A New Zealand student is raising awareness for food waste and sustainability with a crafty project: She made a beautiful gown from mango seed pits and showcased it for a class project. Jessica Collins, 18, used the seed husks from over 700 Calypso mangoes to craft a full-length ivory dress you would never imagine is made from something from your produce section. “It smells like dried mango, if anything, because we dried all the seeds out,” Jessica said in an interview with CBC, adding that she smells “like a walking mango” when she wears the dress. “It’s got a kind of pearly iridescence color to it, so when it goes out in the sunlight, it shines, actually,” she said, describing the gown. “So it’s quite beautiful.” A grade 12 student at Abbotsleigh School, Jessica designed the dress for her design and technology class final. It was a personal project for …