hi
i'm jessica collins and i'm from north
queensland in australia and i've made
a dress out of calypso mango seeds
over 5 000 kilos of mangoes each year
that we just have to dump because
they're not up to the supermarket
standards
i cut all the flesh off and then i took
it over to dad's pressure cleaner
and i would then get the rest of it so
no bugs or insects would
try and eat the fruits there was nothing
left on it and then we dried them out
cut them in half and then i sewed them
on
so i used approximately around
400 of them so there was just a couple
i took over the kitchen and pretty much
the whole living room as well with just
mango seeds the material was just
everywhere i did it for
between three and four months i was
actually called crazy but
i think they're very surprised that i
did end up getting it done
i had a vision in my head and um i guess
i just grabbed that and ran with it but
once it was all together and finished
and i saw it
out of the mango paddock i was i was
very happy with my work
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i think everyone was so surprised that
it was
made from mango seeds and like how
beautiful it was as well
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i would love to tell the consumer and
also the supermarkets like
there is perfectly fine fruit and we're
just throwing it out because it doesn't
meet
you know the standards of the market and
that it's it's edible it's still
completely edible and um that it can be
bought and
eaten and enjoyed by everyone