Garbage Gone Glam

What Garbage Gone Glam does

Garbage Gone Glam, LLC is a South Florida–based, founder-led creative services company that designs and fabricates custom couture garments — cocktail dresses, ball gowns, and men's suits — from a client's own marketing collateral and from recycled everyday waste such as discarded magazines, soda bottles, concert tickets, candy wrappers, and pet food bags. The company's core technology is a proprietary design and fabrication practice that transforms branded materials into runway-quality, model-wearable garments at commercial standard; this craft is concentrated in a small in-house team led by founder and designer Kristen Alyce.

The business operates on a B2B, project-based model: brands commission couture pieces to be deployed as experiential marketing assets at trade shows, grand openings, expos, red carpets, festivals, and product launches, with the goal of generating viral, shareable impressions in crowded event environments. Pricing for couture and marketing packages is not publicly disclosed and is provided on request via the website's order form, with options to rent or own. Revenue streams also include bundled marketing services (photography, expo/event model staffing, social campaigns, grand-opening support) and a small e-commerce retail line of Humane Society of the Treasure Coast co-branded merchandise (calendar, puzzle, canvas, postcards, mouse pad) where 100% of proceeds are donated to the charity partner.

Customers span enterprise, mid-market, SMB, nonprofit, and government segments across diverse verticals — Hyundai, KPMG, Panera Bread, Palm Beach Outlets, SunFest, Ultra Music Festival, Opera Carolina, the Kravis Center, Flanders Tourism, BelgiumBike, Colorado Painting, and others — with no disclosed concentration, funding rounds, or recurring-revenue contracts. The company has earned significant national press recognition (Fox News, Good Morning America, Cosmopolitan, Daily Mail, Refinery29, Bustle, Yahoo) but operates as a 1–10 person private LLC with a single Florida headquarters and no public financials.

Name

Garbage Gone Glam

Legal name

Garbage Gone Glam, LLC

Website

https://garbagegoneglam.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Garbage Gone Glam is a South Florida couture design firm that creates custom dresses and suits from recycled materials and client marketing collateral, deploying them as viral experiential marketing assets at trade shows, festivals, and brand activations for enterprise, SMB, nonprofit, and government clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Experiential Marketing Services

NAICS

Apparel Manufacturing (315)

SIC

Apparel & Other Finishd Prods Of Fabrics & Similar Matl (2300)

akta.pro primary industry

Luxury & Couture / Small-Batch Cut & Sew (IMAOAEAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Luxury Bridal & Occasionwear (CRAAAFAI)

Keywords

• Custom couture marketing
• Experiential brand activations
• Sustainable fashion design
• Recycled material apparel
• Trade show marketing

Headquarters

HQ city

Stuart

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Dress rental and ownership: Custom couture dresses are offered 'to rent' and 'to own' for client marketing campaigns, with pricing provided upon request.
2. Marketing packages: Bundled service packages covering photography, branding campaigns, expo/event models, grand openings, social events, new campaign launches, and social media campaigns — pricing upon request.
3. Branded merchandise e-commerce: Direct e-commerce sales of branded merchandise including calendars ($20), puzzles ($39), fine art canvases ($39), fine art postcard sets ($10), and mouse pads ($15). 100% of proceeds from Humane Society merchandise benefit the Humane Society of the Treasure Coast.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Garbage Gone Glam designs and fabricates custom couture dresses, ball gowns, and men's suits from a client's own marketing collateral and recycled materials (discarded magazines, candy wrappers, soda bottles, concert tickets, plantable paper, pet food bags), then outfits models with the garments as wearable brand activations at trade shows, events, photo shoots, and marketing campaigns. The company also sells bundled marketing service packages (photography, branding, expo/event models, social media campaigns) and a small line of charity merchandise through its website shop.

