'Garbage Hat Lady' Sells Trash Hats for $450 Each | Extraordinary People | New York Post
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One man’s trash is this woman’s treasure. West Village artist Debra Rapoport, 73, has a knack for turning garbage into fashion. Her signature hats, made from paper towels, sell for as much as $450. “Recycled materials speak to me. It’s like they say, ‘Give me a second life!’ ” she told The Post. Rapoport’s work, which has appeared in museums around the world, has earned her the nickname “Gifted and Thrifted.”
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The most expensive thrift shop wtf
@nova10951
5 жыл бұрын
Art is definatly worth the price, it takes time and is made with the heart, not mass produced like a lot of things we have today :)
@gabrielleschurig6144
5 жыл бұрын
Honestly,it’s art and it’s one of a kind
@anastefannia8852
5 жыл бұрын
@@nova10951 thats right!
@nova10951
4 жыл бұрын
@TealCircle 😂😂😂
She has such a unique personality and I love it!! :)))
I am instantly OBSESSED with her! She has such a vision, such creativity, such vigour for life and such a kind heart and what she’s doing for the environment and the world is absolutely extraordinary! I hope I can make an impact on this world, even half as much as she does!
@ollievilair
3 жыл бұрын
TealCircle I bet you couldn’t say that to her face. You feel so safe behind that keyboard you’d make such rude comments such as this one. She probably makes a bigger impact than you. If you thing something badly about her, keep it to yourself.
Me yelling upstairs honey bring the recycle down I'm going to make something epic!
@MegaPiamia
5 жыл бұрын
hollydif 😅
Straight hustler right there!
I love her personality and how she interprets things 💜
Love this lady. 73 years young and loving life. 🌈
*ARTISTS ARE THE ABSOLUTE BEST*
I love who she recycles,composts,and doesn’t waist anything! It’s really great to do for the environment.
This Lady is Fabulous and I love what she is doing so inspirational !!! Thank yo for sharing . Big Hugs =)
it's so cool that she sees that something that was useless can still have value
New personal hero! Creativity comes from every where!
Even though hats aren't really my thing, I really respect and admire what this lady does, she's very passionate and talented
I Totally love her! I am a wire artist and love treasure hunting in the NYC streets also...would Love to do this together with her!
This girl is so inspiring. I love how she is so grateful for something no one else cares about. She spends her time digging through other people’s trash to find what she thinks is valuable. She is amazing xD
My kids are gifted artists too but nobody wants to pay a decent price for their work never mind effortlessly sell paper towel hats for four hundred and fifty quid a pop. Don't know how she does it even if she is fascinating.
Mr. Krabs wants his idea back
Love these artsy old time New Yorkers, and her appreciation of raw materials and recyclables is wonderful.
I just love you, Debra! Please write a book. I would buy it. You're amazing!
Where will then I'm going to stop making hats out of weed stems and call them Kush hats
@mikeyesco8977
5 жыл бұрын
HEY SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN!!!
@pablosantiago3145
5 жыл бұрын
Lol! At least your hands would look better!!! Oh and smell better to!
Oh, she seems like such a warm and loveable person always thinking using her crafty eye to see what she can make. I wish I had your talent.
Pricing it that much, does anybody buys it? Really?
Omg i love her alreadyyyy, you go girl
I want the hat she's wearing in the beginning of the video omd
This lady is helping the earth be clean! Thank her for this not accuse her of being crazy!
VERY TALENTED PERSON ,WITH BIG IMMAGINATION! !☆☆♤♤♡♢👒👒
What a beautiful free spirit ..I love it!!😊❤👍
She took reduce, reuse ,recycle to a whole new level
Lol to be made from garbage it’s expensive ripoff 😂
@MrAsianAxolotl
4 жыл бұрын
Well she has to live too
That's amazing. Good for her!
One of the best finesse I’ve ever seen, people will buy anything. I bet she doesn’t even clean the trash material she uses 😂
Llevando la moda a otro nivel😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
Who is dumb enough to buy a paper towel hat for $450.00?
@BlankCanvasProductionss
5 жыл бұрын
That my 3 yr old nephew could have made. STOP IT
@AtlaniBonita
4 жыл бұрын
**Me, shamefully putting away $450**
@huh1496
2 жыл бұрын
imagine you make a hat out of trash and when she dies sell it for millions 💀💀💀💀
375$ what. Is that made of gold !
