Excess packaging is being clamped down by firms in a wide range of industries.
Earlier today it was announced by P&G that they are clamping down on plastic containers for detergents and are replacing them with packets that disintegrate when in contact with water.
Food and retail giant Marks and Spencer also revealed they are ditching plastic wrapping in the sale of loose vegetables.
The advent of 'fast fashion' is sending more waste than ever before to landfill and incinerators which is damaging the environment.
Synthetic fibres from cheap clothes have made their way into oceans after being washed out during laundering.
Initiatives from firms such as Patagonia and Asos has brought the issue of fast fashion to the public's attention but it remains a serious issue in the fight against excess waste.
This article has been adapted from its original source.
