Fashion statement made by Gum wrapper prom dress

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

Being creative and disciplined enough to collect wrappers and fashion them into an elegant gown is something that deserves a little notoriety. We have no idea whether or not she chewed all that gum but if she did, the dress is even more impressive.

Gum wrapper prom dress: a lot to chew on

Even the likes of Donna Karan is likely to be impressed with the fashion of Rasmuson's gum wrapper dress. Rasmuson started 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 began after making a jacket of wrappers last year and after that she decided to be unique with her dress for prom as well.

Just the beginning with the Gum Wrapper prom dress?

Although a gum wrapper prom dress is numerous work by itself, Rasmuson might consider next making a gum wrapper 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.

Gum wrapper dress being considered unique art

Prison art, or Tramp art, is typically exactly what weaving a gum wrapper into a prom dress would be fitted into. 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.

This is just what he did to help pass the time in 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. By cutting the bags into rectangular strips, he figured out how to fold and hook them together in a way that created dizzying patterns out of bar codes. Using the popcorn pictures on Smartfood bags, he learned how to make cloud-like designs. Cheetos packages were bent into bright blazes of orange and yellow. Imagine a Vargas gum wrapper prom dress.

Gum wrapper prom dress: a big pay day?

The gum wrapper dress made by Rasmuson might lead her into fashion. For as much as $ 200, you are able to get a designer handbag from Vargas' prison art.

He’s using the skills he learned in prison to set up a trust fund for his daughter and support substance abuse prevention programs in his hometown. With college tuition increasing annually, Rasmuson’s gum wrapper prom dress could be a great way to make money now, or pay for higher education — unless she gets rich building a wrapper-weaving empire on her own.

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