THAT can't have been fun to take off! Models strut 負かす／撃墜する the 滑走路 wearing nothing but tiny pieces of TAPE to 保護する their modesty in New York Fashion Week's most risque show yet

  • The 黒人／ボイコット Tape 事業／計画（する） held its New York Fashion Week 滑走路 show on Sunday
  • Designer Joel Alvarez sent a host of models 負かす／撃墜する the catwalk wearing tape?
  • His designs 含むd 黒人／ボイコット tape, 同様に as funky metallic tape in different colors?

By Lillian Gissen For Dailymail.Com

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A group of models strutted 負かす／撃墜する the catwalk wearing nothing but tiny pieces of tape over their 私的な parts during a scandalous 滑走路 show for the?黒人／ボイコット Tape 事業／計画（する） on Sunday.

The New York Fashion Week show featured models like?Nina Jovanovic, Juniee Bee, and Teddi Mansueto stomp the catwalk in a 一連の very unique outfits made 純粋に out of 団体／死体 tape.

The ladies left very little to imagination as they showcased the looks, which were all curated by designer Joel Alvarez.

Each design used different combinations of tape in all sorts of 形態／調整s, sizes, and colors to create さまざまな looks.

The Black Tape Project held its New York Fashion Week runway show on Sunday, when a group of models strutted their stuff in very risque tape outfits

The 黒人／ボイコット Tape 事業／計画（する） held its New York Fashion Week 滑走路 show on Sunday, when a group of models strutt ed their stuff in very risque tape outfits?

Designer and the self-described 'King of Tape' Joel Alvarez created the scandalous looks
Designer and the self-described 'King of Tape' Joel Alvarez created the scandalous looks

Designer and the self-述べるd 'King of Tape' Joel Alvarez created the scandalous looks?

The recent runway show featured outfits created from tape of all colors, including shimmering metallics in shades of green, gold, and bronze
The recent runway show featured outfits created from tape of all colors, including shimmering metallics in shades of green, gold, and bronze
The recent runway show featured outfits created from tape of all colors, including shimmering metallics in shades of green, gold, and bronze

The 滑走路 show featured outfits created from tape of all colors, 含むing shimmering metallics in shades of green, gold, and bronze

On his website, Alvarez describes himself as 'the world's only body tape expert,' and the 'founder and pioneer' of the body tape art genre

On his website, Alvarez 述べるs himself as 'the world's only 団体／死体 tape 専門家,' and the '創立者 and 開拓する' of the 団体／死体 tape art genre

Each of the designs resemb led a bathing suit of sorts

Each of the designs 似ているd a bathing 控訴 of sorts?

Some featured 黒人／ボイコット tape, while others used shimmering purple, gold, or green - while some even （機の）カム with tassels or embellishments.

On his website, Alvarez 述べるs himself as 'the world's only 団体／死体 tape 専門家,' and the '創立者 and 開拓する' of the 団体／死体 tape art genre.

The first-世代 Cuban American, who was born and raised in Miami, explained that the company turned his life around after he spent months 'living out of his car' and 'struggling to 料金d himself' without 'a dollar to his 指名する.'

に引き続いて the death of a family member in 2008, he 相続するd a 'small, run 負かす／撃墜する 所有物／資産／財産' that was so run 負かす／撃墜する it was 'not suitable for living.'

'It was definitely the lowest point of my 存在,' he said on his bio. 'The house smelled like a wet dog.?

'It had pink water that would come out of the bathtub when I 紅潮／摘発するd the 洗面所 and there were 穴を開けるs in the roof that were the size of a microwave.?

'I mean, I could literally see the sky from the living room. I dropped to my 膝s and I looked up to the night sky and cried. I asked what I did to be dragged so low into the ground?'

But as he was きれいにする up the 住居, he miraculously discovered a box in the closet that 含む／封じ込めるd $26,000 in it.

The Miami-based fashion brand has become known for its over-the-top fashion week shows
The Miami-based fashion brand has become known for its over-the-top fashion week shows

The Miami-based fashion brand has become known for its over-the-最高の，を越す fashion week shows

The designs were stuck carefully to each model's body, having been designed by Joel himself

The designs were stuck carefully to each model's 団体／死体, having been designed by Joel himself?

