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10,000 LEGO® Blocks Create First-Ever Geek Couture Gown for Host Ashley Eckstein at The Her Universe Fashion Show at San Diego Comic-Con!

Fast Facts about Ashley's dress: with a design inspired by a sketch of Star Wars: The Clone Wars character Ahsoka Tano created by Dave Filoni, the dress was made of more than 10,000 bricks and weighed in at 25 pounds!

The third annual HER UNIVERSE FASHION SHOW took place Thursday, July 21 at San Diego Comic-Con.  Host and Her Universe founder Ashley Eckstein wore an original "little block dress" made of LEGO®;  and designed by 2014 Audience Award winner  Andrew MacLaine and brick artist Nathan Sawaya.

27 designers competed with haute couture designs inspired by pop culture stalwarts such as Star Wars, DC, Marvel, Harry Potter, Mad Max: Fury Road, Game of Thrones, Pokémon, Doctor Who, Sailor Moon, Labyrinth, Supernatural, 28 Days Later, Wall-E and Red Dragon / Silence of the Lambs.

Voting is now open on HerUniverse.com to allow viewers at home to choose a third winner for the series.


Dan Madsen - Her Universe Publicist - dmadsen@araca.com
Her Universe Publicist

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Editor: Lucas Davis


Comments   
#7 Maryse48 2016-08-02 18:04
Very creative!
#6 Dale 2016-08-01 11:23
Very unique!
#5 Judith Clarke 2016-07-31 21:57
I wonder if you can say it is made of legos if the aren't connected and are held together by fabric.
#4 Patsy 2016-07-31 15:44
Who would have thought?
#3 maryanne melchiorre 2016-07-31 15:21
wow beautiful!!!! :lol:
#2 Sheilah 2016-07-31 12:55
How did they attach the Legos to the fabric?
#1 Ada Clarke 2016-07-31 04:46
A fantastic creation, thanks for suggesting what I could do with 4 large crates of two generations of Lego collections, I can't bear to part with them!!
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