McQueen explores ideas of waste and recycling with a black coatdress conceived to resemble a trash bag; though made of a polyamide/polyurethane-coated plain-weave textile and expertly shaped, its “bin liner” reference is overt. Similarly, artist Rodney McMillian uses post-consumer materials found in secondhand shops. An old bedsheet—synonymous with the body and the bed, a place for love, rest, and even death—was painted with latex, cut down the middle, and stitched back together.