Alvarez sells his tape online with prices starting from $9.99 for a simple black tape and $29.99 for more colorful rolls

Alvarez sells his tape online with prices starting from $9.99 for a simple 黒人／ボイコット tape and $29.99 for more colorful rolls

The Black Tape Project also sells a collection of metallic spikes on its website so that people at home can attempt to recreate the more embellished l ooks seen on the runway
The Black Tape Project also sells a collection of metallic spikes on its website so that people at home can attempt to recreate the more embellished looks seen on the runway (seen)

The 黒人／ボイコット Tape 事業／計画（する） also sells a collection of metallic spikes on its website so that people at home can 試みる／企てる to recreate the more embellished looks seen on the 滑走路 (権利)

A lvarez sells tickets to his fashion shows on his website, with prices starting at $75 for general admission and going up to $999 for a VIP backstage experience
Alvarez sells tickets to his fashion shows on his website, with prices starting at $75 for general admission and going up to $999 for a VIP backstage experience
Alvarez sells tickets to his fashion shows on his website, with prices starting at $75 for general admission and going up to $999 for a VIP backstage experience < /div>

Alvarez sells tickets to his fashion shows on his website, with prices starting at $75 for general admission and going up to $999 for a VIP backstage experience

The fashion designer began his career in Miami after using his last $1,500 to purchase a camera so he could begin staging shoots

The fashion designer began his career in Miami after using his last $1,500 to 購入（する） a camera so he could begin 行う／開催する／段階ing shoots?

'One day an out of town model booked me for a shoot and on our last look she pulled out a roll of tape and asked me to tape her,' he explained on his website
'One day an out of town model booked me for a shoot and on our last look she pulled out a roll of tape and asked me to tape her,' he explained on his website

'One day an out of town model 調書をとる／予約するd me for a shoot and on our last look she pulled out a roll of tape and asked me to tape her,' he explained on his website

He 設立する out the money had belonged to his late grandfather, who put it away in the late '60s for a 雨の day but never spent it.

'After many years of what I considered “the toughest 時代” in my life, I quickly put the 基金s to work in hopes to 訂正する my 負債s and t urn my life around,' he continued.?

'I first put in a new roof and paid off the Ford 焦点（を合わせる） I was living in. I partied a little and gave money to my family and friends.

'When you’re young, that 量 of money seems like a fortune but I soon realized that $26,000 wouldn’t last long in this day and age.'

He said he put his last $1,500 に向かって the 購入（する） of a camera, which was what 最終的に 開始する，打ち上げるd his career as a fashion designer.

He started photographing some of the women who worked at his 地元の Hooters, before he began connecting with Miami-based models over Myspace.?

Within months, he was getting published in 地元の magazines. Alvarez continued to work his way up the ladder and 結局 発射 for 抱擁する 出口s like Maxim and Playboy - still using the 初めの Canon he had 購入（する）d with his grandfather's money.?

'One day an out of town model 調書をとる／予約するd me for a shoot and on our last look she pulled out a roll of tape and asked me to tape her,' he explained.?

Alvarez explained that his first experience of taping up the model was a rather messy one, joking that the tape was so tight, it left her looking like the 'Michelin Man'

Alvarez explained that his first experience of taping up the model was a rather messy one, joking that the tape was so tight, it left her looking like the 'Michelin Man'?

However, he realized that the art of body taping could be used to 'compliment the body'
However, he realized that the art of body taping could be used to 'compliment the body'
However, he realized that the art of body taping could be used to 'compliment the body'

However, he realized that the art of 団体／死体 taping could be used to 'compliment the 団体／死体'?

Alvarez began working on his art form and has developed a very unique style over the years

Alvarez began working on his art form and has developed a very unique style over the years?

The designer admits that he was initially 'defensive' about anyone trying to replicate his body tape work, but he 'soon realized' that it would enable him to share his skills with more people

The designer 収容する／認めるs that he was 最初 '防御の' about anyone trying to replicate his 団体／死体 tape work, but he 'soon realized' that it would enable him to 株 his 技術s with more people?

'Soon we started seeing customers who themselves became artists creating their own body tape designs with our tape in all seven continents,' he revealed

'Soon we started seeing 顧客s who themselves became artists creating their own 団体／死体 tape designs with our tape in all seven continents,' he 明らかにする／漏らすd

'I had know idea where to start or what she was 推定する／予想するing. So I just jumped 長，率いる first and started taping her.

'The design was so incomplete and 極端に tight. She looked like the Michelin Man who lost a fight with rubber 禁止（する）d.

