Artist creates gown with toilet paper
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| The wedding gown created by Olivia Mears looks incredibly ornate, but the gold trimming is just tape, and the amount of toilet paper used costs less than six dollars in total. Olivia Mears, an art student based in Asheville, North Carolina, invented the elaborate gown as part of a contest. [Photo: dailymail.co.uk] |
Fragile as it may appear, Ms. Mears says that the inside of the dress was reinforced with packaging tape, so it wasn't too much at risk of ripping, although it did require 'a lot of wiggling' to get into it for the photographs.
Her sharp-clawed feline friend, on the other hand, posed obvious risks.
'I sacrificed a roll of toilet paper to my cat before starting on the dress, and he took another while I wasn't looking. He was occupied with that for a while', she says.
The dress didn't win last year's Charmin contest but it came 15th out of more than 1,400 entries, and Ms Mears plans to re-enter this year, with a lot more preparation time to play with.
Currently, she is a student at Western Carolina University for Art Education and considers fashion and design as more of a 'hobby' for now.
'At the moment, I'm just enjoying teaching art to young students and inspiring them to create their own unique pieces after seeing what I do', she states.
Still, she dreams of one day going to Los Angeles to become a costume designer, and making a career out of her nifty skills. One she'd be doing very well in, if her unique take on a Chic Cheap wedding dress is anything to go by.
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