It’s not every day you get to see a Juilliard-trained pianist give a recital wearing nothing but juice containers.  Korean pianist Soyean Lee hit a high note for environmentally friendly high fashion on Tuesday night when she performed the second half of her Carnegie Hall recital dressed in a slinky strapless gown fabricated from 6,000 recycled Honest Tea grape juice pouches.

The concert was sponsored by the Concert Artists Guild in collaboration with TerraCycle and Honest Tea, two companies dedicated to doing creative things with consumer waste. Fashion designer Nina Valenti created the gown, turning the pouches into triangles that formed a pleasing, purple-brown pattern. The glamorous garbage-based gown even got its own suitably glamorous introduction at the concert from Daryl Hannah, sustainability superstar.

So how did Lee perform? According to the New York Times, she appeared to feel slightly boxed in by her juice box dress when she sat down on the piano bench, but she proceeded to perform pieces by Bach and Ravel, among others, “with clarity, honesty and a supple yet full-bodied sound.”  Yes, and with Honest Tea, too! Bravo.

Find out how the Concert Artists Guild discovers, nurtures and promotes young musicians, and learn more about the innovative ways that TerraCycle and Honest Tea are recycling.