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Alanna Messner-Scholl discusses the creation of the Earth Dress, a sustainable gown designed for American Flowers Week.

Designed by Alanna Messner-Scholl of Waverly Flower Co., the “Earth Dress” is a slender, floor-length gown that appears to grow from a demure pair of seed-embellished ballet flats. It seems fitting that a sustainable farmer-florist who once attended the Fashion Institute of Technology would conjure up this organic-looking garment using compost, soil, moss, roots, seeds, […] The post Episode 775: The Earth Dress with Alanna Messner-Scholl of Waverly Flower Co., the American Flowers Week Botanical Couture Series, Part Three appeared first on Slow Flowers Podcast with Debra Prinzing .

People in this episode

Host: Debra Prinzing

Guest: Alanna Messner-Scholl

Topics covered

• sustainable fashion
• botanical couture
• floral design
• American Flowers Week
• eco-friendly materials

Keywords

• Earth Dress
• Waverly Flower Co.
• sustainable fashion
• botanical couture
• floral design

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Waverly Flower Co.

Books & works: Earth Dress

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