Joel Alvarez, Miami-based fashion designer and creator of the "Black Tape Project," wowed 2024 New York Fashion Week with models wearing nothing but tape down the runway. Talk about a strips show.

Tattoos. Body paint. Henna. All these are popular kinds of body art with varying histories and cultural connotations, many going back centuries or even longer. They all have something in common, ...

Joel Alvarez doesn’t use tape like regular people to, say, hang a poster or wrap a gift. The controversial local designer has become infamous for strategically placing the household item onto models’ ...

The creator of the duct tape bikini has made a surprise comeback to the catwalk – but it’s another detail that has fans “confused”. Joel Alvarez, the man behind The Black Tape Project, announced the ...

Remember the controversial designer who uses just tape as material for his bikinis? Well, he was back in action in his hometown during Art Basel. On Friday night, at Kiki on the River, Joel Alvarez, ...

The bikinis, one pieces and thongs have come and gone from (two!) separate Magic City swimsuit extravaganzas this summer, but there’s one show still making waves. That would be the always eye-raising ...

The 2025 New York Fashion Week is heading up to its final day tomorrow (January 11), leaving in its wake a host of impactful designs that have left viewers ranging from inspired…to outright baffled.

Joel Alvarez was one of the most unique and unconventional designers in the fashion industry. This is due, in part, to the fact that he didn’t make clothes and his models didn’t wear any as they ...

Picture for a moment the ability to create incredible art that can inspire and captivate using only your imagination and rolls of tape. That’s what the team at Tape Art does traveling the ...