duct tape prom dress
ELYRIA — High school girls like it when their senior prom dress is one of a kind. Rachel Cunningham didn't have to worry about that. She constructed her dress, and her date's tuxedo, out of duct tape.
This is very cool and uniqe dress.
Now, Cunningham and her date, Billy Oliver, who wore their whimsical creations to the Midview High School prom May 9, are competing for $3,000 scholarships in the Stuck at Prom contest, sponsored by Henkel Corp., the Avon-based maker of Duck brand duct tape.
If they win, Midview High School will also receive $3,000, according to Lisa Schwan, spokeswoman for Stuck at Prom. Second place prizes are $2,000 scholarships for each student and $2,000 for their school, and third place pays $1,000 scholarships to each student and $1,000 for their alma mater, Schwan said.
Cunningham and Oliver chose the theme of Mother Nature and Father Time for their colorful outfits, which used 47 rolls of duct tape in 18 colors.
Cunningham's halter-top dress depicts a pair of pink flamingoes, a koala bear, a giraffe, a cardinal, a tree frog, an owl, autumn leaves, mountains, clouds, a rainbow, a tornado and a bear fishing for salmon. The halter top is laced up in the back with grape vines. Her accessories include a whale handbag, a duct-tape corsage, shoes covered with duct tape in a fish-scale pattern and sun and moon earrings. Even her fingernails were covered with duct tape.
Oliver's outfit includes a top hat that is also a clock, shoes covered with duct tape, a cane numbered with the hours of the day and a pocket watch made from duct tape. The sleeves of his tuxedo are numbered with roman numerals one through 12 and his pants legs are festooned with an hourglass, a grandfather clock and calendar dates important to the couple, including their birthdays and the prom date.
Cunningham, 18, and Oliver, 17, are one of 10 couples selected from more than 215 entries nationwide for the Stuck at Prom contest, Schwan said. Judges who have worked with duct tape to create artwork, clothing and crafts selected the top 10 entries based on originality, quantity of duct tape used, craftsmanship, use of color and accessories.
Cunningham said she started the project in April.
"It took a lot of trial-and-error," she said. "But I got better and better at it as I went."
Oliver said he was skeptical of the idea at first.
"It was a lot of fun, and I'm glad Rachel talked me into it," he said. "I played the role of mannequin and gofer and made a lot of trips to Wal-Mart for duct tape."
ELYRIA — High school girls like it when their senior prom dress is one of a kind. Rachel Cunningham didn't have to worry about that. She constructed her dress, and her date's tuxedo, out of duct tape.
This is very cool and uniqe dress.
Now, Cunningham and her date, Billy Oliver, who wore their whimsical creations to the Midview High School prom May 9, are competing for $3,000 scholarships in the Stuck at Prom contest, sponsored by Henkel Corp., the Avon-based maker of Duck brand duct tape.
If they win, Midview High School will also receive $3,000, according to Lisa Schwan, spokeswoman for Stuck at Prom. Second place prizes are $2,000 scholarships for each student and $2,000 for their school, and third place pays $1,000 scholarships to each student and $1,000 for their alma mater, Schwan said.
Cunningham and Oliver chose the theme of Mother Nature and Father Time for their colorful outfits, which used 47 rolls of duct tape in 18 colors.
Cunningham's halter-top dress depicts a pair of pink flamingoes, a koala bear, a giraffe, a cardinal, a tree frog, an owl, autumn leaves, mountains, clouds, a rainbow, a tornado and a bear fishing for salmon. The halter top is laced up in the back with grape vines. Her accessories include a whale handbag, a duct-tape corsage, shoes covered with duct tape in a fish-scale pattern and sun and moon earrings. Even her fingernails were covered with duct tape.
Oliver's outfit includes a top hat that is also a clock, shoes covered with duct tape, a cane numbered with the hours of the day and a pocket watch made from duct tape. The sleeves of his tuxedo are numbered with roman numerals one through 12 and his pants legs are festooned with an hourglass, a grandfather clock and calendar dates important to the couple, including their birthdays and the prom date.
Cunningham, 18, and Oliver, 17, are one of 10 couples selected from more than 215 entries nationwide for the Stuck at Prom contest, Schwan said. Judges who have worked with duct tape to create artwork, clothing and crafts selected the top 10 entries based on originality, quantity of duct tape used, craftsmanship, use of color and accessories.
Cunningham said she started the project in April.
"It took a lot of trial-and-error," she said. "But I got better and better at it as I went."
Oliver said he was skeptical of the idea at first.
"It was a lot of fun, and I'm glad Rachel talked me into it," he said. "I played the role of mannequin and gofer and made a lot of trips to Wal-Mart for duct tape."
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