Ryan Leutz (2023)

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 strutted the runway in nothing but black tape.

Alvarez started The Black Tape Project in 2008 from a run-down home in Miami and has since pioneered the body tape art genre and worked on projects with Michael Bay, Rick Ross, Billy Ray Cyrus, Playboy, Maxim and more, in over 40 countries… continue at LA Weekly.