Fashion statement made by Gum wrapper prom dress

Wearing a gum wrapper prom dress to her annual high school soiree has garnered Elizibeth Rasmuson of Garner, Iowa, many attention, and rightly so.

She deserves just a little good notoriety for the discipline to collect wrappers and artistically fashion them into an elegant evening gown. The dress would be even more remarkable if she really chewed all the gum, which we don't actually know.

A lot to chew on: Gum wrapper prom dress

Rasmuson’s gum wrapper prom dress is a piece of fashion that could even win over the likes of Donna Karan. Rasmuson started collecting blue and white gum wrappers with her boyfriend Jordan Weaver in August of 2009. Weaver also made 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 as well.

Just the beginning with the Gum Wrapper prom dress?

A gum wrapper prom dress is quite a few work in itself, but next time maybe Rasmuson will consider using gum wrappers to weave a chic fashion accessory, like a candy wrapper purse.

Creative people make purses out of candy wrappers, wrapping paper, magazines, soft drink labels and even food wrappers. all that is needed to do it is a technique of weaving originated by Mexican paper weaving.

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. In fact, on prisontalk.com you are able to read about an ex-con named George Vargas, who learned how make picture frames by folding cigarette packages into chains of rectangles that could be threaded 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 instant money by turning snack bags into handbags. He learned how to cut and fold the pieces together to create 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. Think about exactly what it would look like with a Vargas gum wrapper prom dress.

Using gum wrapper prom dress as a pay day?

Rasmuson can be led into a bright future with fashion after her gum wrapper prom dress. Vargas’ Prison Art creations consist of 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 might be an excellent way to make cash now, or to pay for her education – unless she gets rich building an empire on her own.

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