Watch: Artist sells out trash from Taylor Swift wedding
Watch: artist sells out of limited-edition trash cubes within days after New York artist Justin Gignac collected litter from streets outside Madison Square Garden, where Taylor Swift married Travis Kelce on July 3. Swifties bought all 50 airtight sculptures priced at $25 each. The sold-out run turned ordinary sidewalk debris into one of the week's strangest pieces of celebrity wedding memorabilia.
Key Takeaways
- Justin Gignac gathered trash outside Madison Square Garden after Swift and Kelce's July 3 New York wedding.
- All 50 "Pocket Garbage" cubes sold out at $25 each on his website.
- Items included cigarette butts, straws, candy wrappers, an ovulation test kit, and a lone left AirPod.
- Gignac said the litter came from outside the celebration, not from inside the venue.
- He has sold New York City trash art for years to mark major local events.
What did the artist sell from Taylor Swift's wedding?
Justin Gignac turned street litter into miniature sculptures sealed inside plastic cubes. Each piece was labeled with "JUST&T MARRIED" and the wedding date, marketed under the name "Pocket Garbage."
According to UPI, the collection included cigarette butts, paper cups, plastic straws, scraps of fabric, an ovulation test kit, plastic bags, candy wrappers, and a single left AirPod.
On his website, Gignac described the cubes as trash "collected from the edge of a love story outside Madison Square Garden, as close to Taylor & Travis' big day as you could've gotten without an invite."
Why did Swifties buy trash from outside the venue?
Fans who could not attend the high-profile ceremony still wanted a physical connection to the moment. Gignac packaged ordinary refuse as a tongue-in-cheek keepsake from one of the year's most talked-about celebrity weddings.
He told CBS New York that he made 50 small cubes at $25 each, calling the line "Pocket Garbage," while larger cubes sell for $100. Swifties purchased every available unit.
The stunt sits squarely in the realm of bizarre news — where fandom, street art, and internet culture collide in unexpected ways.
Was the trash actually from inside the wedding?
Gignac was clear about what he could — and could not — claim. He said he was not invited and could not collect garbage from inside Madison Square Garden.
Instead, he gathered litter from the streets outside the arena after the July 3 celebration. In an Instagram post, he noted that wearing a tuxedo led some fans near the venue to mistake him for a wedding guest.
He told radio station CKIS-FM: "I was not invited, unfortunately, so I was not able to get any of that good, good garbage from the inside."
Who is Justin Gignac and will more cubes go on sale?
Gignac has collected trash in New York City — and occasionally other U.S. cities — for years, selling pieces online to commemorate special local events. He told CBS New York he has made wedding cubes before, filling them with vows, ring boxes, and table numbers.
He even offered to make a custom cube for Swift and Kelce if they want one. For now, the wedding-themed Pocket Garbage run is completely sold out.