User:Ragnaroque/Plastik Wrap

Plastik Wrap is a fashion label and boutique, based in Toronto, Canada. It was founded by Adriana Fulop and Ryan Webbe in 2000, and it produces fashion items for the cybergoth subculture. In 2007, they opened their first retail location in Toronto.

Artistic Statement
From Plastik Wrap website:

"Having a design aesthetic that is out of this world, Plastik Wrap is a future-forward fashion clothing company that has quickly garnered a reputation within underground culture across the planet.

Plastik Wrap is sophisticated cyber industrial fashion.

Plastik Wrap designs men's and women's clothing with a flare for body flattering shapes and cutting edge detailing. With influences ranging from cyber / industrial to punk and lolita, Plastik Wrap strives to support diversity through the development of unique fashion.

BREAK THE MOULD. Let us know what you care about, how you feel, and where you go. We are designing the next generation of underground fashions for you.

Designed and manufactured in Canada, by non-sweatshop workers. Plastik Wrap can be found in several retailers across Canada, USA, Europe and online."

In the Media
Articles featuring Plastik Wrap clothing have featured in various publications such as Comatose Rose, The Globe and Mail, and Toronto Sun in Canada, and Gothic Beauty in the USA. In 2009, the Canadian television channel, Space, produced a short intro clip for their "Movies from Space" slot featuring a model dressed in clothes from the label.

In 2010, Plastik Wrap produced a number of items of tour merchandise for the band Ayria.

Exhibitions
From September 5th 2008 - February 21st 2009, an exhibition called "Gothic: Dark Glamour" was held in the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, USA. A outfit produced by Plastik Wrap featured within the exhibition, demonstrating an example of the cybergoth style.