'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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  • @nakfabrave
    @nakfabrave5 жыл бұрын

    The most expensive thrift shop wtf

  • @nova10951

    @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

    @gabrielleschurig6144

    5 жыл бұрын

    Honestly,it’s art and it’s one of a kind

  • @anastefannia8852

    @anastefannia8852

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@nova10951 thats right!

  • @nova10951

    @nova10951

    4 жыл бұрын

    @TealCircle 😂😂😂

  • @kennethl7275
    @kennethl72755 жыл бұрын

    She has such a unique personality and I love it!! :)))

  • @TRASHY_MERMAID
    @TRASHY_MERMAID5 жыл бұрын

    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

    @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.

  • @hollydif
    @hollydif5 жыл бұрын

    Me yelling upstairs honey bring the recycle down I'm going to make something epic!

  • @MegaPiamia

    @MegaPiamia

    5 жыл бұрын

    hollydif 😅

  • @BennyB5555
    @BennyB55555 жыл бұрын

    Straight hustler right there!

  • @minyoonji3124
    @minyoonji31245 жыл бұрын

    I love her personality and how she interprets things 💜

  • @screamingtima1318
    @screamingtima13185 жыл бұрын

    Love this lady. 73 years young and loving life. 🌈

  • @trixie_nuit
    @trixie_nuit5 жыл бұрын

    *ARTISTS ARE THE ABSOLUTE BEST*

  • @gabrielleschurig6144
    @gabrielleschurig61445 жыл бұрын

    I love who she recycles,composts,and doesn’t waist anything! It’s really great to do for the environment.

  • @mrscottoncandydarlinglife
    @mrscottoncandydarlinglife5 жыл бұрын

    This Lady is Fabulous and I love what she is doing so inspirational !!! Thank yo for sharing . Big Hugs =)

  • @stagguellion
    @stagguellion5 жыл бұрын

    it's so cool that she sees that something that was useless can still have value

  • @supergeeky7529
    @supergeeky75295 жыл бұрын

    New personal hero! Creativity comes from every where!

  • @amybukouras5179
    @amybukouras5179 Жыл бұрын

    Even though hats aren't really my thing, I really respect and admire what this lady does, she's very passionate and talented

  • @zoneracuadrado2143
    @zoneracuadrado21435 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @bread8703
    @bread87035 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @redbird9658
    @redbird96585 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @1stPersonStateConsciousness
    @1stPersonStateConsciousness5 жыл бұрын

    Mr. Krabs wants his idea back

  • @seviregis7441
    @seviregis74412 жыл бұрын

    Love these artsy old time New Yorkers, and her appreciation of raw materials and recyclables is wonderful.

  • @Kate42
    @Kate424 жыл бұрын

    I just love you, Debra! Please write a book. I would buy it. You're amazing!

  • @brianpruitt1371
    @brianpruitt13715 жыл бұрын

    Where will then I'm going to stop making hats out of weed stems and call them Kush hats

  • @mikeyesco8977

    @mikeyesco8977

    5 жыл бұрын

    HEY SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN!!!

  • @pablosantiago3145

    @pablosantiago3145

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lol! At least your hands would look better!!! Oh and smell better to!

  • @Verisetti
    @Verisetti5 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @maddys.r760
    @maddys.r7605 жыл бұрын

    Pricing it that much, does anybody buys it? Really?

  • @twiceislove6828
    @twiceislove68285 жыл бұрын

    Omg i love her alreadyyyy, you go girl

  • @AtlaniBonita
    @AtlaniBonita4 жыл бұрын

    I want the hat she's wearing in the beginning of the video omd

  • @thebaseelanthebasavagam220
    @thebaseelanthebasavagam2204 жыл бұрын

    This lady is helping the earth be clean! Thank her for this not accuse her of being crazy!

  • @alexavdroslucas2049
    @alexavdroslucas20493 ай бұрын

    VERY TALENTED PERSON ,WITH BIG IMMAGINATION! !☆☆♤♤♡♢👒👒

  • @piaping8747
    @piaping87475 жыл бұрын

    What a beautiful free spirit ..I love it!!😊❤👍

  • @therese9796
    @therese97963 жыл бұрын

    She took reduce, reuse ,recycle to a whole new level

  • @szilvialakatos1519
    @szilvialakatos15195 жыл бұрын

    Lol to be made from garbage it’s expensive ripoff 😂

  • @MrAsianAxolotl

    @MrAsianAxolotl

    4 жыл бұрын

    Well she has to live too

  • @hararhy
    @hararhy5 жыл бұрын

    That's amazing. Good for her!

