Monday, April 19, 2010

Gum wrapper prom dress makes fashion statement

Elizibeth Rasmuson of Garner, Iowa right earned various attention by wearing a gum wrapper prom dress to her annual high school soiree.

Anyone creative and committed enough to fashion an elegant evening gown from gum wrappers, as well as have the discipline to collect them, deserves just a little optimistic notoriety. It’s not known if she actually chewed all that gum, but if she did, her gum wrapper prom dress is even more extraordinary.

A lot to chew on: Gum wrapper prom dress

Even the likes of Donna Karan is likely to be fascinated with the fashion of Rasmuson's gum wrapper dress. Rasmuson began collecting blue and white gum wrappers with her boyfriend Jordan Weaver in August of 2009. Weaver had a gum wrapper vest that he made for himself. As reported on dailypostal.com, the idea started after making a jacket of wrappers last year and after that she decided to be unique with her dress for prom also.

Is the gum wrapper prom dress just the beginning?

Even though it was already many work to create a prom dress out of gum wrappers, Rasmuson might next consider making a chic fashion accessory such as a purse.

Creative individuals make purses out of candy wrappers, wrapping paper, magazines, soft drink labels and even food wrappers. All that is needed is a Mexican paper weaving technique.

Unique art as gum wrapper dress

Weaving a gum wrapper prom dress is an art form often referred to as Tramp Art, or sometimes Prison Art. On prisontalk.com you’ll read about George Vargas, an ex con, who learned how to make picture frames with cigarette packages by folding them into chains of rectangles and threading them together.

He did this to help pass the time during his 60 day sentence for heroin possession. After leaving the joint, he learned how to use Mexican weaving to make some instant money by turning snack bags into handbags. After cutting the bags into strips, he would fold and hook them in a way that would create dizzying patterns out of bar codes. He learned how to make cloud-like designs from the popcorn pictures on Smartfood bags. Cheetos packages were bent into bright blazes of orange and yellow. Think about just what it would look like with a Vargas gum wrapper prom dress.

Using gum wrapper prom dress as a pay day?

Rasmuson’s gum wrapper prom dress might lead to a bright future in fashion. Vargas' Prison Art has designer handbags for as much as $ 200.

He uses the skills he found in prison to make a trust fund for his daughter and to support a substance abuse prevention program in his town. With college slowly getting more costly, Rasmuson's gum wrapper prom dress can be a great way to make cash now, or to pay for her education – unless she gets rich building an empire on her own.

Resources for the article

prisontalk.com

http://www.prisontalk.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-99481.html



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