Product overview

Garbage Gone Glam operates as a single, unified eco-minded marketing brand rather than a multi-module software platform. Its core offering is Custom Branded Couture Dresses & Suits — wearable garments hand-crafted from a client's own marketing collateral and recycled materials — which serves as the centerpiece of three bundled service lines: Marketing Campaign Service, Trade Shows & Events Service, and the Branding & Marketing Package (which combines photography, expo/event models, branding campaigns, and social media campaigns). These couture-driven services are complemented by a charitable retail shop featuring the 2020 Humane Society Calendar, the Humane Society Puzzle, Fine Art Canvas, Set of 12 Fine Art Postcards, and the Humane Society Mouse Pad, all of which channel 100% of proceeds to the Humane Society of the Treasure Coast. New commissions and quotes are captured through a dedicated Custom Order / Quote Service intake.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Custom Branded Couture Dresses & Suits Custom cocktail dresses, ball gowns, and men's suits hand-crafted from a client's marketing collateral and recycled materials (magazines, candy wrappers, soda bottles, concert tickets, plastic bags, labels), available to rent or own, used as wearable brand activations at events, trade shows, and photo shoots. For brand marketers and agencies seeking viral experiential marketing assets.
• Marketing Campaign Service

Quantifiable outcome

• Visual information can reach 65% vs. 10% for text-based information (per company claim, cited as the rationale for visual couture marketing).
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers30 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Humane Society of the Treasure CoastcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-branded merchandise partnership: Garbage Gone Glam designs and sells a 2020 Humane Society Calendar ($20), puzzle ($39), fine art canvas ($39), fine art postcard set ($10), and mouse pad ($15), with 100% of proceeds benefiting the Humane Society of the Treasure Coast. The partnership also produced couture made from recycled pet food bags (featured in TC Palm, January 2020) to raise funds and awareness for the shelter.
• Humane Society of the Treasure Coast (animal-welfare partner)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerCharity-driven product line: 2020 Humane Society Calendar, Puzzle, Fine Art Canvas, Set of 12 Fine Art Postcards, and Mouse Pad all carry the HSTC mission and 100% of proceeds go to the shelter. The mouse pad product page explicitly states the Humane Society mission and frames purchasing as helping provide food, shelter, medical care, and adoption services.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• MKG: Experiential marketing and brand-experience agency serving consumer and enterprise brands with live activations and event design. Overlaps with Garbage Gone Glam's 'Trade Shows & Events' service line but does not specialize in wearable couture as the activation medium.
• Marchesa: Luxury couture and occasionwear label known for red-carpet gowns — comparable product category to Garbage Gone Glam's couture dresses and ball gowns, but serving celebrity/bridal customers rather than B2B marketing activations.
• Patagonia (Worn Wear): Patagonia's Worn Wear program repairs and resells used Patagonia garments, embodying the brand's circular/sustainability ethos. Overlaps with Garbage Gone Glam's recycling narrative and recycled-input apparel, but as a take-back/resale program rather than a couture-marketing service.
• Jack Morton Worldwide: Global experiential marketing agency that builds brand activations, trade-show experiences and live events for enterprise clients — directly comparable business model (experiential marketing services to brand marketers) but operates at significantly larger scale and uses conventional production rather than couture.
• Sparks: Experiential marketing agency owned by Omnicom Group, designing trade-show exhibits, brand activations and live events. Comparable service offering to Garbage Gone Glam's marketing-campaign and trade-show packages, but at enterprise scale using standard production formats rather than custom couture.
• George P. Johnson Experience Marketing: Large experience-marketing agency focused on trade shows, conferences and brand activations for enterprise technology and consumer brands. Comparable to Garbage Gone Glam's B2B experiential offering in customer type and event-driven GTM, though operating at much greater scale and using traditional booth/exhibit formats.

Emerging players

• Reformation: Sustainable fashion brand using recycled and upcycled materials in women's apparel — comparable eco-conscious material philosophy to Garbage Gone Glam's recycled-couture concept, but operating as a DTC consumer brand at much larger scale.

Others

• Custom Ink: Custom apparel and merchandise printing platform serving groups, nonprofits and corporate buyers with branded apparel and accessories. Adjacent to Garbage Gone Glam's branded-merchandise revenue stream (Humane Society calendar, puzzles, mouse pads) and shared charity-merchandise use case, but Custom Ink is a mass-customization printer rather than a couture maker.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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