  • @sandyg.8318
    @sandyg.83185 жыл бұрын

    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 😂

  • @maritzabalbi7088
    @maritzabalbi70885 ай бұрын

    Llevando la moda a otro nivel😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

  • @R.Oates7902
    @R.Oates79025 жыл бұрын

    Who is dumb enough to buy a paper towel hat for $450.00?

  • @BlankCanvasProductionss

    @BlankCanvasProductionss

    5 жыл бұрын

    That my 3 yr old nephew could have made. STOP IT

  • @AtlaniBonita

    @AtlaniBonita

    4 жыл бұрын

    **Me, shamefully putting away $450**

  • @huh1496

    @huh1496

    2 жыл бұрын

    imagine you make a hat out of trash and when she dies sell it for millions 💀💀💀💀

  • @TobeTraveller
    @TobeTraveller5 жыл бұрын

    375$ what. Is that made of gold !

  • @loveanddeath01
    @loveanddeath015 жыл бұрын

    She’s like an older version of Lady Gaga

  • @Ehlaar
    @Ehlaar5 жыл бұрын

    Just be as odd ball as possible and people will like you lol

  • @taraneal9853

    @taraneal9853

    5 жыл бұрын

    😅

  • @iristhehooman
    @iristhehooman5 жыл бұрын

    Awesome! She's so fearless!!!

  • @5014chizuka
    @5014chizuka5 жыл бұрын

    Omg l love her style!

  • @saulsandoval2313
    @saulsandoval23135 жыл бұрын

    Her inventory is literally garbage 🗑

  • @noyq3684

    @noyq3684

    4 жыл бұрын

    It’s Creativity defined.

  • @sonamsharma8157
    @sonamsharma81573 жыл бұрын

    Talented lady 😎 ❤ From *INDIA*

  • @irenemangoltongangngiw5911
    @irenemangoltongangngiw59115 жыл бұрын

    Wow what a great designer

  • @kristenr6791
    @kristenr67915 жыл бұрын

    This lady is awesome!

  • @omnipotentdwarf571
    @omnipotentdwarf5715 жыл бұрын

    Was that a kotex hat or an adult diaper hat?

  • @HansCent
    @HansCent5 жыл бұрын

    She is born 150 years early.

  • @heidilund6255
    @heidilund62555 жыл бұрын

    Love,love,love!!!🤩

  • @earthstrong1616
    @earthstrong16165 жыл бұрын

    I wanna be just like you when I grow up ✌💜

  • @graceandglamor
    @graceandglamor5 жыл бұрын

    What a beautiful soul ☀️.

  • @theinked3733
    @theinked37335 жыл бұрын

    The day an apocalypse happens, this lady will be the most prepared and will most likely lead humanity next

  • @taylor6166
    @taylor61665 жыл бұрын

    In germany there's not that much garbage on the streets and pavements

  • @pablosantiago3145

    @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.

  • @vaccinicorrotti
    @vaccinicorrotti5 жыл бұрын

    This bish gonna just sell trash for hundreds of dollars but spray paint the hats?!

  • @alixaS
    @alixaS2 жыл бұрын

    The doc mc stuffin thing: “This is potential”

  • @lalaaddas6363
    @lalaaddas63635 жыл бұрын

    Creative People are Soo much fun!!

  • @Love_To_Be_Love
    @Love_To_Be_Love5 жыл бұрын

    This is why I love NYC!

  • @olgak4446
    @olgak44465 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Nurse_Izzy_Gonzales1989
    @Nurse_Izzy_Gonzales19895 жыл бұрын

    Rich people wears trash they call it art , Poor people wears trash they call you ridiculously stupid 😂

  • @jewelbrie1555
    @jewelbrie15555 жыл бұрын

    Viva needs to sponsor her!!!

  • @jhandavidagregado8119
    @jhandavidagregado81195 жыл бұрын

    Artist as its finest

  • @iylan2755
    @iylan27555 жыл бұрын

    I know Debra ! My mom is freinds with her abs we had a dinner party together, she’s so sweet

  • @charlotte241000
    @charlotte2410002 жыл бұрын

    Nothing wrong with being echo friendly love her

  • @yuinaxestyle
    @yuinaxestyle5 жыл бұрын

    This is the real artist!

  • @sophiapawlikowski9290
    @sophiapawlikowski92903 жыл бұрын

    She's like the Carmen sandiego of recycling and smart

  • @frana4278
    @frana42785 жыл бұрын

    Ridiculous

  • @deletechannel5305
    @deletechannel53055 жыл бұрын

    I got an ad about saving the ocean

  • @Jyotijain-lh6nn
    @Jyotijain-lh6nn5 жыл бұрын

    Wow 😍😍😍

  • @aw9376
    @aw93765 жыл бұрын

    This is unsanitary and literally wasting hundreds of dollars on garbage.

