How fashion week's 'King of Tape' overcame homelessness to become the most scandalous designer on the catwalk: Man behind VERY risque 団体／死体 tape 'outfits' 明らかにする／漏らすs how he got his start in Miami （土地などの）細長い一片 clubs after 存在 left with just a dollar to his 指名する

Joel Alvarez was at the 'lowest point' in his life when he got a lucky break?

支援する in 2008, Alvarez was living in his car and struggling to 料金d himself in what he 述べるd as 'the lowest point of his 存在.'

He said that most of his family had passed away, but 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 'not suitable for living.'

The designer continued: '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.?

But the first-世代 Cuban American has not always led such a high-profile lifestyle, having 以前 spent months 'living out of his car ' without 'a dollar to his 指名する'?

Alvarez became New York Fashion Week's most scandalous designer after sending models out on the 滑走路 this week?in tiny pieces of tape

'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.

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 had 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 turn my life around,' he continued.?

Pictured: Models walk the 滑走路 at the 黒人／ボイコット Tape 事業／計画（する） swimwear event in 2021, which majored on purples, 黒人／ボイコットs and emerald shades of the metallic 団体／死体 tape

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. Pictured: Models wearing his designs at New York Fashion Week 2022

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 (pictured at Miami Swim Week in 2018)

'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.

The designer 開始する，打ち上げるd his career in the fashion world - and it 進歩d at a whirlwind pace?

Using his new camera, Alvarez 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 and 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.?

'I had no 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.

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 to six women

Speaking about his inspiration, Alvarez (pictured in 2021 during Miami Swim Week) said: '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'

'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 to 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 at a charity event in 2017.

After 地位，任命するing a ビデオ of a former 行方不明になる Puerto Rico in his tape, Alvarez was inundated with requests to showcase his work (pictured on TV show Arrebatados in 2017)

Alvarez decorated her in?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 and 伸び（る）d him 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.'?

Alvarez is now 栄えるing in the limelight - and 非難する fans?$999-a-piece for VIP experiences at his shows

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 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.

Now, Alvarez has become a 中心的要素 at New York Fashion Week (pictured on the 滑走路 at his show in 2018)

'King of Tape' Joel Alvarez creates the minimalist swimwear designs he's become famous for live on 行う／開催する／段階 - using just a 役割 of 黒人／ボイコット adhesive tape - at Faena 会議 in Miami beachin 2021

The designer (picured on 行う／開催する／段階 at New York Fashion Week in 2022) also sells rolls of his 署名 団体／死体 tape in a variety of colors on his website?

The most basic 黒人／ボイコット hue starts at $9.99 a roll, while the more vibrant 選択s - 含むing metallic golds, blues, and pinks - cost up to $29.99 each.?

But Alvarez does not 限界 his artform to just 滑走路 models.

He was 以前 招待するd to Vienna to tape 伝説の supercars -?the Ferrari 488 Spider and Lamborghini Urus - at the Gumball 3000 street 決起大会／結集させる.

It was there that he won the accolade for?Best 包む Design before 存在 申し込む／申し出d a?a 共同 with Lamborghini of Miami to tape the Miami Art Basel debut of the 2020 Karma Revero 2.0.??

But Alvarez does not 限界 his artform to just 滑走路 models - and has even taped supercars in more 最近の months

Speaking about his 旅行 in a previous interview that was 株d to Instagram, Alvarez said: 'I've always been more of an artist than a 実業家.?

'And now I am a really good 実業家 because I learned the hard way.

'I remember having my friends tell me you have got to take your artist hat off and put your 商売／仕事 hat on...

'But I don't want to stop 存在 an artist and I don't want to change who I am and the way I think that my passion comes from my art, and the way I am comes a lot from the past that I have gone through.'