<p>A US-based designer has found a unique and beautiful way of spreading awareness about AIDS and sexual health by making a gown using expired condoms.</p><p>Gunnar Deatherage, in collaboration with Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, collected scores of expired condoms and turned those into a gorgeous gown.</p><p>A video of the making of the product was uploaded on YouTube, which has now gone viral with over 80 lakh views. Gunnar's way of making the gown includes a procedure where he first turns the condoms into flower-like shapes, followed by painting them gold before putting those into the dress.</p>.<p>However, this is not the first such initiative. Brazilian artist Adriana Bertini reportedly had made 14 dresses using condoms, which however, had failed the industry quality tests. </p><p>Gunnar is receiving a lot of appreciation for his work in the comment section of his YouTube video.</p><p>“What a beautiful and creative reuse of expired condoms. Your creations truly are a work of art. Making them into golden almost fabric-like buttons was so smart! I love that you didn’t try to hide them or make them subtle, you made them the stand out piece of the garment," one person commented.</p><p>“This is absolutely beautiful!! This reminds me of my classmate who for her final school art project made a dress decorated with pads (they made up the ball gown-length skirt), with a bodice decorated with red gemstones. Both dresses are gorgeous," said another.</p>
<p>A US-based designer has found a unique and beautiful way of spreading awareness about AIDS and sexual health by making a gown using expired condoms.</p><p>Gunnar Deatherage, in collaboration with Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, collected scores of expired condoms and turned those into a gorgeous gown.</p><p>A video of the making of the product was uploaded on YouTube, which has now gone viral with over 80 lakh views. Gunnar's way of making the gown includes a procedure where he first turns the condoms into flower-like shapes, followed by painting them gold before putting those into the dress.</p>.<p>However, this is not the first such initiative. Brazilian artist Adriana Bertini reportedly had made 14 dresses using condoms, which however, had failed the industry quality tests. </p><p>Gunnar is receiving a lot of appreciation for his work in the comment section of his YouTube video.</p><p>“What a beautiful and creative reuse of expired condoms. Your creations truly are a work of art. Making them into golden almost fabric-like buttons was so smart! I love that you didn’t try to hide them or make them subtle, you made them the stand out piece of the garment," one person commented.</p><p>“This is absolutely beautiful!! This reminds me of my classmate who for her final school art project made a dress decorated with pads (they made up the ball gown-length skirt), with a bodice decorated with red gemstones. Both dresses are gorgeous," said another.</p>