Hu Mengfan, 28, of Suizhou, Hubei province, designs haute couture garments using fruits and vegetables. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

　　Modeling clothes made of fruits and vegetables, a woman in Hubei province has transformed her village into her own high fashion runway.

　　At a recent sports event, around a hundred models marched into the stadium wearing dresses adorned with mushrooms, rice, oranges, strawberries, peppers, corn, cabbage and even garlic.

　　The master behind the unusual show is Suizhou"s Hu Mengfan, 28, whose efforts went viral online when she started turning farm produce into haute couture garments. She has nearly 500,000 followers and a total video view count exceeding 700 million.

　　Hu Mengfan, 28, of Suizhou, Hubei province, designs haute couture garments using fruits and vegetables. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

　　An iron stick yam becomes a scepter, a green pepper becomes a fan, a coconut becomes a handbag and corn serves as a golden crown.

　　Six years ago, Hu quit her job as a teacher to help her parents with their mushroom business at home in Heping village. She wanted to promote mushroom sales by learning the skills of a vlogger and so she donned garments crafted from agricultural produce and accessorized with ornaments made from farm goods. In various fashion ensembles, she rides a tricycle with one hand and gazes coolly into the camera.