'But I kept at it because I kept seeing lines and I 設立する the ability to compliment the 団体／死体 by 追加するing lines and creating 消極的な spaces that called to the テレビ視聴者s.'

From there, Alvarez began working with 地元の ダンサーs at Miami clubs, explaining that he began working 'three or four nights a week' taping up six women.?

'I had to work 急速な／放蕩な and make designs that wouldn’t 落ちる apart when they danced, this is where I developed most of my techniques,' he continued.?

Within a few years, the designer 設立する himself 存在 開始する，打ち上げるd to viral fame when he worked on a shoot with a former 行方不明になる Puerto Rico, whom he created a gold tape ensemble for - a 過程 that he 文書d in a social マスコミ ビデオ, which quickly racked up tens of millions of テレビ視聴者s, helping Alvarez to 伸び（る） a new legion of fans.?

'The calls and emails started 注ぐing in and my life changed yet again,' he 解任するd.?

'It's 安全な to say that The 黒人／ボイコット Tape 事業／計画（する） has saved my life and now I am able to 供給する for my family, my circle and myself.'?

Now, Alvarez has become a 中心的要素 at New York Fashion Week, 定期的に wowing the （人が）群がるs with his incredibly risque tape ensembles.?

He has also turned his fashion week 外見s into a lucrative 投機・賭ける, selling off tickets to his shows for up to $999-a-piece for a VIP backstage experience.?

The designer also sells rolls of his 署名 団体／死体 tape in a variety of colors on his website, with the most basic 黒人／ボイコット hue starting at $9.99 a roll, while the mo re vibrant 選択s - 含むing metallic golds, blues, and pinks - cost up to $29.99 each.??

Alvarez began working with local dancers at Miami clubs, explaining that he began working 'three or four nights a week' taping up six women a night
Alvarez began working with local dancers at Miami clubs, explaining that he began working 'three or four nights a week' taping up six women a night

Alvarez began working with 地元の ダンサーs at Miami clubs, ex plaining that he began working 'three or four nights a week' taping up six women a night

'I had to work fast and make designs that wouldn’t fall apart when they danced, this is where I developed most of my techniques,' he continued

'I had to work 急速な／放蕩な and make designs that wouldn’t 落ちる apart when they danced, this is where I developed most of my techniques,' he continued

Within a few years, the designer found himself being launched to viral fame when he worked on a shoot with a former Miss Puerto Rico
Within a few years, the designer found himself being launched to viral fame when he worked on a shoot with a former Miss Puerto Rico
Within a few years, the designer found himself being launched to viral fame when he worked on a shoot with a former Miss Puerto Rico

Within a few years, the designer 設立する himself 存在 開始する，打ち上げるd to viral fame when he worked on a shoot with a former 行方不明になる Puerto Rico

Alvarez shared a social media video of the gold tape design he created for Miss Puerto Rico and it quickly went viral, receiving ten million views overnight

Alvarez 株d a social マスコミ ビデオ of the gold tape design he created for 行方不明になる Puerto Rico and it quickly went viral, receiving ten million 見解（をとる）s 夜通し?

'The calls and emails started pouring in and my life changed yet again,' he recalled

'The calls and emails started 注ぐing in and my life changed yet again,' he 解任するd

Now, Alvarez has become a staple at New York Fashion Week, regularly wowing the crowds with his incredibly risque tape ensembles
Now, Alvarez has become a staple at New York Fashion Week, regularly wowing the crowds with his incredibly risque tape ensembles

Now, Alvarez has become a 中心的要素 at New York Fashion Week, 定期的に wowing the （人が）群がるs with his incredibly risque tape ensembles

The Black Tape Project has been in high demand across the globe, he claims, with Alvarez saying he regularly gets asked to appear at festivals and nightclubs with his bold designs

The 黒人／ボイコット Tape 事業／計画（する） has been in high 需要・要求する across the globe, he （人命などを）奪う，主張するs, with Alvarez 説 he 定期的に gets asked to appear at festivals and nightclubs with his bold designs

Alvarez claims that the tape he uses is safe for the skin and should not cause irritation

Alvarez （人命などを）奪う，主張するs that the tape he uses is 安全な for the 肌 and should not 原因（となる） irritation?

Joel Alvarez, who was born and raised in Miami, overcame all odds to make a name for himself in the fashion world

The designer is seen 提起する／ポーズをとるing with his models at the 結論 of the show?

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