She’s like an older version of Lady Gaga
Just be as odd ball as possible and people will like you lol
@taraneal9853
5 жыл бұрын
😅
Awesome! She's so fearless!!!
Omg l love her style!
Her inventory is literally garbage 🗑
@noyq3684
4 жыл бұрын
It’s Creativity defined.
Talented lady 😎 ❤ From *INDIA*
Wow what a great designer
This lady is awesome!
Was that a kotex hat or an adult diaper hat?
She is born 150 years early.
Love,love,love!!!🤩
I wanna be just like you when I grow up ✌💜
What a beautiful soul ☀️.
The day an apocalypse happens, this lady will be the most prepared and will most likely lead humanity next
In germany there's not that much garbage on the streets and pavements
@pablosantiago3145
5 жыл бұрын
Because in Germany people are much cleaner not like this filthy pigs that live in New York! I rather live somewhere in India have any New York. Shitholes... oh and don't forget the rats they're bigger than cats. Nasty motherfockers.
This bish gonna just sell trash for hundreds of dollars but spray paint the hats?!
The doc mc stuffin thing: “This is potential”
Creative People are Soo much fun!!
This is why I love NYC!
People say it's overpriced but you're buying one of a kind hat. You're buying time she put into it while making it, the idea and years of experience. Noone complains while buying 1000$ Gucci t-shirt.350 is actually pretty good price.
Rich people wears trash they call it art , Poor people wears trash they call you ridiculously stupid 😂
Viva needs to sponsor her!!!
Artist as its finest
I know Debra ! My mom is freinds with her abs we had a dinner party together, she’s so sweet
Nothing wrong with being echo friendly love her
This is the real artist!
She's like the Carmen sandiego of recycling and smart
Ridiculous
I got an ad about saving the ocean
Wow 😍😍😍
This is unsanitary and literally wasting hundreds of dollars on garbage.
@Yokai148
5 жыл бұрын
Some people are crazy and dumb
@R.Oates7902
5 жыл бұрын
Unsanitary! Yuck!
Wow she so Creative
Those r the ugliest hats I have ever seen. I won't pay $20.00 for one of those hats much less $300.00. People r crazy!!!!!!!!!!
@taraneal9853
5 жыл бұрын
I would not pay $1!
@sunny-xc8hx
4 жыл бұрын
Shari Walker i think they’re unique and cool. so what if people are crazy? let them be happy
@AtlaniBonita
4 жыл бұрын
Shari Walker Ok, liberal
@AtlaniBonita
4 жыл бұрын
@@taraneal9853 You probably don't even own that much anyway
Good for her. If she gets cash that way more power to her
Oh my
This is me at 73 🌹💪💜😊😆
Queen 👑
I love her also❤️💖
She is soooooo cool😁
One person's trash is another's treasure....
She is Amazing Woman!Beautiful 😍👍💗☀️🙏
Inspiring
no thoughts... no think... but very pog...
This is so cool tbh
375 for a hat lawdd
People pay for 💩
@noyq3684
4 жыл бұрын
It’s called creativity.
If she did ecommerce and lowered her prices she’d be more successful
@robinanna5531
5 жыл бұрын
Depending on your definition of success...
@meekonaleash
5 жыл бұрын
She's successful ATM ppl are willing to pay hundreds
Lol I love her
i cant imagine how it smell in there.
creativity strikes in trash that is worth to have
Awww she is awesome and talented hat just made of garbage i dont think that call garbage
I’m all about recycling
She’s workin that dress! YOU GO GIRL!!
I like her unique
Soo...pick the trash.take of the excess add other material paint it and become rich
She sort of sound like Diane Keaton ❤️
Work it girl
This is my future
She’s the reason the word is better
She actually looked rlly cute and pretty
What's the point of buying these hats when you're just going to burn them and waste all that money
The definition of abstract :
It should be usual for them because of how pricey the price of living all other things goes to surviving. I feel bad for them
Rich people " DuR Im GoinG tO weaR it to bUrning man and then BuRn it, lol" meanwhile in afganistan, africa and china people are dieing and could have eaten that hat or gone to burning man.
At least she's making our world cleaner???
She can buy makeup but not materials to make the clothes?..