Elizibeth Rasmuson of Garner, Iowa right earned numerous 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, also as have the discipline to collect them, deserves just a little good notoriety. The dress would be even more impressive if she actually chewed all the gum, which we don’t really know.
A lot to chew on: Gum wrapper prom dress
Rasmuson’s gum wrapper prom dress is fashionable enough to win over even the likes of Donna Karan. Jordan Weaver, Rasmuson’s boyfriend, helped her to gather gum wrappers in August of 2009. Weaver also showed up in a gum wrapper vest 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.
Just the beginning with the Gum Wrapper prom dress?
Even though it was already quite a few work to create a prom dress out of gum wrappers, Rasmuson might next consider making a chic fashion accessory such as a purse. Individuals who are creative will make purses out of food wrappers, soft drink labels, magazines, wrapping paper, and even candy wrappers. All that is needed is a Mexican paper weaving technique.
Gum wrapper dress being considered unique art
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. This is exactly 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 by turning snack bags into handbags. He learned how to cut and fold the pieces together to create patterns out of bar codes. Puffy, cloud-like designs emerged from the popcorn pictures on Smartfood bags. Cheetos packages were bent into bright blazes of orange and yellow. Imagine a Vargas gum wrapper prom dress.
Using gum wrapper prom dress as a pay day?
Rasmuson’s gum wrapper prom dress could lead to a bright future in fashion. Vargas’ Prison Art creations include designer handbags that sell 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 expensive, Rasmuson’s gum wrapper prom dress could be a fantastic way to make cash now, or to pay for her education – unless she gets rich building an empire on her own.
Sources for the article
prisontalk.com
http://www.prisontalk.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-99481.html
