duct, duct, goose

There are many many uses for duct tape and one more has been discovered. Im sure that by the nature of this blog you can predict that it has something to do with fashion and if you were one of these intellectuals who guessed that, you would be correct!

Even though I am not really a fan of what i've seen so far regarding garments made out of duct tape, i'm sure that there is some way to stray as well as avoid the tackiness that can be a result. I've seen some decent outfits and i've seen some that are just down right ugly, but this is duct tape that we're talking about. I can't imagine how time consuming creating a whole outfit out of duct tape can be so props to those people who've tried and succeeded (although they may have sacrificed some looks in the process).

At one point, making prom dresses and tux's was popular among high school seniors who wanted to go out with a bang. Unfortunately, I cant say I will be using duct tape to achieve this. Luckily though, duct tape makers have created different colors and patterns to appeal to those creative souls that want to use duct tape for something other than what it was originally made for.

I baby sat a girls once who was making accessories out of duct tape that were pretty cool, she had a little kit and everything that made her creations easy to make. She was proud of her new found talent and even offered to make me one but it would've taken too long. Because of Kori (which was the little girls name) I'm going to attempt to make something out of duct tape because its all that i can handle and all that I would use. I might even invest sometime into drawing all over it... i guess i'll be takign a trip to the dollar store after school today to pick up a roll.

newsflash

We're going to continue with the segment talking about fashion made out of unusual objects, this time we going to address paper products. Paper is great there are all different styles, textures, and weights that can be used to create a beautiful garment. And once again I want to point out that this is great step in the direction of going green. Why not support the well-being of our planet while sporting fashion at the same time.

Just type in the words "fashion made out of paper" into google and you get a lot of results. Many of which look way more intricate and beautiful then what might be expected from clothing using paper as a material. Even our favorite designers on the runway are adopting this and making paper fashion desirable. Even I want to attempt to make my own!

The best thing about this material, i think, is that it can look really feminine or very hardcore. It seems to be very versatile and treated just as fabric would. People and designers all over the world are taking on the challenge of paper. Even one student at school has gotten ver good at it and when it was announced that there would be a recycled paper fashion show in the spring, everyone already anticipated who would be entering.

Paint your creations and choose different colors depending on how you want your product to look. Theres even a demand for paper jewelry thats actually more robust than it may seem, but i assure you with paper and a lot of glue compacted together, you can only imagine how strong it really is. Paper outfits can go from very basic to vert intracate. Go on a search and see what you can find.