  • @Yokai148

    @Yokai148

    5 жыл бұрын

    Some people are crazy and dumb

  • @R.Oates7902

    @R.Oates7902

    5 жыл бұрын

    Unsanitary! Yuck!

  • @refanovconstantin7183
    @refanovconstantin71835 жыл бұрын

    Wow she so Creative

  • @shariwalker3482
    @shariwalker34825 жыл бұрын

    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

    @taraneal9853

    5 жыл бұрын

    I would not pay $1!

  • @sunny-xc8hx

    @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

    @AtlaniBonita

    4 жыл бұрын

    Shari Walker Ok, liberal

  • @AtlaniBonita

    @AtlaniBonita

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@taraneal9853 You probably don't even own that much anyway

  • @katscarantini4144
    @katscarantini41445 жыл бұрын

    Good for her. If she gets cash that way more power to her

  • @phyllisarrington7436
    @phyllisarrington74365 жыл бұрын

    Oh my

  • @helpme2helpu39
    @helpme2helpu395 жыл бұрын

    This is me at 73 🌹💪💜😊😆

  • @simplycats147
    @simplycats1473 жыл бұрын

    Queen 👑

  • @bustaracing5028
    @bustaracing50285 жыл бұрын

    I love her also❤️💖

  • @magananu6487
    @magananu64875 жыл бұрын

    She is soooooo cool😁

  • @sofiamochon-ciniglio4010
    @sofiamochon-ciniglio40104 жыл бұрын

    One person's trash is another's treasure....

  • @cd6356
    @cd63565 жыл бұрын

    She is Amazing Woman!Beautiful 😍👍💗☀️🙏

  • @DeedraS.
    @DeedraS.5 жыл бұрын

    Inspiring

  • @slimhazexd1799
    @slimhazexd17993 жыл бұрын

    no thoughts... no think... but very pog...

  • @sagittariusclown3232
    @sagittariusclown32325 жыл бұрын

    This is so cool tbh

  • @djerylyn
    @djerylyn5 жыл бұрын

    375 for a hat lawdd

  • @hazida5420
    @hazida54205 жыл бұрын

    People pay for 💩

  • @noyq3684

    @noyq3684

    4 жыл бұрын

    It’s called creativity.

  • @loor4753
    @loor47535 жыл бұрын

    If she did ecommerce and lowered her prices she’d be more successful

  • @robinanna5531

    @robinanna5531

    5 жыл бұрын

    Depending on your definition of success...

  • @meekonaleash

    @meekonaleash

    5 жыл бұрын

    She's successful ATM ppl are willing to pay hundreds

  • @julovedit814
    @julovedit8145 жыл бұрын

    Lol I love her

  • @cdinguall
    @cdinguall5 жыл бұрын

    i cant imagine how it smell in there.

  • @andrearespicio828
    @andrearespicio8285 жыл бұрын

    creativity strikes in trash that is worth to have

  • @jaelpacheco1279
    @jaelpacheco12795 жыл бұрын

    Awww she is awesome and talented hat just made of garbage i dont think that call garbage

  • @tiramisuuuuu
    @tiramisuuuuu5 жыл бұрын

    I’m all about recycling

  • @psykohfox5324
    @psykohfox53245 жыл бұрын

    She’s workin that dress! YOU GO GIRL!!

  • @isisl8522
    @isisl85225 жыл бұрын

    I like her unique

  • @fluffy_max_the_cat1095
    @fluffy_max_the_cat10955 жыл бұрын

    Soo...pick the trash.take of the excess add other material paint it and become rich

  • @heyya7464
    @heyya74645 жыл бұрын

    She sort of sound like Diane Keaton ❤️

  • @evah5997
    @evah59975 жыл бұрын

    Work it girl

  • @soulfulkat
    @soulfulkat5 жыл бұрын

    This is my future

  • @afriana380
    @afriana3805 жыл бұрын

    She’s the reason the word is better

  • @andreabell51
    @andreabell515 жыл бұрын

    She actually looked rlly cute and pretty

  • @jetnight88
    @jetnight887 ай бұрын

    What's the point of buying these hats when you're just going to burn them and waste all that money

  • @lovesick5230
    @lovesick52304 жыл бұрын

    The definition of abstract :

  • @jaadaavila7305
    @jaadaavila73055 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @missrockcantswim
    @missrockcantswim5 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @givemebigfucdaddy2766
    @givemebigfucdaddy27664 жыл бұрын

    At least she's making our world cleaner???

  • @itrains1841
    @itrains18415 жыл бұрын

    She can buy makeup but not materials to make the clothes?..

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